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Theatre World Awards—Welcome to the Family
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
The proliferation of entertainment awards makes it difficult to figure out which ones truly count. On June 7, the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of
How to Teach Your Kids Healthy Competition
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
by Woman Around Town on Living Around
By Todd G. Buchholz Back in 1986, an American minister named Robert Fulghum wrote a best-selling self-help book called All I Really Need to Know
Baby, It Could Have Been You
Saturday, June 4th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
Baby It’s You! has so much going for it. The classic pop music sounds of the late fifties and the sixties; a truly gifted and
Master of the Stage and Ring
Monday, February 14th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Eric Michael Gillett, the 27th ringmaster at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, swiveled on the arena floor to see a tiger had
Five Years with the Four Seasons
Friday, November 12th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
In 2004, Broadway insiders weren’t excited about a new musical based on the lives of the Four Seasons. Other so-called “juke box” musicals—most notably Movin’
Lombardi Fumbles
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
I know practically nothing about football, and my knowledge surpasses my enthusiasm for the game. Nevertheless, I really wanted to like Lombardi. Finally, a show
Tony and Tina’s Wedding:
A Marriage without Substance or Sustenance
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
by Carol Toscano on Playing Around
I first attended the wedding of Anthony Nunzio and Valentina Vitale on August 15, 1988, the year the show opened. The first time around, the
When A Son Comes Out, a Family Comes Together
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
It has taken seven years for the film, Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! to make it from script to screen. A seven-year journey could
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