54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Blake Pfeil in The BBC, 1970 on Saturday, July 25. On October 9, 1970, the BBC aired Joni Mitchell in Concert, an intimate and acoustic portrait that spotlighted several of her career-defining songs, including “Chelsea Morning,” “Big Yellow Taxi,” and “Both Sides Now.” In his 54 Below debut, up-and-coming singer/songwriter…
Hello Beautiful People, I recently had the pleasure of attending the Off-Broadway Alliance Awards. Now, you don’t have to ask me twice to spend an afternoon in Sardi’s with some of the finest minds and brightest souls in theatre. Truly. It’s always a pleasure. Hell, it’s always an honor. And this was no different. And…
Hello Readers, Actors Gymnasium. What a wonderful concept in the world of theatre. Matilda Corral created it as a result of a promise she made to Juan Bautista La Salle (patron saint teachers) while studying (with yours truly) at the Actors Studio Drama School. The Actors Studio provides a safe haven for actors, playwrights and…
“If a character sits in a book and no one reads it, is he truly alive? As your eyes move across the pages, as you heard the story in your head, the characters moved for you, spoke for you, felt for you. So you see, it’s quite difficult to know who owns a story. Is…
Writer, performer, Melissa Gordon’s new solo show Fresh will be performed at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB) in Chelsea on Thursday, July 9th and Wednesday, July 29th at 8:00 pm. The production is directed by Michael Hartney who is a member of UCB Harold Team, The Governess. Fresh was recently selected for a summer run…
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…
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, 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…
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…