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Jackie Maxwell Talks About Directing Arena Stage’s Good People
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Jackie Maxwell, artistic director of Canada’s Shaw Festival, was sitting in the Toronto Airport waiting to board a flight for Ireland to visit her mother.
Before Downton Abbey – Where the Stars Shone
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
Downton Abbey’s Season 3 will begin January 6, 2013, on PBS and excitement is growing. First Lady Michelle Obama, a big fan of the show,
My Fair Lady – Just Loverly
Saturday, November 17th, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
My Fair Lady, Lerner and Loewe’s hit musical adaption of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is set in London, 1912. Now, exactly one hundred years after
Woman Around Town: Anita Gillette—After All, a Working Actress
Monday, September 17th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
At 18, Anita Luebben had a GS4 Government rating with security clearance. She was a medical stenographer. If you had suggested that three years later,
London Street Photography: Developing for Decades
Saturday, July 28th, 2012
by Lindsey Davis on Playing Around
With the Olympics starting this week, the whole world seems focused on London. And that includes the Museum of the City of New York, which
Musicals Tonight Presents L’il Abner
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
L’il Abner opened in 1956 and ran for 693 performances. The 1956-57 Broadway season included My Fair Lady and Bells Are Ringing. Movies included Giant
They Sing, They’re In Love, They Kill People
Friday, December 9th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
It’s always a joy to have a good, original musical on Broadway. Bonnie & Clyde is chocked full of talent, including Frank Wildhorn and Don
Loverly “Lady” At Westchester Broadway Theatre
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
My Fair Lady at Westchester Broadway Theatre is a production that would please even the toughest critic. The staging and sets are smartly kept simple;
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