Hope Clarke: A Career of Being Ready for the Next Chance
From the ‘West Side Story’ tour to television to work with George C. Wolfe, this performer/choreographer has followed each next step where it led.
All Stories About Jerome Robbins
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?
A New ‘West Side Story’ Steps Beyond Jerome Robbins
For a new Guthrie revival, choreographer Maija García has created gritty new dances that give the Jets and Sharks a fresh spin.
The Life, Career of Bob Fosse Resurrected in Sam Wasson’s ‘Fosse’
Michael Bloom examines the latest biography on Bob Fosse
Ground-Breakers and Musical Makers, From Mamoulian to Harburg to Robbins
Two books celebrate an undersung directorial genius, while two others look at a path-finding lyricist and a seminal show.
Joseph Stein (1912-2010), Jerry Bock (1928-2010)
Memories of 2 men who infused ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ with their own smiling, brilliant personalities.
The Tamiment Connection
How vacations in the Poconos shaped the American musical.
