HAPPY 50ish!, the mid-life crisis musical comedy will have its Off-Broadway premiere beginning Wednesday, July 15 at The Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street) on Theatre Row. Created by Lynn Shore, Mark Vogel and David Burnham, and is directed and choreographed by Paul Stancato, HAPPY 50ish! opens Sunday, July 26. Previews run from July 15…
Hey, music fans! It’s summer and we’re so excited and so BUSY, that this lil playlist is out later than normal – but hey, it’s just in time for THE WEEKEND! One of my favorite memories from growing up was that of my family’s summer road trips to Colorado. About every other summer, we would…
Ladies of Eve is an evening of music (from both the musical theatre and pop world) and prose – celebrating the feminine spirit and all her glory. Conceived and produced by Megan Minutillo the evening will feature performances by Loni Ackerman (Cats, Evita), Anna Ty Bergman, Melanie Brook, Daisy Eagan (The Secret Garden), Kasie Gasparini…
This summer, the National Black Arts Festival (NBAF) continues its 27-year tradition of offering stellar artistic and educational programs in music, dance, film, visual arts, theater and literary arts and of attracting audiences and participants from the region and around the world to Atlanta. The season launches in mid-July with programming through mid-September that spotlights dance…
Dear Bookworms, In The Eyre Affair, the first novel of Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series, we readers are introduced to a brand new class of detective: Literary Detective. Fforde takes us on a journey with his charming heroine Thursday as she navigates a world in which book-related crime is a daily occurrence and literary enthusiasm…
Hello Beautiful People, Each year I watch the Tony Awards, I get more and more emotional. More and more invested. I become more and more in awe of the beautiful community in which I find myself a part of — I mean, The Secret Garden was the first show I ever saw, Daisy Eagan the…
Hello Beautiful People, It’s about that time of year for educators across the country — summer break is on the horizon. It’s close. It’s so close you’re daydreaming about beaches and sleeping in and there’s no red pens in sight. And with those daydreams comes a bit of unrest. A lack of focus. A lack…
“The only reason we do it (dance) is because we love it so much – otherwise it’s too hard.” – Joshua Bergasse, Choreographer for On the Town Hi Friends, I had the opportunity to attend the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards on Monday, June 2nd at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. It was…
Dixon Place’s (Ellie Covan, Founding & Artistic Director) new commission POUND, starring GLADD Award-winner and Drama Desk nominee, Marga Gomez, will begin performances on Friday, July 10th. Once called “Amazing” and “A Lesbian Lenny Bruce” by Robin Williams, POUND will headline Dixon Place’s 24th Annual HOT! Festival, the celebration of queer culture in NYC. HOT!…
A Children’s Nightmare in gleeful, physical, doggerel verse. Intruders stalk the darkness round a family’s lonesome hut. Soon they all may die. “The steel is hard, the flesh is soft!” Bloodstone Theatrical presents NIGHT WITH GUESTS by PETER WEISS with Mary C. Davis, Mel House David Logan Rankin, Jack Herholdt Directed by Bill Burford Translation…