Reviewing theater from Broadway to the Fringe since 1994
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston. At Boch Center Wang Theatre. Run has ended. By Shelley A. Sackett Like daylight savings time, red-winged blackbirds and early flowering trees, Celebrity Series of Boston’s presentation of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is an annual harbinger of spring. Its arrival is cause for…
Abhann Productions presents Riverdance 30: The New Generation at the Boch Center Wang Theatre, April 8-13, 2025. Under the loving and expert guidance of husband-and-wife production team John McColgan and Moya Doherty, a seven-minute dance number at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 featuring Irish dance champions Jean Butler and Michael Flatley has blossomed into a…
Celebrity Series of Boston presents Caleb Teicher & Conrad Tao in ‘Counterpoint.’ At the Boston Arts Academy Theater, Feb. 7-8. By Shelley A. Sackett Counterpoint, the 75-minute collaboration between pianist and composer Conrad Tao and choreographer and dancer Caleb Teicher, is a magical journey that explores the interplays between two seemingly divergent art forms —…
“The Look of Love” by Mark Morris Dance Group. Choreographed by Mark Morris. Music by Burt Bachrach. Lyrics by Hal David. Music Direction by Colin Fowler. Presented by Arts Emerson, Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street, Boston, through January 26. By Michele Markarian Admittedly, I was not in the zippiest frame of mind when…
