A recent staging of CATS in London. Courtesy O&M Co. When CATS opened on Broadway in 1982, it ran for a record-breaking 18 years. This summer, it will return under the guidance of much of the original team: composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, scenic and costume designer John Napier and director Trevor Nunn. The major change […]
One of the kookiest, yet most successful inventions of the ’80s is making a comeback: CATS will return to Broadway this summer, beginning previews at the Neil Simon Theater July 14 and officially opening on August 2. Demeter and Bombalurina from the London 2014 production (Cue the music for “Memory.”) The original production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s […]
Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from February 2025.
Ask her Smash collaborators about Robyn Hurder, and they use admiring words like “leader” (from choreographer Joshua Bergasse) and “Renaissance woman” (from director Susan Stroman) and “old-school triple threat” (both of them).
The first time Jessica Tong auditioned for Hubbard Street’s second company, she made it to the end of the call but didn’t get the job. The next time she auditioned, six months later, she also didn’t get the job, but she did get a note from then-artistic director Julie Nakagawa telling her to keep in […]
As the founder of Les Ballet Afrik and one of the choreographers behind the recent CATS reimagining, The Jellicle Ball, Omari Wiles has become a fixture of New York City’s dance scene, known for mixing house and vogue styles with African dance. Wiles’ mother, Marie Basse-Wiles, is also a New York legend: A pillar of […]
Where is the dance field headed next? The dancers, choreographers, directors, and companies on our annual “25 to Watch” list offer heartening, imaginative, exciting possible answers to that question. Whether or not you’re already familiar with these up-and-comers, our editors and contributors from across the dance world predict that we’ll be hearing a lot more from these artists on the verge of a breakout in 2025 and beyond.
The first time Oona Doherty tried to make her own work, it was on a dare.