This month’s performance calendar packs some serious punch, with a landmark anniversary, a jazzy new Broadway production, and a bevy of premieres examining deep questions about humanity and society. Here’s what grabbed our attention.

Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from September 2023.

Striking performer. Adventurous choreographer. Unforgettable teacher. Straight-from-the-hip reviewer. Inspiring mentor. Gustave Martinez Solomons jr was all these things and more.

Gus Solomons jr has worn many hats in the course of his career.

I came to New York City in August 1961 to rehearse Kicks and Co., the Broadway-bound musical that Donald McKayle and Walter Nicks had hired me to dance in…