Hello Friends, The journey through the eight Best Picture nominees of 2015 is winding down. This is the second-to-last review of Oscar season! There’s no better film to be reviewing than Whiplash. A whirlwind of a ride, Whiplash was written and directed by Damien Chazelle, based upon his experiences in the Princeton High School Studio…
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 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…
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….
On Monday, April 6th, over a dozen songwriters will join forces for a one night benefit concert to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at the Highline Ballroom. Drew Overcash and Krysta Hibbard will host the 8PM concert, which will featuring music from Tony winner Tom Kitt, Sam Carner & Derek Gregor, Joey…
“Hope is like a path in the countryside. Originally, there was nothing – but as people walk this way again and again, a path appears.” – Lu Xun Hello Friends, On Thursday evening, I had the opportunity to hear Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn discuss their newest book, A Path Appears, at ABC Carpet…