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Laughter Alert: Forbidden Broadway Alive and Kicking
Friday, September 7th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Attention Broadway theater denizens! After a three year hiatus, the inimitable Gerard Alessandrini, master of “arsenic and rhyme,” Al Hirschfeld with a poison pen, is
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
Wearin’ Of The Green in Books
Friday, March 16th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Reading Around
It’s impossible to calculate the ramifications of the potato blight in mid-nineteenth century Ireland. The Great Irish Famine led not only to the death of
Entourage—The Boys Get Ready to Say Goodbye
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
The HBO series Entourage is such a hit, it’s hard to believe that in the early days the show had a hard time finding places
Spider-Man Bites
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
A couple of months ago, I was anxiously waiting my turn in the dentist’s office when a jaunty young man of seven or eight sauntered
The Irish…And How They Got That Way
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“In the beginning was the word. And the IRISH got it.” Honoring the one year anniversary of playwright, Frank McCourt’s passing, The Irish Repertory Company
HBO & (RED) on the Red Carpet for The Lazarus Effect
Sunday, May 9th, 2010
by Abby Cañeda on Playing Around
HBO & (RED) presented the New York premiere of The Lazarus Effect on Tuesday, May 4, at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The film
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