Hello Friends, We’re almost there – this is the sixth review of the eight Best Picture nominees of the 87th annual Academy Awards. I’ve been avoiding writing this review, because as you all are well aware, I can’t handle sad films. Watching The Theory of Everything was almost as bad as War Horse. (Feel free…
Hello Friends, It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Michael Keaton in his most excellent performance since he was Batman. I’m not sure how much I’ve seen him perform since he was Batman, but IMdB says he’s done a lot of things, so I believe it. Because everything you read on the internet is true….
Hello Friends, Let us continue to march forward through all eight Best Picture nominees for the 2015 Academy Awards- Selma is next on our list. (See what I did there? Because, I said we’re marching, and Selma is about…nevermind.) Selma is a historical drama directed by Ava DuVernay, about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965…
Hello Friends, The reviews just keep on coming! Up next on our journey through the eight Best Picture nominated films of the 2015 Academy Awards is Boyhood, the chronicle of, you guessed it, the journey from boyhood to manhood. Or, at least, college-aged-hood. Boyhood is nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay,…
Hello again, Write Readers! Welcome back to my series of reviews on the Academy Award Best Picture Nominees! We’re one film down, with seven to go. This next film is the one I was the most surprised to see on the list of best picture nominees- if you guessed The Grand Budapast Hotel, winner, winner, chicken…
Hello Friends, Ah, another year has gone by. Welcome, dear Write Reader(s), to my third annual series of reviews for the Academy Award Best Picture Nominees! I am so happy to be back, and delighted to share with you my eight incredibly unimportant opinions about eight incredibly wonderful films. I am sure if you have…
Dear Bookworms, I love fiction. I love it for so many reasons, but the biggest reason I think is because of the power it possesses to teach us. Reading allows us to learn about things and places we will never see, to experience adventures well beyond the scope of our lives and, most importantly, to…
Happy Monday Beautiful People! This past weekend has rendered me speechless. We launched The Concharity Project – giving a voice to non-profits and charities who need a platform. The show was LOVE SONGS for VDAY – the second time we did this at 54 Below. And…it sold out. IT SOLD OUT. And I’m just…overwhelmed. Overwhelmed at…
As the 114th Congress begins a new season of legislating, we are already deeply concerned about education legislation being considered. Two weeks ago, the new chairman of the Senate education committee released a “discussion draft” to consider changes to federal education policies. The last authorization, known as the No Child Left Behind Act, expired in…
New York Theatre Workshop is excited to announce our 2015-2016 internship opportunities! We are looking for passionate, driven, self-directed candidates who are interested in learning from theatre professionals and contributing to a vibrant downtown community of artists. NYTW internships are geared towards college students, graduate students, and recent graduates interested in careers in arts administration….