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Woman Around Town: Rachel Stratton-Mills—The Coach Behind the Olympic Swimmer
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town
Brooklynite Lia Neal, 17, has made the 2012 Olympic team and will compete in the 400-meter free relay in London. Neal, a rising senior at
The Bad and The Better: A Noir-ish Rubic’s Cube
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The Bad and The Better is a dense, convoluted modern noir piece filled with questionable principles, over the top family loyalty, subterfuge and revenge. As
Shira Tarlo Named First Place Winner In Our Essay Contest for High Schoolers
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around
Shira Tarlo, from Tenafly High School in Tenafly, New Jersey, has been named the First Place Winner in Woman Around Town’s Essay Contest for High
Amelia, the Play—P.O.W.’s in the Civil War
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around
Andersonville National Historic Site began as a stockade built about 18 months before the end of the Civil War to hold Union Army prisoners captured
Woman Around Town: Arena Stage’s Molly Smith—Showcasing American Musicals and Plays
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town
When The Music Man won the 1957 Tony Award, it beat out another musical heavyweight, Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. The two productions opened on
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Friday, April 27th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
There’s an inherent challenge in reviewing a classic play like A Streetcar Named Desire. Why is it being resurrected now? What’s new about it? How
Cross That River: Allan Harris
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Those of you familiar with musical artist Allan Harris may think of him as a jazz man whose riffs circle melody like a territorial lover;
Jazz Appreciation Month Recalls Sinatra the Activist
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
The act of a single person—even through music—can influence history. The Smithsonian We remember Frank Sinatra as perhaps the greatest singer who ever lived. Overlooked
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