Editor’s Note: Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario is an adjunct research fellow at Monash University. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer. CNN is showcasing the work of The ...

We were warned Friday that Open Eye Figure Theatre's production of "The Red Shoes" by Joel Sass was still pretty fresh. Producing director Susan Haas told the audience that this was the first actual ...

The creation of the spine-tingling play "The Red Shoes" began with references: the classic movie of the same title, David Lynch, Hans Christian Andersen, horror novelist Shirley Jackson. Eventually, ...

"Even by fairy-tale standards, Hans Christian Andersen's story of puritanical morality, repression and dismemberment stands out as especially bleak," said Dave Fargnoli in The Stage. "The Red Shoes" ...

For the first 60 minutes, this is a commonplace backstage melodrama, in which temperamental ballerinas replace the more conventional showgirls. Then a superb ballet of the Red Shoes, based on a Hans ...