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The Fartiste: An Entertainer with an Unusual Talent

Friday, November 4th, 2011
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around

There are a lot of reasons to appreciate and enjoy certain Off-Broadway productions, with the quirkier presentations, more intimate venues, and bawdier humor. The Fartiste,

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Rental Reboot: The Magic Christian (1970)

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around

Anytime I write about my personal favorite of any form of art, I always make sure to preface it by saying that I recognize my

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Sylvia

Esther Has Her Head in the Oven—And You’re Laughing

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

If I told you I’d just spent eighty minutes laughing through a play about Sylvia Plath, you’d probably assume I delight in pulling the wings

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Plagued

Here Come the Musicals! 2009′s NYMF Starts September 28

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
by Woman Around Town on Playing Around

A pop musical set in a boy’s boarding school, the discovery of the world’s last two surviving vampires, fantasy football set to music, a lonely

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