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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

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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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Actors Fund’s “Nothing Like A Dame” Showcases Women

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

By Charlene Giannetti There was so much talent on display during the recent Actors Fund benefit, “Nothing Like a Dame,” that the spectacle was almost

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The Broadway Phenomenon That Is Jersey Boys

Monday, March 23rd, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

By Charlene Giannetti When I bought tickets to see Jersey Boys two months after it won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Broadway Musical, I

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