1. 1. Anna and the Annadroids: The Robots Dream Tour

   Through August 20 at Dance New Amsterdam

   Columbus, Ohio’s Anna Sullivan and her Anatomical Scenario Movement Theater present a flamboyant, multimedia look at “society’s indulgences and superficialities.”

2. 2. “Requiem for New Orleans: A Hip Hop Eulogy”

   Through August 20 at the Actors' Playhouse

   The Requiem Mass for the Dead meets a New Orleans jazz funeral in a post-Katrina hip-hop dance-theater work by North Carolina’s Twilight Repertory Company.

3. 3. La Femme Est Morte

   Through August 26 at Henry Street Settlement

   Provocatively subtitled “Why I Should Not F%!# My Son,” a new adaptation of Phaedra by Shalimar Productions and choreographer Isis Masoud features a fierce boxing match, the paparazzi, and, obviously, lots of sexual tension.

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• Articles by Alicia Zuckerman
• Table of Contents: August 21, 2006 issue of New York | Subscribe!