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Woman Around Town: Amity Shlaes
Pays Homage to a “Forgotten” President

Monday, March 4th, 2013
by Robin Weaver on Woman Around Town

Until recently, Amity Shlaes, the author and columnist, was probably best known for her 2007 book, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great

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From the Whiffenpoofs at Yale, to Hair on Broadway;
Multi-Talented Andy Sandberg Is Just Getting Started

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
by Matthew Hauptman on Playing Around

One might call Andy Sandberg, the Tony Award-winning producer of Hair (2009 revival) and star in the upcoming Scarlett Fever, a Renaissance Man of the

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Fringe Festival Previews Promising Plays

Thursday, August 9th, 2012
by Matthew Hauptman on Playing Around

Now in its sixteenth year, the New York International Fringe Festival offers avid theatergoers a chance to see some of the world’s best emerging theater

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Books on Bargains, Bunheads, Booze, Basil, and Broccoli

Thursday, August 9th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Reading Around

I love non-fiction books. They’re written with care about every subject imaginable, and there’s no end to what we can learn from them. Anyone who

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Woman Around Town: Jill Iscol—Her Heart’s on Fire

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
by Esther Cohen on Woman Around Town

Visiting Jill Iscol, in her elegant Fifth Avenue apartment, is an unexpected New York surprise. An educator, activist, foundation director and now author of a new,

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Moneyball—Buying Nearly the Best for Less

Sunday, September 25th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

It’s perhaps fitting that Moneyball hit theaters the same week that the New York Yankees clinched the American League East. Once tagged by the rival

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Woman Around Town: Megan Boyle—
Improv Comedy Goes Viral

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
by Lina Zeldovich on Woman Around Town

“I’ll never tire of making people laugh!” Megan Boyle Move over The People Improvisation Theater and Upright Citizens Brigade! Megan Boyle, a rising star of

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