Monday , July 27 2026

Arts

Opera Review: ‘Orgy & Bess,’ This Year’s Drag Show from Heartbeat Opera, Soars on Campy Wings – Right into a Glam Gutter

L to R: John Taylor Ward, Angela Yam, Jamilyn Manning, Bernard Holcomb, Sishel Claverie (credit: Russ Rowland)

To "get" a parody, you have to be familiar with what's being parodied, right?Usually. The annual drag shows from Heartbeat Opera are exceptions – hilarious, harmonious, happy ones. This year's extravaganza will cruise on camp, costumes, and kookiness right into your crooked little heart.

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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Dimension Zero,’ a Riotous Anti-Capitalist Puppet Musical

Dimension Zero

Spiky and overflowing, 'Dimension Zero' whips its traditions and influences into a cheeky gumbo, its earnest anti-capitalist message wrapped in cosmic-psychedelic paraphernalia and unstoppable hijinks.

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Review: ‘The Mutables’ Wields Technology to Mix Dance, Theater, Opera

The Mutables

This hard-to-categorize show employs an innovative technology called the "BodyMouth" in a dance-theater-opera performance that references mythological female forest creatures from Balkan folklore, commenting on the othering and suppression of women and the female voice.

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