Deborah Grace Winer – Defined By the Company She Keeps Author/historian/dramatist and self avowed “show maker,” Deborah Grace Winer owns her grandmother’s 1929 piano. (“Lots of cool [...]February 21, 2018
Jim Brochu as Zero Mostel in Zero Hour– – Recommended! (Closes July 9) Zero Hour is a helluva piece of writing. Now tightened from two acts (first premiering in 2006) to intermissionless, time-stopping [...]July 3, 2017
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – A New York City Holiday Tradition – The Book! 2016 is the 90th Anniversary of what was organized in 1924 by R.H. Macy’s immigrant employees as a street carnival. The group would [...]November 21, 2016
Fiorello! – Sheer Delight! In an election year full of worst possible behavior and damaging convictions, it’s uplifting to be reminded of a man of principle. (The [...]September 23, 2016
Preview: The 27th Annual New York Cabaret Convention In October 1989, Donald Smith’s four year-old Mabel Mercer Foundation held its first annual New York Cabaret Convention. The New York [...]August 11, 2016
I Have Confidence: Rodgers After Hammerstein – Eloquent and Entertaining 92Y’s estimable Lyrics & Lyricists series ended its current season with a bang as the excellent Ted Chapin, President & Chief [...]May 24, 2016
She Loves Me – A Charmer Not Well Served Attesting to its timeless appeal, the 1936 Hungarian play Parfumerie by Miklós László had been made into two Hollywood films – The [...]March 24, 2016