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Cirque du Soleil

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    April 5, 2012

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    Michael Jackson: Immortal Madison Square Garden Wednesday, April 4 Better than: Ringling Bros. Cirque du Soleil's take on Michael Jackson's catalog, Michael Jackson: Immortal, is certainly ambitious. The twoish-hour set has a live band, aerialists and fireworks, flips and flops, a dancing sequined ... More >>

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    February 26, 2012

    My Thoughts On The Oscars As They Happen!

    The show started with great dignity. Morgan Freeman came out and a friend of mine said, "Is that the one who fucks the granddaughter?"

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    November 23, 2011

    Live: Taylor Swift Brings Selena Gomez And James Taylor To Madison Square Garden

    Taylor Swift w/ NeedToBreathe, Danny Gokey Madison Square Garden Tuesday, November 22 Better than: Singing along alone in the office. Taylor Swift closed her Fearless tour before a sold-out football stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, where she performed her encore under artificial rain and gave Ju ... More >>

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    July 27, 2011

    EXIST IN 3-D

    Enter the bizarro world of Ryan Trecartin

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    July 20, 2011

    Live: Taylor Swift Sparkles And Survives At The Prudential Center

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  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Aliens Have Landed And Are Singing Medleys

    ​How do you make eight talented vocalists into a tourist attraction? Have them dress like white sperm cells, talk in squeaky voices complete with alien accents, sing a cappella medleys of every song ever written, and carry out audience participation shtick, like rubbing patrons' heads and rea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Cirque du Soleil's Zarkana: My Review

    ​The last Cirque du Soleil show in NYC, Banana Shpiel, was a mixed-bag attempt to do a Broadway-style musical with a plot and a throughline. But with Zarkana--at Radio City Music Hall--they've gone back to their formula of just stringing together a bunch of daredevil acts along with squeaking ... More >>

  • Theater

    June 29, 2011

    Zarkana Goes Swinging: Willie Geist Reviews Cirque du Soleil

    The company's latest extravaganza flies into Radio City Music Hall

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Eighty-Eight Pianos To Storm The Streets Of New York City Next Week

    ​Beginning June 18 and running through July 2, the nonprofit organization Sing For Hope will once again install a bunch of pianos for public playing at various places around New York City in an installation that, this time around, they're calling Pop-Up Pianos. The 88 pianos—60 uprights ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Cirque du Soleil Show Titles: Oy!

    ​I've had it with those wacky, foreign-sounding, gibberish-y titles of chirping, screeching Cirque De Soleil shows. The linguistic whimsy mixed with faux profundity, all designed to make people think they're shelling out cash for something more meaningful than it is, has become as tiresome as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    "American Idol": Stefano Langone Won't Get Any Closer To Winning

    Michael Becker/FOX​So this was Stefano Langone's week to disappear. I can't say it's a surprise; he'd been on the chopping block for a while, bouncing in and out of the bottom three and generally coming across as someone who was not long for this show. It's still a bit messed up the way the sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Black Party Aftermath: Here's the Raunchy Stuff I Missed

    ​My last week's column about the annual gay debauch called the Black Party related how I hung out at Roseland till 2 a.m. looking for the raunchy stuff, then came back at 9:30 a.m. because I heard that's when Sodom really hooks up with Gomorrah. And all I could find was some oral action, a ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Daylight Savings Time: A Handy Guide

    ​This Sunday morning at 2 a.m., Daylight Savings Time begins. This means that all clocks that don't automatically switch over will have to be manually moved ahead one hour. Got it? We have compiled a handy list of critical "Do's" and "Don't's" to help you get through this potentially confusing ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 2, 2011

    Allman Brothers Band

    ​This Sunday morning at 2 a.m., Daylight Savings Time begins. This means that all clocks that don't automatically switch over will have to be manually moved ahead one hour. Got it? We have compiled a handy list of critical "Do's" and "Don't's" to help you get through this potentially confusing ... More >>

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    February 23, 2011

    DO THE TWIST

    The impossible feats of Circa

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    January 5, 2011

    The Cat's Meow

    A cabaret double-header

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    December 22, 2010
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    October 8, 2010

    Live: The Hold Steady Try Their Best To Burn Down The Beacon Theatre

    Craig Finn, taking the whole Twins thing in stride. Pics by Rob Trucks, more below.​The Hold Steady Beacon Theatre Thursday, October 7 Better than: Cirque de Soleil's Banana Shpeel or whatever usually goes on here. I'm sure some of those Allman Brothers shows get pretty rowdy, but I still ca ... More >>

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    September 29, 2010

    ARIAS'S ARIAS

    Drag star goes jazz

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    August 11, 2010
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    May 18, 2010
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    March 9, 2010

    Allman Brothers Band

    Drag star goes jazz

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    December 1, 2009

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    August 19, 2008

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    June 3, 2008

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    May 6, 2008

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    November 6, 2007

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    Give Lizz Winstead her due. And keep your hands off Megan Mullally's melons

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    July 10, 2007

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    June 12, 2007

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    February 6, 2007

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    December 12, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Justin Timberlake reclaims his King of Arena Pop crown with nearly three hours of gleefully defied sexxlaws

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    June 27, 2006

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    April 25, 2006

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    June 28, 2005

    D-list Star Says Britney's Trash!

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    June 14, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Cuckoo for Kylie Minogue and Jamie Lidell; Rothko renovates

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    December 21, 2004

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    April 13, 2004

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    March 2, 2004

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    February 10, 2004

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    Northern Retreats Offer a Little Karmic Healing and a Lot of Yoga

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    September 30, 2003

    Desert Flash and Local Heroes

    Hammocks swing, snakes coil, secrets are kept, and tears well up in our own backyard

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    June 17, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Hammocks swing, snakes coil, secrets are kept, and tears well up in our own backyard

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    June 3, 2003

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    January 7, 2003

    The Transporter

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    March 26, 2002

    NY Mirror

    'Crutchmaster' Takes Dance to the Next Level

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    May 22, 2001

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    December 19, 2000

    NY Mirror

    The People Speak! Thirty-Four NYC Theater Types Pick Their Favorite Shows of the 2000–2001 Off-Broadway Season.

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    May 16, 2000

    Beasts and Beefcake

    The People Speak! Thirty-Four NYC Theater Types Pick Their Favorite Shows of the 2000–2001 Off-Broadway Season.

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