Gretel’s Trail

by Molly Donovan January 19, 2012 Teen Reviews

As is often the case with human beings, we cannot help but fingerprint all that we touch. In the MAD Museum‘s exhibition of Flora and Fauna, the unique imprint of humanity is almost tangible, even amid the foliage. A sea of surreal sculptures and sketches, the array of artwork contains the esoteric air of natural [...]

Tagged as: the flora and the fauna, The MAD Museum, visual arts

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Ballet Maribor’s Radio and Juliet

by Lucie Pierre-Louis January 19, 2012 Dance

Edward Clug, choreographer and avid Radiohead fan, did a wonderful job with his 2005 creation for Ballet Maribor, Radio and Juliet.  The performance at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts was set to the music of Radiohead, an English alternative rock band formed in 1985. This is a very odd choice for [...]

Tagged as: Dance, Edward Clug, Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, Radiohead

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Footloose vs. West Side Story: A Remake vs. A Classic

by Marissa Shapiro January 19, 2012 Film

The slick sugarcoated remake of Footloose (2011) has trouble standing on its own without a love of the original, and can barely be compared to a classic like West Side Story (1961). For one thing, it’s hard to say that Footloose is even a musical.  Much of the music in this remake is used as [...]

Tagged as: Film, Footloose (2011)

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Life in 1955 on Maple and Vine

by Lucian Li January 19, 2012 Teen Reviews

Maple and Vine, a play by Jordan Harrison, tells a complex story as it compares and contrasts life in 1955 and the present. We are offered an intriguing premise of a society and organization that endlessly perpetuates a lifestyle from 1955. The play manages to show us the suburban culture from this era but fails [...]

Tagged as: Jordan Harrison, Playwrights Horizons, Theater

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The Message Is Not Lost In Translation

by Lucian Li January 19, 2012 Teen Reviews

David Henry Hwang’s new play Chinglish deals with communication and loyalty in today’s world, two large aspects of doing business. Thus, the hapless Midwestern businessman Daniel Cavanaugh (Gary Wilmes) opens the play with an explanation of chinglish, which describes the loss in translation of words between Chinese and English. He is trying to revitalize his [...]

Tagged as: David Henry Hwang, Longacre Theater, Theater

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Bringing the Fifties to the Twenty First Century

by Sean Scotto January 19, 2012 Teen Reviews

Ever feel like you were born in the wrong time period? That’s an understatement for Katha and Ryu. Maple and Vine, written by Jordan Harrison and directed by Anne Kauffman, is the story of a married couple named Katha and Ryu (Marin Ireland, Peter Kim) living in the modern world. They are living an average [...]

Tagged as: Jordan Harrison, Playwrights Horizons, Theater

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A Shared Evening at Danspace Project

by Sydney Harris January 19, 2012 Dance

I recently saw a contemporary dance performance in St. Mark’s Church-In-The-Bowery.  There were two parts; the first called “I’m Not Coming Back“. The lights went out, making the scene ominous.  A little girl was revealed to be crouching in the middle of the floor when the spotlight illuminated her. The music came on, surreal and [...]

Tagged as: Dance, Danspace Project, St. Mark's Church-In-The-Bowery

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Yotam Silberstein’s RESONANCE

by Sharon Mizrahi January 13, 2012 High 5 Freelancer

In a single word, Yotam Silberstein’s recent release Resonance is captivating. But with a dictionary’s worth of words, the descriptions of his poignant artistry are infinite. Over the course of eleven tracks, Silberstein plucks the heartstrings as he does his guitar, crafting a record of alluring charm that resonates in every cranny of the soul. [...]

Tagged as: RESONANCE, Yotam Silberstein

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A Visit to the Martha Graham Studios

by Liza Papageorgiou January 11, 2012 Dance

Lights, camera, DANCE ACTION! You would think that show business was as easy as those three words.  I know what these dancers do looks very easy, but in reality it is extremely difficult. During the first couple of weeks with the Teen Reviewers and Critics Dance Program I saw many performances, but it was a [...]

Tagged as: Dance, Martha Graham, The Martha Graham Dance Company

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Love, Death and Happiness with Karita Mattila

by Sydney Harris January 11, 2012 Music

If you think classical music is boring, you’re in for a big surprise… I went to Carnegie Hall to see Karita Mattila, the famous Finnish soprano, sing in a concert.  The hall was beautiful — velvet seats, walls like a gilded shell, and outstanding acoustics. I was impatient to hear her – I’m choosey about [...]

Tagged as: Carnegie Hall, Karita Matilla, Music

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Ascuncion @ The Cherry Lane Theater

by Mary Rose Mueller January 11, 2012 Teen Reviews

The simple stage of Jesse Eisenberg’s new play Asuncion (produced by the Rattlestick Theater Company) is an apartment of at least two single males.  As the lights go on, we watch a man in his late twenties, smoking pot, wander out on the stage, light candles, and start playing with a keyboard and African drum. [...]

Tagged as: Cherry Lane Theater, Jesse Eisenberg, Theater

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A Day at the Guggenheim

by Kimani Emmanuel January 11, 2012 Teen Reviews

On a chilly Sunday afternoon in December, I decided to indulge my curiosity regarding advertisements that had appeared on the subway featuring a man hanging by his clothes on a coat rack of sorts. The advertisements were for Maurizio Cattelan‘s exhibition: “Maurizio Cattelan: All.”  I found the title to be a bit vague out of [...]

Tagged as: Maurizio Cattelan, The Guggenheim Museum, visual arts, Visual Arts Teen Reviewers and Critics

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Acrobatics + Dance + Theater = Traces

by Katherine Brannan-Williams January 11, 2012 High 5 Freelancer

There are none of the typical signs onstage at Union Square Theater indicating that a circus-type show is about to start, except for two vertical poles dead center. Replacing carnival rings and nets and clowns are everyday objects such as chairs, a piano, a wooden desk, and…a screen with my face on it? I recognize [...]

Tagged as: 7 Fingers Production, Les 7 Doigts de la Main, Theater, Union Square Theatre

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