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Picnic – Worthy Play, Uneven Production
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Picnic is a story about how social expectations can rule our lives; beauty, youth and loneliness. That it’s character driven creates timeless drama. These are
Looper: It Leaves Your Head Spinning
Monday, October 1st, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
This time travel crap just fries your brain like an egg. That line from one of the characters in Looper, can be taken as director
Lady Gaga’s Body Image Casts a Long Shadow
Monday, October 1st, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around
Lady Gaga made headlines when her Photoshopped image appeared on Vogue’s September cover, the magazine’s most popular issue, thicker than a Manhattan phone book (for
Blue Duck Tavern—American Food in an Elegant Setting
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Dining Around
The Blue Duck Tavern looks nothing like a traditional tavern. Not surprising since Tony Chi, the master of “invisible design,” created the look for one
The Best of Times is Now! (Believable at Feinstein’s)
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Spending time with Marilyn Maye is like partying with a warm, salt-of-the-earth friend or relative visiting from the Midwest. Despite formidable talent and second-nature polish
Moneyball—Buying Nearly the Best for Less
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
It’s perhaps fitting that Moneyball hit theaters the same week that the New York Yankees clinched the American League East. Once tagged by the rival
From Trashcan to Museum
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Living Around
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day.
Everyday Rapture Is Pure Bliss
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
Make no mistake about it, Sherie Rene Scott is a star. It’s no stretch at all for her to bring her virtually one-woman show, Everyday
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