Ailey’s Astonishing Women, Ballets Russes Remembered

You didn’t need a crystal ball to guess that the annual five-week Alvin Ailey season at the City Center would be greeted with rapture by its full-house audiences and restrained enthusiasm by the critics. The message is the same, year in, year out: great dancing, inferior repertory. And in that regard, nothing has changed.

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The Forte at Piano Due: Pasta at Another Level

Piano Due

Two Stars

151 West 51st Street

212-399-9400

Dress: Business

Lighting: Soft

Noise Level: Low

Wine List: All-Italian, boutique wines and well-known vineyards, substantial and expensive

Credit Cards:  All major

Price Range: Lunch, main courses, $18 to $26; dinner, $15 to $38

Lunch: Monday through Read More