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Struck by Lightning – The Final Days of a Teenage Outcast
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
“My funeral sucks.” Carson Phillips So narrates Carson, a 17 year-old high school senior who at the beginning of the film dies via a freak
Woman Around Town: Loni Ackerman—Theater Down to Her Toes
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
Cabaret Show Next to Abnormal Debuts February 24, 2012 Up a steep and very narrow stairway/To the voice like a metronome…* Loni Ackerman trained with
Tetragrammaton—Vaudeville in Stages
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Tetragrammaton is vaudeville with a through line; indie theater; tall tales, superstition, stereotype, a bit of music; flim flam men, the old switcheroo, caricatures, comeuppance.
A Small Volcano in Red Lips: Sue Mathys
Friday, February 25th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
A small volcano in a pompadour and red lips took the stage at The Metropolitan Room Monday night. Having performed abroad for much of the
Swing Detonates on 51st Street
Friday, October 29th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The diminutive powerhouse, Terese Genecco, and Her Little Big Band “kick it” from Broadway clear across the Hudson, creating the kind of big, brassy, expansive
Betty Buckley—A Master at Work
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
At her home in Ft. Worth, Texas, Betty Buckley teaches a song interpretation workshop to help aspiring singers—as well as more experienced ones—sharpen their skills.
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