New works, well-known music and—of course—The Nutcracker: There are plenty of performances to choose from as the winter holidays approach. Here are seven that caught our eye this month.

Bustling festivals, fresh premieres, unexpected team-ups—the dance scene is only burning brighter as we enter the final weeks of summer. Here are our top picks for August.

The first part of Angels in America ends with a bang: Prior Walter, the character we’ve followed for roughly three and a half hours as he weathers the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York City, sees an Angel crash through the ceiling. She beats her wings, hovering over the man cowering in his bed, and […]

Choreographers Kelly Devine and Steven Hoggett put Rocky in the ring.   It seemed a highly dubious vanity project at the time: a tough-talking, squish-hearted, low-budget boxing movie, written by and starring an unknown actor. But Rocky became a surprise hit as well as a franchise; Sylvester Stallone became a genuine star; “Yo, Adrian” became […]