MARK PEIKERT

Leslye Headland and Trip Cullman reunite for their third play

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The audience knows the view is going to be fresh when the show begins with the four walls of Eddie Carbone’s home rising up in the air, revealing a stark white floor and pristine Lucite benches inside. Designer Jan Versweyveld intentionally wanted to give the impression of a house being lifted up by its roof so that we can peek on what’s happening inside.

James Lecesne brings his novel about a missing teen to the stage — When James Lecesne published his young adult novel Absolute Brightness in 2008, the world was a very different place. The story of a missing gay teenager, the book was almost eerily prescient in its depiction of teen bullying and the many forms it can take. And with bullying-related suicides seemingly always on the rise, our nati

David Greenspan explores the legacy of Helen Twelvetrees — In some ways, David Greenspan found his play I’m Looking for HelenTwelvetrees in a photo of the 1930s actress. Included on the cover of the program for the production, which runs through April 4 at Abrons Arts Center, the image finds Twelvetrees staring down into a […]

The Rockettes may be synonymous with the holiday season, but the high-kicking dancers stay busy throughout the year. “I start training for Christmas probably about two or three weeks after we close the [previous year’s Christmas] show,” says seventh-year Rockette Mary Cavett. “You get yourself back in dance class; you maintain and take care of […]

— “I like to refer to Rock of Ages as the big little show,” says wardrobe supervisor Wendall Goings. As he puts it, the costumes for the ’80s-set jukebox musical—stuffed with hair metal hits like “Sister Christian” and “Wanted Dead or Alive”—are almost an illusion; the clothes might seem skimpy, but they’re made of hundreds of parts.