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November 2009

Life isn’t all fun and games – every now and then you’ve gotta take a swing at someone … even if it’s only in your mind.  And face it, once you’re off the playground, it usually is all in your mind.  (Take THAT Mister Tourist with your 3 kids and your huge knapsack blocking the ... Read The Full Article...

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Acting Alone

Today, on the 46th anniversary of the death of JFK, there are still two kinds of people in this world – those who believe that John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald who was acting alone, and those who believe that Kennedy’s assassination was a highly orchestrated, multiple-person operative with ties to the ... Read The Full Article...

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Jonathan Co Green ©Paul Lomax

In today’s desire to escape, there is an urgent need for more magical realism. The term was used within artistic criticism in the visual arts back in the 20s and quickly filtered into literature and theatre mostly for Latin American and European plays to describe works where realistic settings are splashed with elements that are ... Read The Full Article...

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Holy Days

Holy Premiering this Friday, November 6th at The Spoon Theater, is their production of Holy Days, a play set in the Great Depression written by Sally Nemeth and directed by Peter Zinn. AM: You come from a theatrical family – your parents (Jack and Rebecca Cunningham) are a dynamic set design duo.  What’s it like ... Read The Full Article...

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It doesn’t surprise me that when Wes Anderson decided to take on a Roald Dahl story, he skipped right over some of the darker tales that inspired Alfred Hitchcock for his television series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” Instead, he went for a softer, more joyous tale of a fox trying to find his place in the ... Read The Full Article...

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Deep Inside The Gummi Bear

Ever wonder exactly what the skeletal system of a gummy bear is really like?  How do they manage to pick things up with those tiny little hands that just seem to appear on the end of their stubby little arms? Ever wonder what you’re really eating when you pop an unsuspecting little bear into your ... Read The Full Article...

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Cast - The Lesser Seductions of History (Photo Credit: Tyler Griffin Hicks-Wright)

Watching the Flux Theatre Ensemble bring August Schulenburg’s “The Lesser Seductions of History” to life is like watching seasoned acrobats performing an intricate, balletic routine; one which -in order to succeed- relies on trust, timing, and blind leaps of faith … knowing that your fellow performers are exactly where they should be and will deftly ... Read The Full Article...

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The Wo(Man) In The Window

by Antonio Miniño on November 13, 2009

Bergdorf Goodman ©Antonio Minino

Name: Carolina Davis Occupation: Choreographer Age: 34 Zodiac: Scorpio Favorite Restaurant: Shake Shack, Upper West Side, NYC Longs for: comfortable stilettos. Fears: foot injury. Beliefs: fashionable women are smarter than you think. Where is she going: shopping ahead for Lady Gaga‘s concert at Radio City Musical Hall. Dress and gloves available at Bergdorf Goodman. The ... Read The Full Article...

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Scott Raker (Tim Riordan) and Peter Sabri (Luke DeLuca), photo credit: Antonio Minino

It’s hard to isolate one simple element of James L. Larocca’s Penang (directed by Donya K. Washington) and point to it as the central theme. Penang unfolds a bit like an autopsy – it is an even, measured, calculated dissection of the life of Tim Riordan (Scott Raker) and an inspection of the elements which ... Read The Full Article...

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 Said The Whale, photo by: Vanessa Heins

The band’s upbeat sound and amazing energy never fails to leave me wanting more…With catchy folk-driven beats, gritty guitar riffs, airy melodies, and wailing woeful ballads like the title track “Islands Disappear,” the album is an entertaining mind-trip into the lives of these musicians, one that is incessantly pleasing to the ear.

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ParksideNov09

I know what you’re thinking … “oh … another all-girl acapella group”.  And while I’m not going to try and tell you you’re wrong, I’m also going to tell you that Treble is also MY FAVORITE all-girl acapella group … and that makes all the difference. Related Posts:Merry Christmas

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Every Fall the networks begin their usual marketing announcements of “Best New Show This Season” and “Most Exciting Drama.” As audiences, we have grown accustomed to tuning it out. They say it every year about every show. One would think that after over 50 years of television the marketing professionals would finally figure out new ... Read The Full Article...

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