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All’s Well at Shakespeare in the Park this Summer

Thursday, June 30th, 2011
by Abby Cañeda on Playing Around

If life was categorized as a Shakespearean work, it would probably be called a “problem play”—so complicated with its moods and turns of events that

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Andrea Marcovicci: Breakfast by Candlelight

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town

Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor exact truth, but in the way of feeling…Charles Baudelaire It’s 6 a.m. in Studio City, California.

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The Winter's Tale
Public Theater/Delacorte Theater

King’s Lament: Shakespeare in the Park’s The Winter’s Tale

Saturday, July 17th, 2010
by Abby Cañeda on Playing Around

The long stretch of pitched tents and open lawn chairs faithfully forms up to the box office of Central Park’s Delacorte Theatre during the summer

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The Grand Manner
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

What News On the Rialto? Merchant of Venice in the Park

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

It’s the hottest day of the year, and just beginning to sprinkle. A gray haired lady, not more than five feet tall, elbows you hard

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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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Missed the Jitney? Enjoy the Outdoors in NYC

Thursday, August 27th, 2009
by Debra Toppeta on Living Around

Although the summer is winding down and the city streets are quiet, there are still concerts and street festivals to enjoy this weekend. If you

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Missed the Jitney? NYC Has Vampires and a Greek Chorus

Thursday, August 20th, 2009
by Debra Toppeta on Living Around

The line for the Jitney was around the corner yesterday, but you showed the good sense to stay in town. The city this weekend is

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Missed the Jitney? NYC Takes to the Streets

Thursday, August 13th, 2009
by Debra Toppeta on Living Around

We stayed in town this weekend too.  How could we resist biking along Park Avenue without cars, taxis and busses whizzing by and threatening to

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