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Once Upon a Time: Brownsville Bred
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Elaine Del Valle begins her autobiographical solo show with Wikipedia’s definition of Brownsville which includes: wasteland, a footprint of one square mile, and, according to
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
Woman Around Town: Isa Goldberg—
President of The Drama Desk
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
Like many young women, Isa Goldberg had an idle fantasy about going into theater. The Broadway production of The Sound of Music made a deep
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.
John Leguizamo: Bad Boy Makes Good Theater
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
Remember how your mother warned you to stay away from the cute irresistible bad boy? She was talking about John Leguizamo; and if you played
The Lincoln Lawyer—In Defense of the Defense Attorney
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
My first journalism job out of college was covering the police beat for a mid-sized daily newspaper in Pennsylvania. Part of my routine was to
Florencia Lozano—Stealing the Scene
Sunday, August 9th, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town
Perfect Stranger, the 2007 thriller starring Halle Berry and Bruce Willis, was not a box office hit. The director shot several different endings, apparently unsure
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