Monday, January 19, 2026 at midnight (Broadway Time)

IMPRESSIONS: Winter in Brief (Part 1): Out-FRONT!, Exponential, Under the Radar, and New York Live Arts Live Artery Festivals by The Dance Enthusiast

"Whew, I'm exhausted in the best way. Ready for more? I am! Stay tuned for Winter in Brief, Part 2, featuring even more from the January festival season. Happy dancegoing, everyone!" " Sa…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 11pm (Broadway Time)

Mama Does Derby rolls into Sydney Festival

The post Mama Does Derby rolls into Sydney Festival appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

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Amanda Seyfried Makes Bold Confession About Her Future on Broadway - Yahoo

Amanda Seyfried showed off her singing chops in musical films like Mamma Mia and Les Misérables, but don't expect to see her on Broadway. When ...

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 10pm (Broadway Time)

Well Stocked by Mason Pilevsky

The Bookstore " 16 January 2026 A look inside the lives of those whom society dubs "real readers", The Bookstore depicts the tale of four people whose lives center around their voracio…

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'Industry' Star Kit Harington on Henry Muck's Acid-Popping Descent Into Supernatural Despair and Unraveling the 'Real Trauma in His Past' by Alex Ritman

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains plot details for "The Commander and the Grey Lady," Season 4, Episode 2 of HBO's "Industry," now streaming on HBO Max. All is not well in the Hous…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 9pm (Broadway Time)

Roger Allers, Co-Director of THE LION KING, Dies at 76

Roger Allers, co-director of The Lion King, passed away at 76 years old. Longtime collaborator and visual effects supervisor Dave Bossert confirmed the death of his colleague and friend i…

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Audition: Three Insights about Theater in Katie Kitamura's novel by Jonathan Mandell

The unnamed central character in Katie Kitamura's acclaimed novel "Audition" (Riverhead Books, 197 pages) is a middle-aged actress of some repute and of great perception, who offers some ric…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 8pm (Broadway Time)

'Broadway Comes to St. John' Once Again on Jan. 31 | St. Thomas Source

Tickets are still available for "Broadway Comes to St. John " The Angel Show," the annual fundraiser for the St. John School of the Arts that ...

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Riverside Combines Music And Comedy In A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder by Bill Hirschman

It may be January in Vero Beach, Florida, but for a few hours you can travel to a distant time and place and enjoy a romp in 1909 London. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is a musical …

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 7pm (Broadway Time)

Canberra's new lyric theatre takes a major step forward

The post Canberra's new lyric theatre takes a major step forward appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

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Theater Review: I DO! I DO! (Palm Canyon Theatre) by Stan Jenson

A MARRIAGE MUSICAL THAT SPANS 50 YEARS"ALL IN ONE BEDROOM Palm Canyon's I Do! I Do! is consistently enchanting, with actors strong enough to make this intimate two-hander feel genuinely movi…

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Review: The Bookstore, a Love Letter to Readers - TheaterMania.com

New Jersey Rep presents the off-Broadway debut of Michael Walek's quiet drama. ... Arielle Goldman, Janet Zarish, and Ari Derambakhsh star in Michael ...

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Australia's first national survey into working conditions in the creative industries launches

The post Australia's first national survey into working conditions in the creative industries launches appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 6pm (Broadway Time)

Florenz Ziegfeld: The KING of Broadway | Full Documentary | Biography - YouTube

Explores the life of legendary showman Florenz Ziegfeld, from his family's conservative Chicago Musical College to his lavish and scandalous ...

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Way Off Broadway kicks off season with Agatha Christie's 'The Hollow' | fredericknewspost.com

Way Off Broadway Dinner Theater will kick off its season with Agatha Christie's "The Hollow," onstage through March 1.

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 5pm (Broadway Time)

and her Children by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Hailey McAfee in a scene from Rosie Glen-Lambert and McAfee's "and her Children" at SoHo Playhouse (Photo credit: courtesy of the production) Plays tend not to offer unsympathetic protagonis…

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Melissa Leo Says She Had a 'Much Better Career' Before Winning Best Supporting Actress Oscar: 'I Never Wanted It' by Jack Dunn

Melissa Leo, who won the best supporting actress Oscar for "The Fighter" in 2011, said during a Q&A with The Guardian that her career was "much better" before winning the award. "Winning…

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My Own Take: 'Bug' Arrives on Broadway Starring 'Gilded Age''s Carrie Coon - Showriz

The production is staged by David Cromer, one of the best directors of his generation. It was first staged off-Broadway in 2003, following its ...

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My Own Take: 'Bug' Arrives on Broadway Starring 'Gilded Age''s Carrie Coon by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Bug" by Tracy Letts on Broadway What makes it special?: The show stars Carrie Coon (TV's "The Gilded Age," third season of "The White Lotus") in a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning …

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 4pm (Broadway Time)

Washington National Opera Finds New Venue Following Kennedy Center Split by Meg Masseron, Diep Tran

Stephen Schwartz is also returning to host the company's annual gala.

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Howell Middle School South Players presents Disney's "The Lion King JR." - New Jersey Stage

Based on the landmark Broadway musical directed by Julie Taymor and ... The full Broadway production of The Lion King has been enchanting ...

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Paul MacLeavy obituary by Julie Peoples

My father, Paul MacLeavy, who has died aged 78, was a drainage engineer and, later in life, a professional magician. Magic had been a hobby while Paul earned his living as a council employee…

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Roger Allers, 'The Lion King' Director, Dies at 76 by Jack Dunn

Roger Allers, a longtime Disney writer and the co-director of the 1994 animated classic "The Lion King," has died. He was 76. Allers' death was confirmed by veteran visual effects supervisor…

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This Week on Broadway for January 18, 2026: Bug by James Marino

Peter Filichia, Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review Bug @ the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon @ Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, T…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 3pm (Broadway Time)

R.I.P. Cafe Un Deux Trois by Trav S.D.

I sometimes come to regret my obituaries for famous businesses and restaurants that fold, because unlike people, some of them come roaring back to life (e.g. The Laurie Beechman, and Hallowe…

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Your Travalanche Daily Digest for January 18, 2026 by Trav S.D.

Today's new Travalanche posts for January 18, 2026 are about Daniel Webster, the closing of Cafe Un Deux Trois, and vaudevillian Andy Rice. Other earlier Travalanche posts for January 18 (in…

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What’s On Stage Pittsburgh: January 19th to the end of February, 2026 by Ghoover

Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of February from onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as possible, bu…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 2pm (Broadway Time)

Transgender Actress Dylan Mulvaney Cast as Henry VIII's Wife in Broadway Musical

Social media is divided after popular TikTok star and transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney was cast as Anne Boleyn in the upcoming Broadway ...

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An Ark: Mixed Reality Theater Provides Mixed Results - New York Stage Review

... Broadway · Off-Broadway · Beyond · Critics' Picks · Our Critics · About Us · Melissa Rose Bernardo · Michael Feingold · David Finkle · Elysa Gardner ...

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An Ark: Ian McKellan In A 'Photonic' Tonic For Our Time by Roma Torre

★★★★☆ Playwright Simon Stephens and tech wizards concoct the world's first mixed reality play The post An Ark: Ian McKellan In A 'Photonic' Tonic For Our Time a…

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An Ark: Mixed Reality Theater Provides Mixed Results by Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Ian McKellen is among the performers appearing virtually in this one-act play by Simon Stephens The post An Ark: Mixed Reality Theater Provides Mixed Resu…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 1pm (Broadway Time)

Tina Packer, Powerhouse of Shakespeare Performance, Dies at 87 by Richard Sandomir

She was a founder and the longtime artistic director of Shakespeare & Company, a repertory theater in western Massachusetts, and directed all his plays.

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at noon (Broadway Time)

Theater Time Review: Best Shows of the First Half of the 2025-2026 Season by Joseph Cervelli

I always prefer listing not the best of the year but those that have opened the first half of the new theater season. Here they are. The listing of those from the second half will be up in M…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 11am (Broadway Time)

Bruce Springsteen Dedicates 'Promised Land' to Renee Good, Decries 'Gestapo Tactics' Leading to Citizens Being 'Murdered': 'ICE Should G by Chris Willman

In an unbilled performance Saturday night at the Light of Day festival in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen took solemn time out during an otherwise celebratory 75-minute set to dedicate "The Pr…

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CM Performing Arts Center debuts $100,000 upgrade at 'Legally Blonde' Saturday - Newsday

"We have Broadway-quality sounds now," the Oakdale theater's president and CEO said.

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The Devil and Daniel Webster by Trav S.D.

Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was born on January 18; the statue dedicated to him in Central Park turns 150 years old this year. (A terrific article on the 1876 monument is here). When I was a …

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Theatre Review: 'Shakespeare in Harlem' presented by Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in collaboration with UMBC by Ben Pierce

"Shakespeare in Harlem," originally a collection of poems by Langston Hughes, first opened in New York City in 1960. Though it was widely loved, its run was cut short due to politics of the …

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'SNL' cold open mocks Trump on Minneapolis, Venezuela by USA Today

In the first "Saturday Night Live" episode of the year, cast members mocked Trump over his handling of Venezuela and the ICE shootings in Minneapolis. Sign up for our newsletter for the day…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 10am (Broadway Time)

Steppin' to the Bad Side on Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week's episode marks the third and final installme…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 9am (Broadway Time)

The Elusive Andy Rice by Trav S.D.

The ephemeral reference above is the only image I came across that provides any sort of visual on vaudeville writer and performer Andy Rice (1881-1963). The path that led me to awareness of …

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'Hell's Kitchen' to close on Broadway far sooner than expected - amNewYork

Broadway's "Hell's Kitchen" will close far sooner than many expected. Alicia Keys' coming-of-age musical"built around her catalog of songs and ...

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Nicole Zelka builds musical theater career on national, global tours - Times Union

Nicole Zelka turned college rejections into her own path to Broadway tours, including "Beetlejuice" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

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On 'S.N.L.,' Trump Recaps his Recent 'Legal-ish' Activities by Dave Itzkoff

The first episode of 2026, hosted by Finn Wolfhard of "Stranger Things," satirized that hit Netflix series and conjured a Harry Potter reboot à la "Heated Rivalry."

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Jamie Campbell Bower Talks Stranger Things Finale, Reads a Secret Letter Left by Jake Connelly by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Jamie Campbell Bower asks Jimmy why he's dressed like Delightful Derek from Stranger Things before talking about Vecna's fate in the series finale and reading a secret message left by his co…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 8am (Broadway Time)

Being Alive: When Toronto's Talk Is Free Theatre Trusts Sondheim, "Company" Soars by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: TIFT's Company By Ross Two men enter quietly. One takes his place at the piano, the other at center stage. As a radio dial searches for a familiar frequency, snip…

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What's Wrong With Benny Hill? review " a vivid reminder of what millions once found hilarious by Brian Logan

White Bear theatre, LondonMark Carey's play asks why the former best-loved man on TV has been so thoroughly expunged from our comedy pantheon " but doesn't have a great deal to add TV has mi…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 7am (Broadway Time)

'I can't waste this': Michael Sheen on his riskiest role yet " saving Wales's national theatre by Kate Wyver

When funding cuts closed National Theatre Wales, the actor saw it as an emergency, and set about building a replacement. As its first show comes to the stage, he explains his plan to bring b…

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Lost to the Rock: Ambition, Mystery, and the Overcrowded Limits of Picnic at Hanging Rock

Broadway and Theatre News: Ariana Grande and Jonathan Baily Sunday in the Park with George, Night Side Songs, Bigfoot! starring Grey Henson, Hadestown ...

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 6am (Broadway Time)

Broadway star Elizabeth Franz was a shy Copley girl | Local history

Broadway actress Elizabeth Franz (1941-2025) was born in Akron and raised in. Betty Jean Frankovitch, the daughter of Joseph and Harriet Frankovitch, ...

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Hartford Symphony Orchestra's MLK tribute concert offers message of 'The Fierce Urgency of Now' by Christopher Arnott

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra's tribute to the late civil rights leader, Jan. 22 at Asylum Hill Church in Hartford, offers a concert of classical, gospel and modern music.

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Acts of Self-Destruction by Doreen St. Félix

On the most irreversible form of dissent, in art and in real life.

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Amanda Seyfried's Epiphanies by Rachel Syme

The star of "The Testament of Ann Lee" and "The Housemaid" discusses letting go of judgment, working without hierarchies, and committing to the role of a woman possessed by faith.

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 5am (Broadway Time)

Yale Center for British Art probes the artistic influence of a ruthless global conglomerate by Christopher Arnott

"Painters, Ports, and Profit: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850," on view through June 21, highlights artists from India, Britain, and China that worked during that era.

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Video: Watch Norm Lewis, Joy Woods, More in SETH RUDETSKY & FRIENDS Carnegie ...

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 3am (Broadway Time)

Theatre Review: FINDING DOROTHY PARKER (Laurie Beechman Theatre) by Rob Lester

SARCASM ON STEROIDS To say that Dorothy Parker had a way with words would be the understatement of the century"and she spanned two of them, being born in the last decade of the 1800s and han…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 2am (Broadway Time)

Lesley Manville, Mark Strong clash in Broadway's 'Oedipus' - NY1

"On Stage" host Frank DiLella caught up with Lesley Manville and Mark Strong, who star in Robert Icke's acclaimed Broadway production of "Oedipus.

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EPCOT's Disney On Broadway Series Adds Kyra Belle Johnson - Laughing Place

Yesterday, the 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts officially kicked off, including the event's popular Disney On Broadway Concert ...

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Mandy Patinkin brings 'Jukebox' concert to WAC - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Ask Mandy Patinkin the greatest moments of his life. You might expect him to choose his first bow on Broadway as Che in "Evita.

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 1am (Broadway Time)

Off-Broadway Review: H.M.S. PINAFORE (New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players) by Paulanne Simmons

SAILORS, SATIRE, AND SOPRANOS New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players keep H.M.S. Pinafore proudly afloat"smart, tuneful, and gloriously old-school. Producing a Gilbert & Sullivan operet…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at midnight (Broadway Time)

Harry Potter Meets 'Heated Rivalry' in Racy SNL Sketch With Ron Romance, Naked Quidditch and Jason Momoa by William Earl

The Wizarding World is taking on "Heated Rivalry." On this week's "SNL," host Finn Wolfhard starred as Harry Potter in a sketch mocking the new HBO series adaptation of the fantasy novels. B…

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Talladega College to host tribute concert with Jennifer Holliday for new president

Talladega College is set to host a special tribute concert featuring Grammy Award-winning Broadway legend Jennifer Holliday in celebration of the ...

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'SNL' Mocks Trump's Nobel Prize Envy, Colin Jost's Unhinged Pete Hegseth Promises 'USA is Going to F"' Countries Around the World by Cynthia Littleton

"Saturday Night Live" mocked President Donald Trump's egomania around the Nobel Peace Prize as well as the U.S. military action in Venezuela and Kristi Noem's incredibly callous response to …

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How the original company of 'Ragtime' was cast - Broadway News

Jan. 18 marks the 28th anniversary of the musical's opening " here's how the star-studded cast first got together.

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Finn Wolfhard's 'SNL' Monologue Crashed by 'Stranger Things' BFFs Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo; Trio Say They're Grown and Ready f by William Earl

Finn Wolfhard's "SNL" monologue was crashed by two of his best-known co-stars. Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo, who starred on "Stranger Things" with Wolfhard, joined the actor in his m…

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Lost to the Rock: Ambition, Mystery, and the Overcrowded Limits of Picnic at Hanging Rock by Ross

As a gentle piano ushers us in, the dreamer and the dream disappear into the night. There's a quiet but decisive shift in the final moments of that first song, opening our eyes to a crowded …

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How the original company of 'Ragtime' was cast by Ruthie Fierberg

Jan. 18 marks the 28th anniversary of the musical's opening " here's how the star-studded cast first got together.

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Review: What to Wear at BAM Harvey by Loren Noveck

Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parson restage a Richard Foreman opera with panache for Prototype. Loren Noveck reviews. The post Review: What to Wear at BAM Harvey appeared first on Exeunt Magazine …

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THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Gina Gibney, Recipient of the Bessies Service to the Field Award (2025) by The Dance Enthusiast

"Everything that we are as an organization now " we have this repertory company with nine really amazing dancers that does work by choreographers that I've admired my whole career, we have t…

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THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Dyane Harvey-Salaam, Recipient of The Bessies Lifetime Achievement Award (2024), Reflects on Her Storied Career by The Dance Enthusiast

"I think that, in a way, I have been charged with always bringing the Black perspective to the front of my work. My mother was heavily involved in social activism, Black identity [...] And t…

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