The Big Apple” refers to New York City, but the nickname stems from a popular 1930’s jazz dance, born at the “Big Apple” club ...

When theater and movie producers in the1920s and early 1930s needed actors and actresses to learn modern dance, they often ...

In the bleak years of the Great Depression, when dreams were cheap and bread wasn’t, America found its strangest form of escape—dance marathons. What began as lighthearted endurance contests turned ...

Maija García’s “Jazz Island” is a full-company narrative of a kind that Ailey hasn’t done in a while. And it features an Afro-Caribbean score by Etienne Charles.

San Antonio is a city that very much puts its Mexican American cultural blend on full display – visually, yes, but also ...

From 2015 through 2020, a personal research project included my reading dozens of jazz books and related media. They included mainstays such as the massive reference The Penguin Guide to Jazz ...

I miss my piano. For decades, a 1944 baby grand piano sat gloriously in the corner of my living room, and now that spot is ...

When it comes to starring in one of the biggest musical revivals which recreates the golden age of Fred Astaire and Ginger ...

Here are the scripts that made the 2025 edition of The Black List, which features the best unproduced screenplays of the year ...

The 21st annual edition of the Black List, the list of the "most liked" unpublished screenplays in Hollywood, was released on ...

The New York Pops will play two performances on Dec. 19 and 20, featuring a medley of holiday classics and carols. The ...