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Woman Around Town: Jill Iscol—Her Heart’s on Fire

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
by Esther Cohen on Woman Around Town

Visiting Jill Iscol, in her elegant Fifth Avenue apartment, is an unexpected New York surprise. An educator, activist, foundation director and now author of a new,

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Le Petit Coq: Pierre-Henri Guerard—Outsider Artist

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Living Around

Pierre-Henri’s extremely original, whimsical outsider art will be carried, exhibited, and sold by Peoria Emporium 25 East 20th Street  (212-777-3140) starting with a convivial, wine

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Desdemona—Peter Sellars’ retelling of Othello

Monday, November 14th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Playing Around

“My name is Desdemona. The word, Desdemona, means misery. It means ill-fated. It means doomed.” And so begins the intimate exchange between specters and spectators

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Woman Around Town: Melanie Moyer Williams—
Addressing Social Issues Through Theater

Monday, October 17th, 2011
by Esther Cohen on Woman Around Town

Melanie Moyer Williams, Executive Artistic Director of the philanthropic Red Fern Theatre Company, believes that theater can change the world. Through its productions and outreach, the

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I Will Be Good at the Fringe Festival

Sunday, August 14th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Playing Around

Opening night of this year’s Fringe Festival featured the thoughtful storytelling of Tricia Rose Burt in her performance, I Will Be Good. At what point

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Woman Around Town: Robin Wright—Fearless Historian

Monday, June 27th, 2011
by Robin Weaver on Woman Around Town

Robin Wright has reported from more than a 140 countries on six continents for such prestigious publications as the Los Angeles Times, The Sunday Times

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Heavenly Father Takes One For The Team

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

Here’s what bothers me about The Book Of Mormon. The audience is just too ready to laugh. No matter what’s going to be presented on

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Biutiful—Javier Bardem as a Father Racing Against Time

Monday, January 31st, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s film, Biutiful, exposes the underbelly of Barcelona, that part of the city inhabited by immigrants from Asia and Africa, who earn their

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