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[palliser]

Has anyone else seen the new Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel show now in previews on Broadway?  It is quite marvellous.  The dancing (by John Selya, Ashley Tuttle, Elizabeth Parkinson, and Keith Roberts) is nothing less than sensational.  The audience was more Billy Joel than dance, and it didn't hurt that the Piano Man himself was in the audience Tuesday night, but the loud buzz from people leaving the theater was all about John Selya, who gives an absolutely  breathtaking performance in the leading role.  What fun! I'm going back to see it again.

[glebb]

I saw it near the end of it's three month Chicago previews run.   Elizabeth Parkinson still looks mighty good and I was impressed by John Selya as well.

[casloan]

I, too, saw it near the end of its Chicago "pre-Broadway" run, and I loved it.  I would be delighted to have  the opportunity to see it again.

[dirac]

Feature story on "Movin' Out" by Laura Shapiro for New York:




http://www.newyorkme...886//index.html

[dirac]

Barbara Hoffman talks to Twyla Tharp about "Movin' Out" for the New York Post:




http://www.nypost.co...nment/60464.htm

[dirac]

John Simon thwacks Tharp in New York.  He liked the dancers, though:




http://www.newyorkme...reviews/n_7926/

[tigger]

Richard Ouzounian of the Toronto Star gives a glowing report

[dirac]

Deborah Jowitt on "Movin' Out" and the new pieces from ABT, in the Village Voice:




http://www.villagevo...0244/jowitt.php

[dirac]

Joan Acocella's take, in The New Yorker:




http://www.newyorker...rte_television1

[dirac]

Marcia B. Siegel on "Movin' Out" and Paul Taylor, for the Boston Phoenix:



http://www.bostonpho...ts/02506880.htm

[dirac]

Robert Gottlieb and John Heilpern weigh in for the Observer, representing the dance and theater perspective, respectively:


Gottlieb:


http://www.observer....pages/dance.asp

Heilpern:



http://www.observer....ges/theater.asp

[dirac]

UPI review of the show by Frederick Winship:



http://www.upi.com/v...14-115613-5745r

[dirac]

I already posted this on the New Republic thread, but I probably should have put it here.  Laura Jacobs discusses the show and Tharp for The New Criterion:




http://www.newcriter...ec02/jacobs.htm

[dirac]

There is another review of "Movin' Out" by Diane Rafferty in the December 23 issue of The Nation, the first such since Aloff's piece on "Jewels."  It is not available online.  I was not greatly impressed by the review, but it is good to see more dance coverage in the magazine.