Curtain up, minus masks, for Montclair-area theaters
After two years of pandemic experimentation, live theater is back with a passion.
Peak Performances
In brief: Grand Band at Peak Performances
Six pianos comprise Grand Band, who perform at Peak Performances on Friday, Feb. 14, and Saturday, Feb. 15, playing new compositions and a premiere.
Performance review: Captivating work of Bogart and Streb in ‘Falling and Loving’
In "Falling & Loving," theater revolutionaries Anne Bogart, Elizabeth Streb and Charles Mee joined forces to present physical, avant-garde work.
In brief: Ann Bogart, Elizabeth Streb at Peak Performances
“Falling & Loving,” which premieres on Sept. 24 and runs through Sept. 29 at Peak Performances, brings together three giants of the Avant-Garde theater world: Anne Bogart, director of SITI Company, and Elizabeth Streb, who runs Streb Extreme Action, adapting the work of playwright Charles Mee.
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Performance review: Provocative ‘Democracy’ at Peak Performances
Romeo Castelluci's "Democracy in America" was often thrillin, but some gratuitous nudity in the all-female cast undercut its power.
Dance review: Faye Driscoll cues the audience
Elaine Molinaro writes that Faye Driscoll "electrified her audience with a visceral embodiment of grief" at Peak Performances earlier this month.
Culture in brief: Ann Carlson and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company
Peak Performances presents choreographer and performance artist Ann Carlson and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s “Elizabeth, the dance,” from Thursday, March 28, through Sunday, March 31.
Culture In Brief: “When Angels Fall” debuts on Feb. 9
Raphaëlle Boitel’s “When Angels Fall” makes its U.S. debut at Peak Performances on Feb. 9, and will run through Feb. 17. The piece, Peak Performances writes, is “a tragicomic vision of a mechanized world stripped of nature, an environmentally depleted future that holds a mirror to the precariousness of our present. Pushing the boundaries of h...
Dance review: ‘Smashed’ is something new under the sun
“Smashed” by Gandini Juggling made its American debut at Peak Performances, astonishing cynical critics and delighting the audience.
‘Smashed’ keeps its apples in the air
Gandini Juggling inspires a math class to look at the patterns in toys. "Smashed" performs at Peak Performances Thursday, Dec. 13 through Sunday, Dec. 16.