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June 2010

Order

Next up in our Oberon Theatre Ensemble Rep interview series is Brad Fryman, the Artistic Director of this esteemed theatre company, who produces the shows, and who essentially decides what will be running season after season. Not only is Brad producing two shows simultaneously at Theatre Row, he is also co-starring in Order, as the ... Read The Full Article...

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soraya-DE

I am fascinated with driven entertainers who do more with their beautiful mug and talent than the average human. In saying this, no one fits this mold better than German sensation Soraya Garcia.  Born in Hannover to Spanish parents, Soraya has risen out of an array of fashion models and musicians to stand alone. She ... Read The Full Article...

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Riverside Symphony

The Riverside Symphony (written by Michael Niederman and directed by Hondo Weiss-Richmond) is truly a symphony of perspectives. It opens with Cassandra (Arlene Chico-Lugo), a young high school student speaking to us and to her park as she reminisces about the playground with hippopotami set into the cement. She cries out to the world wondering ... Read The Full Article...

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For the first few minutes of his beauty (written by Ashley Jacobson and directed by Nadine Friedman) it’s almost impossible to understand what’s going on -  all that’s obvious is that a couple is fighting.  Soon enough, however, you realize that that’s pretty much all you need to know.  The fact that they’ve stepped out ... Read The Full Article...

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Order Othello

One theatre company very near and dear to my heart is Oberon Theatre Ensemble, now celebrating its 13th season bringing invigorating theatre to New York City. Their M.O. is usually a Rep that involves both a play by The Bard and an original piece or revival. The last few years they have been doing their ... Read The Full Article...

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The Green Knight

“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” is a quirky Arthurian romance penned in alliterative Middle English in the 14th-century by the anonymous Pearl Poet.  Because it is one of my favorite stories, of all the Planet Connections productions I was slated to see, my hopes were highest for this adaptation of the legend, The Green ... Read The Full Article...

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Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is New York City’s premiere eco-friendly theatre festival, connecting artists and audiences with diverse dynamic charitable organizations. The Planet Connections experience entertains, enlightens and informs. The Happiest Medium (proud sponsors of The Planet Connections Festival), will be running Q&A throughout the festival. Today we ask one question each of Emma Koenig, ... Read The Full Article...

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award

By all accounts the Come Out and Play festival was a huge success.  And we’re pleased to say that The Paper Plane Derby (featured earlier on THM) was winner of the Best Family Game!  CONGRATULATIONS! Our very own Stephen Tortora-Lee was an eager participant in the derby and wound up bringing home “Most Innovative Design”; his ... Read The Full Article...

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Dorian

Oscar Wilde wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray over a hundred years ago and while it wasn’t tremendously well received in its day Wilde’s cautionary tale of a man captivated by vice and enslaved by hedonism is such a timeless one that there have been numerous adaptations of Gray – from movies to musicals and ... Read The Full Article...

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Thyme

I’ve always been a fan of A Midsummer Night’s Dream because (like the other plays by this Shakespeare fellow) it is well written, but unlike Hamlet or Macbeth it’s a comedy making fun of all the foibles of humanity . . . rather than a tragedy about the consequences of all the foibles of humanity.  ... Read The Full Article...

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Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is New York City’s premiere eco-friendly theatre festival, connecting artists and audiences with diverse dynamic charitable organizations. The Planet Connections experience entertains, enlightens and informs. The Happiest Medium (proud sponsors of The Planet Connections Festival), will be running Q&A throughout the festival. Today we ask one question each of Mark William ... Read The Full Article...

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Manhattan

“The Manhattan Project” was the code name for the research and development of the atomic bomb between 1942 and 1946.  The project’s early manifestations did occur in Manhattan, but the project would later expand to about 30 different locations in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. and employ over 130,000 people. One could assert that ... Read The Full Article...

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