Articles Written by:    LAWRENCE VAN GELDER     

Break Dancing Showmanship, From the Creation

Certainly not Rimsky-Korsakov, when he composed “Flight of the Bumblebee” in 1899 and 1900. Neither could have imagined the day when his music would provide the accompaniment to break dancing. But the cherished old and the burgeoning new, along with ...

From LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, The New York Times,  10 Oct 2008
Related Topics: George Balanchine

Theater Review | 'In Search of My Father ... Walkin’ Talkin’ Bill Hawkins': Papa Was a Rolling Stone, and a Famous Disc Jockey

Anger, bitterness and ceaseless yearning course through the quest narrated and enacted by W. Allen Taylor in his one-man show at the Abrons Arts Center of the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side. This journey of discovery and self-discovery, ...

From LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, The New York Times,  16 Jun 2008

Theater Review: Papa Was a Rolling Stone, and a Famous Disc Jockey

Anger, bitterness and ceaseless yearning course through the quest narrated and enacted by W. Allen Taylor in his one-man show at the Abrons Arts Center of the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side. This journey of discovery and self-discovery, ...

From LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, The New York Times,  13 Jun 2008

Circus Review | Ringing Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus: Enough Sights, Sound and Action for, Well, a Circus

Mime, rap, dance and song. Elephants, surly tigers, Frisbee-crazy dogs, horseback-riding goats, parading llamas and a trained porcupine. Clowns, contortionists, bouncing acrobats, cantering Cossacks, and multiple trapeze artists, including Maria, the ...

From LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, The New York Times,  2 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Chuck Wagner

Theater Review | 'The Marriage Contract': Will a Second Wedding Solve a Married Couple’s Problem?

Keen of eye and light of heart, the latest production of the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene asks husbands and wives: After 25 years, if you had another chance, would you marry your spouse again? The answer is delivered by “The Marriage Contract” ( ...

From LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, The New York Times,  1 Apr 2008

A Vermeer Painting Is Heading West

West Coast art lovers will be offered a rare opportunity to see a Vermeer when the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif., exhibits “A Lady Writing,” above, from Nov. 7 through Feb. 2, 2009. On loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the ...

From LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, The New York Times,  28 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Rembrandt

Latest Legal News for Two Pop Singers

Amy Winehouse, above left, doesn’t have to worry about a hearing on drug-possession charges in Norway as long as her husband stays in a British jail. That was the essence of a court ruling on Thursday in Bergen, Norway, where the Grammy-winning Ms. ...

From LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, The New York Times,  28 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Amy Winehouse

Goyas Get a New Look

Two celebrated Goya paintings damaged during the Spanish Civil War are being restored by the Prado in Madrid for “Goya and the War Years,” an exhibition scheduled to run at the museum from April 14 through July 13, Agence France-Presse reported. Though ...

From LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, The New York Times,  28 Feb 2008

More Radio for Seacrest

Ryan Seacrest, a familiar face on “American Idol,” also wants to be a familiar voice on pop radio. This spring Mr. Seacrest, who is already the host of “American Top 40,” a four-hour national weekend radio show, will also become the host of a ...

From LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, The New York Times,  28 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Ryan Seacrest

Asian Tour Ends on a High Note

After two encores at the Seoul Arts Center, the New York Philharmonic gave the audience of 2,500 what it had been waiting for, The Associated Press reported: “Arirang,” the wistful folk song that is an unofficial anthem for reunification of the two ...

From LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, The New York Times,  28 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Lorin Maazel