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May 2009

Comedy Tonight!

The other day a friend of mine went to see Sessions.  I asked her how she liked it and she said, “I didn’t expect it to be so heavy.  I guess when I saw “musical” I expected “light”.  Huh.   As a life long devotee to Sondheim, who’s every musical (even the deceptively named Follies) is ... Read The Full Article...

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Tommy – See Me

by Karen Tortora-Lee on May 18, 2009

Tommy ... Can You Hear Me?

  I don’t think I took a breath for a full five minutes as I watched the first scene of The Gallery Player’s production of

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They

So off I go to UNDER St. Marks to see No Tea Production’s new show, LIARS directed by Lindsey Moore, when on my way there I’m handed a lottery ticket by a man who’s slumped over a mail box.  ”It’s … the winning … ticket ….,” he gasps to me, his arm outstretched, “… take ... Read The Full Article...

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Bea Arthur as Vera Charles (with Lucille Ball as Mame)

My first encounter with Bea Arthur wasn’t in her role as Dorothy Zbornak on Golden Girls, or even as Maude Findlay in Maude.  I was first introduced to Bea Arthur’s disembodied baritone as it came seeping through my bedroom floor boards. Picture it – Brooklyn, early seventies.  A young six year old is trying to get her beauty ... Read The Full Article...

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