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Flea Theater Goes Green: Laurel Haines’s Future Anxiety

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
by Woman Around Town on Playing Around

Playwright Laurel Haines spent a lot of time thinking about plastic bags. She could have been satisfied with just toting her canvas bags to Whole

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The Little Engine That Could: HERE Arts Center

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Firmly rooted in west Soho, around an inconspicuous corner, the heart of multi-disciplinary theater in New York City beats with the energy and enthusiasm of

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In the Heart of Broadway, Sardi’s—Fabled and Fabulous

Sunday, October 4th, 2009
by Michall Jeffers on Dining Around

Whenever someone asks me, “We’re going to a Broadway show; where should we eat?” I always have the answer: Sardi’s. Go to the famous restaurant

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Brilliant Talent Shines Through a Steady Rain

Sunday, October 4th, 2009
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

The lights come up on a stage that is empty except for two chairs and the men who have spent the last ninety minutes dazzling

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Here Come the Musicals! 2009′s NYMF Starts September 28

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
by Woman Around Town on Playing Around

A pop musical set in a boy’s boarding school, the discovery of the world’s last two surviving vampires, fantasy football set to music, a lonely

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What to See Right Now, Before the New Season Begins

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

By Michall Jeffers We are mere weeks away from the beginning of the Fall Theater Season, and something’s coming, something good. But first, there’s no

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