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The Battle of the Bands “A Capella Style”
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
by Nico Rosario on Playing Around
Often, when one hears about a battle of the bands, “a capella choral group” isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But at this
T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets Brought to Life By Stephen Dillane and the Miro Quartet
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Playing Around
Four Quartets, considered T.S. Eliot’s last great masterpiece, captures the poet’s eternally internal debate with the cosmos about time and spirituality, themes that Beethoven also
Iron Curtain: The Good News—It’s a Hit! The Bad News—It’s in East Berlin!
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Playing Around
Iron Curtain is a remarkably funny musical about what happens when you actually get what you ask for. Set during the Cold War, two show
Desdemona—Peter Sellars’ retelling of Othello
Monday, November 14th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Playing Around
“My name is Desdemona. The word, Desdemona, means misery. It means ill-fated. It means doomed.” And so begins the intimate exchange between specters and spectators
Woman Standing on the Moon:Reconciling War and Religion
Friday, September 30th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Playing Around
Who is the woman standing on the moon? Is it Belle, the character that graces the cover of the playbill? Or is the play’s protagonist,
I Will Be Good at the Fringe Festival
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Playing Around
Opening night of this year’s Fringe Festival featured the thoughtful storytelling of Tricia Rose Burt in her performance, I Will Be Good. At what point
e-Reading and More with the New York Public Library
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Reading Around
While reading on-the-go has always been popular, especially in cities like New York, where most people are catching up on magazine subscriptions, newspapers, and the
Sleeping Under the Stars with the Urban Park Rangers
Monday, August 8th, 2011
by Nico Rosario on Living Around
Anyone who’s ever taken an afternoon nap in Central Park knows how peaceful the park can be: with birds chirping in your ear and the
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