dance in musicals and shows
One in this dance series presented under the umbrella of “Great Performances.” This edition features the work of choreographer Twyla Tharp performed by her frequent collaborator, ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, and members of American Ballet Theatre. Throughout the program host…
Lonely Town, Lonely Street Robert North‘s jazz ballet “Lonely Town, Lonely Street”, in which he himself takes part, is a passionate and energy-laden portrait of a lonely person in the big city. The work takes its title from the popular…
Cabaret is a 1972 American musical drama film directed by Bob Fosse, and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey. After the box-office failure of his 1969 film version of Sweet Charity, Fosse bounced back with Cabaret in 1972,…
Michael Bennett, the creator of A Chorus Line, is now considered one of Broadway’s greatest choreographers. However, his career began as one of the dancers or “gypsies” in the chorus of Broadway musicals. He was a rising star in the…
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera sensation is reimagined 40 years after it first opened in London’s West End. Stars Tim Minchin and Melanie C. Originally released as a concept album, the show opened on Broadway in 1971 at the Mark…
Young psychotherapist Ernest is an expert in being normal – he even has a PhD in normalization. He’s just begun his first job, at the prestigious (if rather gloomy) Institute for Extremely Normal Behaviour. It’s immediately clear his patients need…
A snowy stage sets the scene for an icy cold Christmas eve, where the little match girl paces the emptying streets, trying to sell her matches. Cold, hungry and with just one final match flame to keep her warm, she…
The Secret Theatre features the choreography of Scottish Ballet founder Peter Darrell and CEO/Artistic Director Christopher Hampson, co-directed for the screen by Jess & Morgs. With set and costumes designed by Lez Brotherston; music by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky recorded live…
New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and…
