The subject matter Kate Ladenheim tackles, not to mention the way she tackles it, is often wildly ambitious—a multipronged series digging into internalized misogyny and the social impact of glass ceilings, for example, or a farcical meditation on what it takes to “make it” as an artist, told largely through social media. It should come […]
How Cats Inspired a Generation of Dancers
There are two phases of everyone’s life: before seeing Cats and after seeing Cats. Starting today, with the release of a new film version of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s hit musical, millions of viewers will enter into this second phase of life, and a new generation of people with “Memory” stuck in their head will arise. […]
A New Musical Netflix Series Starring Robbie Fairchild and Jenna Dewan Drops Tomorrow
A new show drops on Netflix tomorrow, and it’s a dancer’s dream come true. (No, it’s not “Flirty Dancing.”) “Soundtrack,” an episodic musical show from the creator of “Smash” and “Gossip Girl,” has lots of dancing—but not one note of singing. That’s right—when the characters on “Soundtrack” have a musical number, they lip-sync to the […]
How Can We Confront Implicit Bias? The Director of Jacob's Pillow Shares Her Ideas
At Jacob’s Pillow’s June gala, something happened that outraged me: A patron who identifies as black/biracial felt a white man seated behind her touch her tightly coiled hair. When she ignored him, he audibly complained that her hair would block his view of the stage. At dinner, the patron was further subjected to a series […]
We're Gifting Readers 500 Tickets to Cats
Calling all Cats fans! If you live near Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville or Greenville, we’d love to treat you to a sneak peak of the Cats feature film. In anticipation of the movie’s December 20 nationwide premiere, these five cities are hosting advance screenings on Tuesday, December 17, at 7 pm. We’ll get you in—for […]