Let’s just get last weekend’s art events taken care of, shall we?
Go see the Ballet of the Dolls show! I don’t know a ton about dance, but I’d venture to say that this show is pretty terrific. I’m secretly a music-head, so the thing I liked best was how the music covered the gamut between Liberace and MC Solaire, with a whole lot of Randy Newman in-between. I enjoyed how the dancers–and especially the Dolls’ artistic director Myron Johnson, who’s getting up there in age–remained very conscious of and connected to the music they were dancing to. At times, they were even lipsyncing. It was almost like a series of rock videos, only the chicks were just barely less scantily clad, the dudes were drastically more scantily clad, and the dancing was a whole lot more interesting.
The Ritz Theater is also impressive–especially if you happen to be one of the lucky few that toured the place sometime within the past five years. A whole gaggle of nordeast artists pitched in to give it arty fixtures and a new marquee. For heaven’s sake, go check the place out.
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