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Showstoppers! The Music of Marvin Hamlisch

Friday, October 12th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

A Benefit to Support the Singers Forum’s AEA Scholarship Program (Actors Equity Association)* Imagine being a young actor/vocalist striving towards one’s first break or one

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The Why Not? Philosophy: How Lisa Black-Cohen Got
Marvin, Wycliffe, Angela and Disney on Her Project

Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
by Lisa Black-Cohen on Living Around

Why not? Why not secure the rights for an award-winning children’s book from publishing giant Simon and Schuster, convert the book into an animated film,

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Sinatra’s in Vegas: Too Marvelous for Words

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Dining Around

Las Vegas was Frank Sinatra’s town and Steve Wynn was one of his good friends. So it’s no surprise to find the restaurant Sinatra’s in

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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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Jim Caruso’s Cast Party at Town Hall—
Ultimate Open Mike To Bring Out the Stars

Monday, February 14th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

Jim Caruso was born an only child in Pittsburgh. “I would watch the Osmonds’ Christmas Show and break into tears,” he says with a laugh.

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Guitar Heroes at the Metropolitan Museum

Saturday, February 12th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

They made up an incredible musical trio—John D’Angelico, James D’Aquisto, and John Monteleone—but never won a Grammy. The guitars these luthiers created, however, found their way

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