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The Broadway Musicals of 1961
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
… President Kennedy announced we’d put a man on the moon before the end of the decade, the Berlin Wall was built, our first troops
The Magical Mystery Tour Is Waiting to Take You Away
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
by Marti Sichel on Playing Around
“When a man buys a ticket for a magical mystery tour… He knows what to expect. We guarantee him the trip of a lifetime.” So
Once Floats On A Moonbeam
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
What a pleasure it is to experience a musical that doesn’t make your ears bleed with blasted sound. Once is a rare Broadway musical gem,
Tayo Aluko—Recalling Robeson
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
by Bia Assevero on Playing Around
It was a summer day in Liverpool, England and 33-year-old architect Tayo Aluko was indulging his passion for music. An old woman heard him singing
I’m Still Here: A Profile of Jean-Claude Baker
Monday, May 9th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Living Around
“Good times and bum times, I’ve seen them all/And, my dear, I’m still here.” Stephen Sondheim – from Follies Jean-Claude Baker, the adopted son of American
Pants on Fire’s Metamorphosis
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
How to start? We begin at the beginning, with the creation of the world. True, but too portentous. Oh what makes a heart beat beat
Nowhere Boy—The Early Life of John Lennon
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
If you’d like to celebrate John Lennon’s birthday, which falls on Saturday, October 9th, do yourself a favor and go see a remarkable new English
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