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Art is Revolutionary in Advance Guard

Friday, May 17th, 2013
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“Everything in our world has been conglomerated. The corporations have taken sides. The religions are at war…It’s time to wake up Ladies and Gentlemen.” The

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Star Trek Into Darkness: A Lesson in Wartime Compassion

Friday, May 17th, 2013
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As the next movie in a rebooted franchise, Star Trek Into Darkness encounters many of the successes and pitfalls of a sequel. The audience is

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Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s

Friday, May 17th, 2013
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The title comes from a New Yorker cartoon by Victoria Roberts. Two women sit having tea, one telling the other, “I want my ashes scattered

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A Tribute to Bobby Short

Friday, May 17th, 2013
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“Let’s get this party started!” urges Billy Stritch launching into Bessie Smith’s “Gimme a Pigfoot” with decided brio, left foot on a piano pedal, right

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Scrambled Eggs – “Embrace Life”

Thursday, May 16th, 2013
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Our initial thoughts upon meeting Karen are that she is crazy, neurotic, or at best, extremely confused. But as we move forward and spend more

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On The Play That Dare Not Speak Its Name
and The Actor Who Shouts It To The Rafters

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
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The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be, which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. When the Tony nominations came

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Woman Around Town: Donna Moore –
Bringing Cougar The Musical to The Stage

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
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Years ago, Donna Moore was at a party with a friend when she heard the term “cougar,” being used to describe older women who dated

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The Makeup Show Takes Manhattan

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
by on Living Around

By Gina Tron and Rachel Cappucci The Makeup Show made its way to Manhattan May 5th and 6th. Woman Around Town popped into the Metropolitan

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