Twyla Tharp

Celebrating the Joffrey Ballet

George Heymont | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Christian Holder, Gary Christ, Paul Sutherland, Trinette Singleton, Film, Lar Lubovitch, Joffrey Ballet, Gerald Arpino, Robert Joffrey, Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, Alvin Ailey, Helgi Tomasson, Paul Taylor, Anna Kisselgoff, Twyla Tharp, Dermot Burke, Brunilda Ruiz, Kevin Mackenzie, Bob Hercules, Robert Blankshine, Ballet, Video, Dance, Arts News
George Heymont

2012-03-29-Screenshot20120329at10.10.20AM.jpgBallet fans will want to get their hands on Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, a thrilling new documentary.

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Come Fly Away, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California

James Scarborough | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Matthew Stockwell Dibble, Ramona Kelley, Sinatra, Twyla Tharp, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Marielys Molina, Come Fly Away, Slidepollajax, Christopher Vo, Stephen Hanna, Anthony Burrell, Meredith Miles, Ashley Blair Fitzgerald, Arts News
James Scarborough

Showing what happens (lucky you) when you get caught between the moon and New York City, Twyla Tharp's Come Fly Away, her terpsichorean celebration of the music of Frank Sinatra, swept into Segerstrom Hall.

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City Center: A Remarkable History

Michael Kaiser | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Opera, Fall for Dance, Desmond Richardson, Jessica Tandy, Arlene Shuler, Encores!, George Balanchine, Gwen Verdon, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Jerome Robbins, American Ballet Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, La Guardia, New York City, Arts Management, Twyla Tharp, New York City Opera, City Center, Arts, Matthew Rushing, Frederick Ashton, Antony Tudor, Hume Cronyn, Kennedy Center, Helen Hayes, New York City Ballet, Judith Jamison, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

The ghosts of George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Alvin Ailey and too many others to name are hopefully still in residence, inspiring a new generation of artists to create great works.

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What Is Art? Famous Artists Respond

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Ad Reinhardt, Leonardo, Twyla Tharp, Edgar Degas, Warhol, Karl Marx, Da Vinci, Degas, George Wyllie, Gauguin, Braques, Nietzsche, Art Is, Arts News

For centuries we have wondered, what is art? Many nights we've tossed and turned pondering this unsolvable question. And now, HuffPost Arts is here to...

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First Nighter: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Turns Off the Past

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Lion King, Eiko Ishioka, Via Galactica, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Glen Berger, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Edge, Bono, Kelly, Las Vegas, Avenue Q, George Tsypin, Twyla Tharp, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Foxwoods Theatre, Edward Albee, Julie Taymor, The Times They Are a-Changin', NY Around Town, Entertainment News
David Finkle

Spider-Man exemplifies a larger story -- the transformation of the Great White Way from a collection of buildings dedicated to advancing the art of theater to nothing less than a Broadway theme park.

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The Tony Nominees: A

Vanity Fair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tonys, Kelsey Grammer, Catherine Zeta Jones, Jude Law, Twyla Tharp, Tony Awards, Theater, Christopher Walken, Broadway, Entertainment News

This year's contenders for Broadway's biggest prize include accomplished veterans, bright-eyed newbies, and a smattering of Hollywood superstars (Jude...

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The Most Culturally Radical Show on TV (and Sometimes One of the Cheesiest) is on Fox

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, John Cage, Desmond Richardson, Celine Dion, Twyla Tharp, Nigel Lythgoe, Danny Tidwell, Post-Modernism, Dance, Modern Dance, Merce Cunningham, Entertainment News
Miles Mogulescu

When I want to spend an hour or two with the most culturally radical show on TV--a multi-racial, multi-cultural program where race, gender and sexual orientation truly don't seem to matter--I watch "So You Think You Can Dance".

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Forty Years On, Frank Sinatra's Great Lost Album Finally Surfaces

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Claus Ogerman, Nirvana, Paul McCartney, The Carpenters, Reprise Records, Stan Cornyn, Eumir Deodato, The Beatles, Concord Records, Twyla Tharp, Come Fly Away, Duke Ellington, Sgt. Pepper, John Denver, Bossa Nova, Frank Sinatra, American Idol, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jimi Hendrix, Warner Reprise, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

It's been almost a dozen years since Frank Sinatra, the singer, actor and entertainer, breathed his last. But while Ol' Blue Eyes may be copping the eternal nod, the Frank Sinatra industry is alive, well and ring-a-ding dinging.

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Stage Door: Come Fly Away, In The Heat of the Night

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadway, Frank Sinatra, Twyla Tharp, Entertainment, Dance, Music, Off-Broadway, John Ball, New York News
Fern Siegel

Come Fly Away is a heady brew that marries the lush music and signature songs of Frank Sinatra to Twyla Tharp's striking choreography.

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Culture Zohn: Not Your (Grand)father's Sinatra

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frank Sinatra, Twyla Tharp, Abt, Come Fly Away, Songs From Swinging Lovers, Mills Brothers, New York News
Patricia Zohn

2010-03-26-outsidepull.jpg If you grew up dancing in the living room to Sinatra like I did, maybe you would understand just how much I anticipated seeing Twyla Tharp's new dance hybrid Come Fly Away.

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First Nighter: Come Fly Away, Twyla Tharp's Frank Sinatra Tribute, Flies But Doesn't Absolutely Soar

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Youmans, Rosena M. Hill, Movin' Out, Charlie Neshyba-Hodges, Don Sebesky, Billy Joel, Holley Farmer, Twyla Tharp, Laura Mead, Come Fly Away, Nine Sinatra Songs, Sinatra Suite, The Times They Are a-Changin', Peter McBoyle, Matthew Stockwell Dibble, Keith Roberts, Patrick Vaccariello, Ashley Tuttle, Bob Dylan, Katharine Roth, John Selya, Karine Plantadit, The Warm September of My Years, Alexander Brady, Dave Pierce, Rika Okamoto, Donald Holder, Once More Frank, Frank Sinatra, Hilary Gardner, That''s Life, Marquis Theatre, Entertainment News
David Finkle

Give a welcome to Twyla Tharp's Come Fly Away at the Marquis Theatre, which, while an entertaining opus, isn't Movin' Out caliber.

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Where Are the Arts Important?

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leontyne Price, Arts, Ethan Stiefel, Twyla Tharp, Kalamazoo, Arts in Crisis, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

We ignore the power and potency of the arts if we assume that the only important work is happening in the big Northeast or West Coast cities.

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Writing With Twyla Tharp: I Collaborated With A Genius -- And Survived

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, Twyla Tharp, Collaboration, Ballet, Richard Avedon, Dance, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

When you're in a room with Twyla Tharp, it's hard to notice anything else. As her dancers know, a "very nice" from Tharp is a bit more meaningful than it is from almost anyone else.

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A Twyla Tharp Sinatra Musical Premiering This Fall

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Theater, Frank Sinatra, Twyla Tharp, Come Fly With Me, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — American musical theater's latest collaborators – Twyla Tharp and Frank Sinatra. Atlanta's Alliance Theatre says it will prese...

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Dancing With the Stars Needs to Do Something Other than Add Social Dances and a Non-Ballroom Judge to Spice Up the Show

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ballroom, Michael Flatley, Reality TV, Yulia Zagoruychenko, Hanna Karttunen, Breaking Entertainment News, Latin Dance, Riccardo Cocchi, Mimulus Dance Company, Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Modern Dance, Jerome Robbins, Julianne Hough, Keigwin and Company, Alvin Ailey, Slavik Kryklyvyy, Misty Copeland, Twyla Tharp, Marcelo Gomes, Cody Linley, Dancing With the Stars, Len Goodman, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

Is it just me or is this the most boring season thus far of Dancing With the Stars?

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"I'm Not There" Director Todd Haynes Dishes On Dylan

Huffington Post | Michelle Kung | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Todd Haynes, I'm Not There, Weinstein Co, Indie Films, Twyla Tharp, Cate Blanchett, Jeff Rosen, Christian Bale, Woody Guthrie, Michelle Williams, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Bob Dylan, Independent Film, Bob Dylan Movie, Entertainment News

Todd Haynes has much to be thankful for this holiday season. Boosted by gushy reviews and positive film fest receptions, I'm Not There, the indie dire...

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