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Bottle That Brio: Mark Nadler’s Crazy 1961
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
When Mark Nadler takes a stage, the word becomes possessive. His natural authority, urbane charisma and complete focus is magnetic. Voices still, heads rivet, people
Peter and Wendy Now and Forever
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
When I was a little girl, I waited for Peter Pan. “The Neverland” made its way out of my mind into dark nights, especially when
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.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
At Arena Stage Is a Marvel
Sunday, March 27th, 2011
by Martha Kepner on Playing Around
Leading Arena Stage’s Edward Albee Festival, The Steppenwolf Theater Company’s production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a searing and fascinating interpretation of Albee’s
Who Doesn’t Love Movies?!
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Eric Michael Gillett watched MGM change its billboard outside his bedroom window starting at age seven. He always loved the movies. There were two twenty-five-cent
Winter Sunshine Courtesy of the Johnny Rodgers Band
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Sunday night, the buoyant Johnny Rodgers Band rocked the roof off Iridium on West 51st Street. From jazzy Johnny Mercer standards with which his voice
Fireworks on 59th Street
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Presenting…in person…/That 3′ foot 3 bundle of dynamite…Baaabeee…June! [applause] Hello everybody/My name is June (beat) What’s yours? With that speech, ten- year-old Bonnie Langford made
Brianna Hurley—Advice from a Young Actress
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Brianna Hurley was a legend in Watkins Glen. Starring in Hop! as Bunny Sue, a rabbit who wouldn’t (hop,) the second grader sang, danced and
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