The World of Dance and Theatre

Adele sees the largest Grammy bounce�in history �
Feb 22@1:03pm: The richest winners at the Grammys aren?t revealed at the show. They?re unveiled on the next week?s charts. This year, the most monied champs cleaned up to an unprecedented degree. [from Music_Arts Rss Article only]

ArtsBeat: 'Kinky Boots' the Musical to Get Pre-Broadway Run in Chicago
Feb 22@12:18pm: The musical adaptation of the 2005 British film about a drag queen named Lola would be the Broadway debut of Cyndi Lauper as a composer and lyricist. [from NYT > Theater]

Theater Review: ?The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G,? by Qui Nguyen
Feb 22@11:27am: Qui Nguyen?s ?Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G,? an ambitious entertainment about modern identity, has moved to Off Broadway in a Vampire Cowboys production. [from NYT > Theater]

Dance Review: Jen Rosenblit and Vanessa Anspaugh Perform at Live Arts
Feb 22@11:20am: Jen Rosenblit and Vanessa Anspaugh each offer dances at New York Live Arts, one almost private, and the other drawing in the audience immediately. [from NYT > Dance]

Dance Review: Levydance Performs ?Romp? at Joyce SoHo
Feb 22@11:00am: The members of the San Francisco troupe Levydance presented ?Romp,? in which the audience sits at banquet tables with the performers. [from NYT > Dance]

Theater Review: David Crabb?s ?Bad Kid? at Axis Theater
Feb 22@11:00am: In ?Bad Kid,? a solo show at the Axis Theater, David Crabb delivers a fairly ordinary story about youthful mistakes and adventures, yet his characters are vivid. [from NYT > Theater]

Comic book collection expected �to fetch $2M
Feb 22@9:24am: Michael Rorrer said his great aunt once mentioned having comic books she would one day give him and his brother, but it was a passing remark made when they were boys and still into superheroes. [from Music_Arts Rss Article only]

Spring Performance: John Tiffany and Steven Hoggett Collaborate on ?Once?
Feb 22@6:00am: John Tiffany and Steven Hoggett, the team behind ?Black Watch,? take on a quieter project: a musical adaptation of the film ?Once,? about young musicians falling in love. [from NYT > Theater]

Roberta Flack covers the Beatles on new CD
Feb 22@6:00am: Don?t mess with perfection. That maxim applies with special force to covers of Beatles tunes. Does anyone really think they?re going to make them better? Even the boldest and most personal interpretations of Fab Four songs ? o... [from Music_Arts Rss Article only]

Dick Anthony Williams, Actor and Producer, Dies at 77
Feb 22@12:07am: Mr. Williams?s roles ranged from blaxploitation films to the stage, where he gained two Tony nominations. [from NYT > Theater]

WATCH: Bam sings blues with legends
Feb 21@11:44pm: The President just couldn't say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them. [from Music_Arts Rss Article only]

Adele gives finger at Brit Awards
Feb 21@8:57pm: Rising music star Adele picked up more accolades on Tuesday, but her big night at the Brit Awards was capped by controversy. Adele flipped the bird in frustration after she was cut off during her acceptance speech for the Best Album award. [from Music_Arts Rss Article only]

Dance Review: Dean Moss Program, Part of Parallels at Danspace Project
Feb 21@2:25pm: Dean Moss conceived the program ?Black Dance,? part of the Parallels series at Danspace Project, featuring works by Pedro Jim�nez, Young Jean Lee and Ann Liv Young. [from NYT > Dance]

ArtsBeat: Dance Awards for Baryshnikov and Forsythe
Feb 13@2:55pm: Mikhail Baryshnikov has won the Vilcek Prize for the Arts and the American Dance Festival has awarded the choreographer William Forsythe the 2012 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement. [from NYT > Dance]

ArtsBeat: American Ballet Theater Thwarts Mikhailovsky's Summer Plans
Feb 9@1:53pm: Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, two dancers with the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia, also happen to dance with American Ballet Theater. [from NYT > Dance]

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