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Laughter Alert: Forbidden Broadway Alive and Kicking
Friday, September 7th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Attention Broadway theater denizens! After a three year hiatus, the inimitable Gerard Alessandrini, master of “arsenic and rhyme,” Al Hirschfeld with a poison pen, is
The Ride—Only in New York—Trite But True
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around
If I had a dollar for every time I heard the phrase, “Only in New York!” during the inaugural take-off of “The Ride,” I’d be
The Laughs Never Stop: Inner Circle Spoofs the News for Charity
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
by Jennifer Madden on Playing Around
The news watch may never stop but this coming weekend many New York City reporters will be “Preoccupied.” Over the past year these fine journalists
Spider-Man Bites
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
A couple of months ago, I was anxiously waiting my turn in the dentist’s office when a jaunty young man of seven or eight sauntered
A Funny Mama’s Night Out
Sunday, November 14th, 2010
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around
Mama’s Night Out, the tour featuring three winners of the “funniest moms in America,” show made its stop last night at the historic Paramount Theatre
Wicked Fun: Broadway Shows Up in Bryant Park
Monday, July 26th, 2010
by Delisa O'Brien on Playing Around
Feeling a little Wicked in the middle of your work week over on Avenue Q? Well don’t be an American Idiot, just grab a Fela!
Actors Fund Celebrates Frank Loesser and Raises Money
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
No industry has been hit harder by the recession than the entertainment industry. Broadway plays have closed, fewer movies are being made, and television is
We Could Have Listened All Night
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
They came from as far away as New Zealand and Australia. One gentleman flew over from London dressed in a tuxedo for the occasion. An
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