fragments inspired by stage and screen
Lover of ghost lights, movies, stories of creative lives, magic of live performance, storytelling in song.
Edith Meiser Oral History series: Kia Corthron in conversation with Todd London New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue Monday […]
Liza & Alan at Town Hall Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street One Night Only March 13, 2013 @ 8pm [2nd night added by popular demand] event web site Reviewed […]
What: Harvardwood Presents Marge Champion (and a few surprise guests) When: Wednesday February 6, 2013, 7pm Where: LRN, 745 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY event web site The […]
Lunch Hour NYC June 22, 2012 — February 17, 2013 NYPL Stephen A. Schartzman Building 5th Avenue and 42nd Street D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Exhibit Hall online exhibit […]
The Other Place By Sharr White Directed by Joe Mantello Featuring Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern, Zoe Perry, John Schiappa Manhattan Theatre Club, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th Street January 10, 2013 […]
Lea DeLaria: Lea Sings, You Eat Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street January 6, 2013 artist web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee January 6, 2013 “I […]
Marilyn Maye: “Marilyn By Request” Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street January 3-6 & 9, 2013 event web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee January 3, 2013 “I’ve recorded this, […]
[featured image caption: Grand Central Terminal circa 1935-1941. Crop of image from NY Municipal Archives.] So when I say almost every day that I’m off to the theatre, some may doubt me. […]
The Holiday Guys in Happy Merry Hanu-Mas! By Marc Kudisch & Jeffry Denman Featuring Marc Kudisch & Jeffry Denman York Theatre Company, 619 Lexington Avenue December 18, 2012 — December 31, […]
The Sound of Music (1965) Film Society of Lincoln Center: See it in 70mm! December 25, 2012 Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street event web site “I always try […]
The Piano Lesson By August Wilson Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson Featuring Roslyn Ruff, Brandon J. Dirden, James A Williams The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42nd Street November 18, 2012 […]
My Name is Asher Lev By Aaron Posner Adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok Directed by Gordon Edelstein Featuring Ari Brand, Mark Nelson, Jenny Bacon Westside Theatre (upstairs), 407 West […]
The Twenty-Seventh Man By Nathan Englander Directed by Barry Edelstein Featuring Ron Rifkin, Noah Robbins, Chip Zien Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street November 11, 2012 — December 16, 2012 production web site Reviewed by […]
The Whale By Samuel D. Hunter Directed by Davis McCallum Featuring Shuler Hensley, Tasha Lawrence Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street November 5, 2012 (opening) — December 15, 2012 production web site Reviewed […]
Sorry Written and directed by Richard Nelson Featuring Jon DeVries, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robins, Jay O. Sanders, J. Smith-Cameron Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street November 6, 2012 (opening) — December 2, […]
Annie Book by Thomas Meehan Music by Charles Strouse Lyrics by Martin Charnin Directed by James Lapine Featuring Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford, Katie Finneran Palace Theatre, Broadway at 47th Street […]
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