The Pilobolus Dance Theater displayed lots of acrobatic stunts in its new program on Monday night at the Joyce Theater.
As a video screen in the theater displayed Crystal seated next to Justin Kirk, who plays the veterinarian, Ms. Salke told Mr. Kirk, "Don't worry, you tested right behind him".
Dwight Cleveland, a 48-year-old Chicago real estate developer, stares intently as a dry-cleaning squeegee steams the outermost poster from an old movie theater display board he picked up from an antiques dealer in Duluth, Minnesota.
Oh, yes, protesters were in front of the theater displaying signs stating that black history matters and objecting that by not hiring a countertenor of color for the title role, L.A. Opera was misrepresenting history.
Even in this subdued and somber rendering of a pair of Chekhov stories, Mikhail Baryshnikov and his creative partners from the Big Dance Theater display a magical grace and style that transcends the bleakness of Chekhov's tales.
Theaters displayed tommy guns and blackjacks and real-life murders were tied into promotions.
The theater also displays 26 giant sepia-toned photographs of past Academy Award winners, including Grace Kelly, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Halle Berry, Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.
Even though a reliable Web site had promised a noon showing on Friday at a 12-screen multiplex in downtown Brooklyn, the theater's display of titles and show times made no mention of "The Wicker Man".
He had a major success in New York in 2009 when Lincoln Center presented his "Stifters Dinge," an inspired assemblage that was at once music, theater, art display and environmental piece, at the Park Avenue Armory.
The huge sign behind the Nokia Theater stage displayed the name of the radio station — 98.7 KISS-FM — alsoalso its slogan: "The Best Variety of Old School and Today's R&B".
