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The Intergalactic Nemesis-Book One: Target Earth
A Live Action Graphic Novel
Monday, April 8th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
ATTENTION all classic sci-fi comic book/television/film fans, live radio drama mavens, those in search of unique theatrical experience, The New Victory Theater is playing host
Trendspotting: Brogues
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Go figure. On the one end of fashion, we have towering high heels sometimes aided and abetted by platforms. On the other, the emergence of
A Sweet and Sad Lesson in Acting at the Public
Friday, September 16th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
One of the first exercises any aspiring actor learns is called Talking and Listening. It’s nowhere near as easy as it sounds. How many times
Janice Hall Stylishly Interprets Dietrich
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“People don’t think of Marlene Dietrich as a singer. I don’t think she did either.*” Janice Hall has no such issue. Operatically trained, the artiste’s
The Body Politic—Strange Bedfellows
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
We open on a Democratic governor/ presidential hopeful (Brian Dykstra) and two aides stuck waiting for their car in an after-debate green room with a
Andrea Marcovicci: Breakfast by Candlelight
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor exact truth, but in the way of feeling…Charles Baudelaire It’s 6 a.m. in Studio City, California.
Panama Hattie—Brassy Wins In the End
Saturday, October 16th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
In 1940, we learn from the ever fascinating research of Mel Miller, Producer and Founder of Musicals Tonight, Katharine Hepburn bought the film rights to
Turner Classic Movies—Where Stars Shine
Friday, August 20th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
By Charlene Giannetti Reality shows make overnight celebrities of normal (or next to normal) people. In a time when Snooki becomes a media sensation without
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