Feinstein’s/54 Below will present the triumphant return of Rita McKenzie’s award-winning ETHEL MERMAN’S BROADWAY, the country’s longest-running one woman musical, Saturday evening, December 12th at 7 PM. Rita McKenzie has performed her critically acclaimed show throughout the world – from New York’s Carnegie Hall to Pasadena Playhouse – from Canada to Europe and Asia. ETHEL…
You Blew It: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You’ve Already Ruined Your Life
“Anyone who doesn’t treasure the idea of being friends is either a cat or someone who recently became obsessed with home-brewing beer and can’t shut up about it.” (p. 100) You Blew It: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You’ve Already Ruined Your Life (one of our October picks) by Josh Gondleman…
JOB BOARD: TA’s for Brooklyn Acting Lab
Brooklyn Acting Lab, a non-profit organization, is currently looking for long-term theatre teaching artists for their after-school programming with possible extension through summer. Most of their school programs are located in Brooklyn. The ideal candidate will have experience working with children in pre- K thru 8th in an after-school setting. We are looking for teaching…
Teachsperience + Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving, Beautiful People! I hope this message finds you all happy and healthy and surrounded by those that you love. But should this message find you alone on this Turkey Day, I hope it also finds you content and at peace. For that is also something to be grateful for, eh? A couple…
COMING SOON: The Epichorus
THE ACTORS’ TEMPLE is pleased to announce the second program in 2015-2016 of Hot Nights @ A Cool Shul, THE EPICHORUS. The performance will be Monday, December 14th at 7:30 pmin the Sanctuary at The Actors’ Temple (339 West 47th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenue). The Epichorus, created by Rabbi Zach Fredman, is an…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Inside Out
Hello Beautiful People, I FINALLY SAW INSIDE OUT. Excuse the caps, but I’m excited. It’s a beautiful film – not just for children. There’s a wonder about it, that can captivate the adult mind just as well as a child’s. There’s a beauty about it, one that captures the simplicity of being younger – joy….
The Second Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Soiree
Meg and Nat are back with the Second Annual UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER SOIREE on December 6 at Don’t Tell Mama. The sweaters are hideous, but the voices are gorgeous. This year’s concert features the dazzling vocal stylings of: Anna Ty Bergman, Melanie Brook, Virginia Cavaliere, Amanda Flynn, Kerri George, Christopher Hlinka, Melissa Rose Hirsh, Joe Iconis,…
Dance The World Nutcracker Festival
Dance The World Nutcracker Festival is a Delightfully Unexpected Twist on the Classic, and will play at The Secret Theatre, December 15 – December 20, 2015. Set to Duke Ellington’s jazz arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Act 1 opens on a hoppin’ holiday party in a NYC Brownstone at the height of the roaring 20’s….
A Write Teacher(s) Review: All the Light We Cannot See
Dear Bookworms, By now, many of you may be familiar with Anthony Doerr’s popular novel All the Light We Cannot See. Originally published in May of 2014, it quickly gained a place on the New York Times best seller list, and remains there even now. Readers, the praise this novel has received is not undue. …
“Galleria on Third” turns 16!
This year marks the 16th anniversary of Galleria on Third (galleriaonthird.com) which has established a superb reputation for its museum quality framing (as seen with google.com’s highest rating of any framing shop in the tristate area) and collection of original art work. The gallery also has a reputation for giving back, having hosted over a…