A Mid-Block Meander in Midtown Manhattan
Before skyscrapers took over midtown Manhattan, brownstones and small apartment houses filled the blocks. And if you lived in one, you [...]
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Cross Country With A Bestie
It was tense. The Queen of Hearts was face up, next to the Ten of Diamonds. The Queen won, of course. Then the three of hearts [...]
Amy Beth Williams Sings Lieber and Stoller – Great
I see a lot of cabaret. A multitude of reasons can make a show good, but to be great, everything has to come together. This show is great. [...]
Advent Calendars
…of every kind: fabric, paper, drawers to fill, drawers with chocolate, music, decorations…Cats and Taylor Swift! Simple Peek-a-Boo [...]
‘The Frogs’-MasterVoices Disinters the Show’s Wit and Wisdom
In 405 B.C., comic dramatist Aristophanes wrote The Frogs against the final stages of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. His [...]
The Wizard of the Kremlin – A Fictional Portrayal of Putin That’s Frightfully Accurate
Repeatedly, U.S. Presidents have attempted to get into the mind and heart of Russian President Vladimir Putin. George W. Bush once said: [...]
Sabbath’s Theater – A Tour de Force
What drew us to adapting the filthiest of Philip Roth’s novels? Its morality. Its tenderness. Its comic intensity. The deep exploration [...]
Caring Becomes Controlling and Then Deadly in Gilly MacMillan’s The Manor House
Anna and Nicole are far apart in age and wealth, but have two things in common: they are widows and are being manipulated by people with [...]
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