Matt Barbot’s ‘beautiful land’: This Time It’s Personal
His fantastical new play at Pregones/PRTT puts real and fictional Puerto Ricans on a wild train ride through history and politics.
All Stories About West Side Story
Chita Rivera: Icon, Ancestor, Force, and Presence
A successor in the legendary role of Anita recalls her confidence-building encounter with the Broadway legend.
This Month in Theatre History
January looks back on the first female theatre manager, a new-play producer, a groundbreaking Black theatre artist, peak Broadway, and more.
The Air Is Humming: Why Did ‘West Side Story’ Hire a Boy Like That?
Protests target the casting of Amar Ramasar, a dancer who was briefly fired from New York City Ballet in 2018 for sexual harassment.
A ‘West Side Story’ That Resets the Choreographic Balance
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s pared-down choreography may depart from Jerome Robbins’s original steps, but is it telling the same story?
Dancing on the Edge with Spring Valley High’s Thespian Troupe 721
How one dedicated director is keeping the theatre program alive and kicking at a struggling New York school.
