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Jennifer Muller | The Works and Da Capo Chamber Players

Monday, March 19, see them all at the Ailey Center. Tickets from Smarttix.

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See "Blood" and "Dancing at Lunacy" for St. Patrick's Day

Here's a link to a review of these plays. Plenty of passion, Irish voices, and blood. Leave the children home--Romantic Ireland's dead and gone in this deep exploration of the violence.

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Valentine's Day 2012--In the Mood for Muller!

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TADA! Youth Theater delivers a hit show

The all-youth ensemble makes history fun again. See the review.

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Fractured Realm by Kelley Donovan and Dancers

New video for last New York Performance of Fractured Realm, January 13, 2012 at these links: http://definingthecapture.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/fractured-realm-january-13-2012/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBxhfHBE6k0

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Review of Uncle Pirate

Vital Children's Theatre offers Uncle Pirate, a cut above usual children's fare in drama. Girls and boys alike enjoy it. Read about it here.

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Kelley Donovan & Dancers Opens Fall Season in NYC

Here's a review of Kelley Donovan's Boston dances. A preview of what's to come for this talented dancer:

Kelley Donovan.

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Angelina Ballerina: The Musical

Check it out in NYC. Here's a review of the Vital Children's Theatre Production of Angelina Ballerina: the Musical in association with HIT Entertainment.

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Gloria Steinem at Facebook Me The Play 9/17/2011

NY Fringe encore performances starting tomorrow for this excellent play. Gloria Steinem will attend for a talkback afterwards. Details:

SATURDAY, September 17 @ 2:00pm
--including post show Talkback and Q&A with Gloria Steinem and NY Times Bestselling author Rachel Simmons (Odd Girl Out and The Curse of the Good Girl)

SUNDAY, September 18 @ 2:00pm


SATURDAY, September 24 @ 2:00pm
 and 9:30pm

SUNDAY, September 25 @ 2:00pm

Location: Soho Playhouse 15 Vandam St. NYC (btwn Varick Street and Sixth Ave.)

Review

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See Jonas Hassem Khemiri's Invasion!

The Flea Theater in NYC is the setting for Khemiri's riveting play, Invasion! During its February 2011 premiere, the play won an Obie for the playwright. Cheers to The Play Company for bringing it back. If you are tired of global paranoia and self-cheapening words, you will want to see this play. Here's a review of the new production at this link.

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Families Enjoy New York City's High Line

There is something for everyone in New York's high up park called the High Line for its former status as a freight rail line. In the 1930s it spared pedestrians from dangerous train traffic on the street by raising the rails; in the twenty-first century, it elevates strollers away from the noise and street traffic. The beautifully landscaped and architecturally sensitive tract is home to many delights that give families a terrific way to spend the day. Here are some ideas: High Points for Kids on NYC's High Line.

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Puppets Rule in War Horse

A large, outstanding cast of people deliver Lincoln Center's production of War Horse, but the puppets deliver the emotional impact.

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Rehearsal Slide Show: Across the Ages Dance

Runthrough photos can be found at Defining the Capture.

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New Photos of Daniel McCusker's ATAD Process

This week on June 17 and 18, Across the Ages Dance, produced by Eliza Mallouk and Marcie Mitler, will open in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This intergenerational performance, features the work of five choreographers and twenty-four dancers, ranging in age from their first decade of life to their eighth. The performances are all but sold out, and it promises to be a weekend to remember. Photos available at Defining The Capture blog, featuring Daniel McCusker's rehearsal process. 

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ATAD Producer Focus: Marcie Mitler

Across the Ages Dance is being produced by Marcie Mitler and Eliza Mallouk. Here is a link to some excerpts from an interview with Marcie about her own beginning as a dancer and her thoughts about the production.

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Choreographer Focus #5: Daniel McCusker

Daniel McCusker is a pillar of Cambridge Dance. He's lent his support and gifts to the Across the Ages Dance Project opening next week. I've excerpted my interview with Danny at Defining the Capture.

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Choreographer Focus #4: Cat Wagner

Across the Ages Dance features the work of its youngest choreographer, Cat Wagner. Selections from my interview with Cat appear at Defining The Capture.