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A benefit concert is being held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ghar Sita Mutu – “House with a Heart” – a charity that offers a children’s home, a children’s learning center, a women’s training center, and a family outreach program to those living in extreme poverty in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Ghar Sita Mutu Benefit Concert is ... Read The Full Article...

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The greatest gift you could give a playwright is time.  Endless time to work and re-work the kinks out of a plot, time to make the characters feel more real, time to make the situations ring more true.  Time to write and re-write until all you are has been put on that page and there’s ... Read The Full Article...

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There are a few things that are crucial when it comes to producing a successful children’s theatre piece. First of all, your story has to be entertaining. Secondly the action has to be fast-paced. And finally, there has to be a strong lesson underneath all the funny costumes, big movements, and thick accents. Because while ... Read The Full Article...

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With the rise (and rise) of circus performances in the mold of Cirque de Soleil, western audiences have become more familiar with the astounding acts of physical ability acrobats can achieve, and also increasingly with an old school notion of razzle-dazzle to accompany such acts. Sets and costumes have evolved to elaborately frame these displays ... Read The Full Article...

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    It’s astonishing that with all Liat Ron and Shelly Feldman have in common they haven’t met already.  They are both talented Israeli-American women working in theater in New York and happen to have shows which are opening presently.   But even though the world of Off-Off Broadway is a small one there’s still ... Read The Full Article...

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If you’re fortunate enough to live in one of those apartment buildings with a decent sized lobby, chances are you’ve come across the characters who populate Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero currently running at The Gloria Maddox Theatre.  At first glance there’s nothing special about this lobby.  Neat, a bit shabby, in need of a coat ... Read The Full Article...

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The Happiest Medium review by guest contributor Penny Pollak. In a time where the world is radically changing its views on our monetary system, and taking a stand on debt and the crimes of the one percent, Aidan Killian’s Take The Red Pill has come to New York at just the right time.  A revolution ... Read The Full Article...

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  It’s easy to point out the obvious – that Bianca Leigh is transgendered, gorgeous and talented.  But what lies beyond the sequins, the lively productions numbers and the hilarious anecdotes which pepper her one-woman show, BUSTED: The Musical is the simply stated – but nevertheless complex – concept that how we see ourselves is not always ... Read The Full Article...

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Thinking about cheating on your wife?  Maybe first you should take in Andy James Hoover’s Corner Pocket (directed by Bridget R. Durkin).  After an evening of watching recently murdered professional pool player Glen O’Hara (James Liebman) juggle the ghost of the wife who is accused of murdering him (murdered herself soon after), his not-so-grieving girlfriend (who ... Read The Full Article...

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  Doric Wilson passed away May 7th of this year.  Some may know him as an American playwright, director, producer, critic and gay rights activist. Others may know him as the founder of TOSOS (The Other Side Of Silence) which was the first professional gay theatre company.   But to many he was much, much more ... Read The Full Article...

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I’d say that Mark Gindick had me at “hello” with his one-man comedy performance Wing-Man (directed by Barry Lubin) but he actually never said “hello”.  In fact, he didn’t say anything.  For a solid hour Mark Gindick doesn’t really say a word  but as surely as he arrives on the scene with a rose and ... Read The Full Article...

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  I don’t even know how to start explaining how or why Neon Lights (created and performed by Chris Manley and Jeff Seal) became the show that had me laughing so hard that I was literally wheezing.  Truthfully, if I gave you a rundown of everything they did in their act it would sound like I’m ... Read The Full Article...

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