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NYCB’s new bling – 5/10
Sometimes a costume is just a costomb – something pretty and interesting that encases something that it's best we not see. Other times a costume can bring new life and interest to a performance…
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Holy Zeppole
It's that time of year again! Next weekend (May 19 & 20), the Ninth Avenue International Food Festival convenes in Hell's Kitchen for the 39th year. Ah, the delicious corn-on-the-cob on top of shark…
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NYCB – Derballet 5/5
Let's listen to the call: … and they're off! Concerto Barocco is out of the gate fast. A little stumble at the rail, but a nice recovery and is in the lead going into…
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NYCB – 5/2 – Tulles of the Trade
Oh, the tulle was flying last night at NYCB's opening performance of its spring season. Blue tulle, pink tulle, layers and layers of it. It was an outstanding night of flying tulle, flying feet…
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The fluid solution
[In a dark Tblisi cafe after the Ananiashvili gala] Listen, Sergei. When you get to our clinic, just wink and tell them it's yours…. No, not both eyes, just one…. What do you mean…
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Scottish Ballet’s Streetcar “poisonously beautiful”
The Scottish Ballet's new production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire just got another fabulous review from London's Evening Standard which called it "florid, poetic, poisonously beautiful" and "everything you could want of Tennessee…