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Play Dead–A Frightfully Fun Spook Show
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
by Abby Cañeda on Playing Around
People love to experience “controlled fear”—the kind of terror that they willingly submit to. That is why so many excitedly pull rollercoaster harnesses over their
Abstract Expressionist New York at MoMA
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
If you’ve always wanted to immerse yourself in the art and aesthetic world of painters, sculptors, filmmakers, photographers, writers, and poets who put American art
Shove What Where? Broadway-Bound A Room of My Own
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
by Laura Grasso on Playing Around
You’re a stage director. How would you recreate the scenes of your childhood in the setting of your family home? I, for one, would be
Overexposed: A Tale of Trading Places
Monday, August 16th, 2010
by Lina Zeldovich on Reading Around
Freaky Friday, Trading Places, and the old classic Prince and Pauper get a make-over in Susan Shapiro’s Overexposed. Rachel Solomon, an aspiring shutterbug from a
Take Ivy—Radical Fashion with a Japanese Twist
Monday, July 26th, 2010
by Claire McCurdy on Living Around
When I was an English teacher in Nagasaki, Japan in the late 70’s, a trip north to Tokyo was always exciting. Think Blade Runner– Japan
Gerde’s Folk City: 50 Years Later,
The Decade’s Greatest Afterparty!
Monday, May 31st, 2010
by Ann Rebecca Bleefeld on Playing Around
Picture this: Early 1960s mid-teens Brooklynite tomboy makes regular solo sojourns to Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. All around car horns honk, cafes and jazz spots overflow
After the Spotlight Goes Out
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“If she were alive today,” Ruth Steiner (Linda Lavin) caustically comments, “Thelma Ritter would play me in the movies.” Donald Margulies from Collected Stories Though
Outstanding Achievement in Theatre:
The Lucille Lortel Awards for Off-Broadway
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
by Carol Toscano on Playing Around
The Lucille Lortel Awards are like the Academy Awards for the Off-Broadway crowd. Each year, for the past 25 years, the Lucille Lortel Awards have
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