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Jenna Esposito’s Undercover Italian
Uncovers an Exciting Talent

Saturday, January 14th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

There are many cabaret shows in New York, but every now and then there’s a cabaret event, an evening when you feel a shiver of

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Fame—Some Want to Live Forever

Saturday, August 27th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around

So, I read that Kim Kardashian got married. Can someone help me out: What exactly is a Kardashian, what do they do and why are

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Letting Go:Thoughts on My Mom’s Recent Unemployment

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
by Alicia Schaeffer on Living Around

Monday mornings are ungracious—the biting call of an alarm tears us away from a weekend dream and gears us into the routine of labor. Holidays,

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Bring Your Kids And Bring Your Gran—
They’ll All Delight In Wonderland

Sunday, April 24th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

Wonderland has the potential to be this season’s Wicked. In fact, it’s really an amalgam of both Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz.

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Women On The Verge—Just Can’t Get It Together

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

No show was more eagerly anticipated this season than Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown. Based on the popular Pedro Almodovar film, it

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Woman Around Town: Lexi Lawson—Hitting the Heights

Monday, August 2nd, 2010
by Stephanie Amy Collazo on Playing Around, Woman Around Town

Whether it’s in a home studio in the Bronx, or center stage of a nationwide theater tour, rising actress/singer Lexi Lawson is making 2010 her

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Wicked Fun: Broadway Shows Up in Bryant Park

Monday, July 26th, 2010
by Delisa O'Brien on Playing Around

Feeling a little Wicked in the middle of your work week over on Avenue Q? Well don’t be an American Idiot, just grab a Fela!

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The Carpenters Redux—Maria Ottavia’s Tribute to Karen

Monday, July 19th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

Karen Carpenter’s voice has served as the soundtrack for many lives. How many star-struck tweens mooned over rock idols to the strains of “Superstar”? Nursed

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