An Evening with Danny Bacher – Congenial Swing When Danny Bacher sings “I Love Being Here with You” (Peggy Lee/William Schluger/additional lyrics Danny Bacher) he really means it. [...] February 24, 2020
Frankenstein – A Tale Told By Its Characters I admit to being wary when actor/composer/musician Rob Morrison (wool cap, ripped jeans) tunes his instruments in front of us. CSC’s [...] February 18, 2020
The Sabbath Girl – A Romantic Sketch “Three things have the flavor of the world to come: Sabbath, the sun, and love.” * In an age when the world is divided – by the [...] February 17, 2020
ICP’s New Downtown Museum on Essex Street I’m not normally given to nostalgia, but entering ICP’s new quarters on Essex Street (except the main entrance is on Ludlow) I found [...] February 11, 2020
The Painted Bird Ten minutes into this film, I was convinced I would never make it to the end. It was brutal, unremittingly grim, and utterly cringeworthy. [...] February 10, 2020
Pedrito Martinez at Ginny’s Supper Club Ginny’s Supper Club, beneath Red Rooster Restaurant in Harlem, is a perfect place to cheer up and let music carry you. The venue has some [...] February 9, 2020
Paradise Lost – Dramatized with Some Bible, Much Humor and a Dash of New Insight On stage is a wall-sized, textured reproduction of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam – God’s hand reaching out to that of the first [...] February 7, 2020
For Sama – Living Through the War in Syria For over nine years, Syria has been a war zone. More than 400,000 have died, over five million have fled and sought asylum around the [...] February 7, 2020