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This one woman show at the New York International Fringe Festival is the stuff we live for here at The Happiest Medium; as managing director Karen Tortora-Lee will tell you, our mission is to highlight, showcase and celebrate our favorite medium, and that is exactly what writer/performer Leila Arias does in Omarys Concepcion Lopez Perez ... Read The Full Article...
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This may not be a popular theory, but I always felt that if Shakespeare were alive today and writing this Scottish play the plot might very well be the same . . . but the title would be Lady Macbeth and the emphasis would be completely different. For without the devious, devilish, deliciously deceitful Lady ... Read The Full Article...
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Shine Mionne (Cass King) runs her operation on a corset string, but she stands by her ideals: a true edgy burlesque show with no glitzy Broadway feel. The roof leaks, lights break, the performers don’t get paid sometimes, but everyone is family and a star, including the real big girl Lucy Von Doozy (Andra Boo Green), ... Read The Full Article...
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We couldn’t let this month go by without offering a very special Fringe Edition of The Happiest Medium Giveaway. So even thought we already gave away tickets this month – we’re doing it again! After graciously doing an interview, the team at Banshee of Bainbridge has offered to dontate 2 tix to some lucky winners. ... Read The Full Article...
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The Happiest Medium was honored to be a Media Partner of the 2010 Planet Connections Festivities. Not only did we, as a team, get to interview some of the most talented writers and directors than any festival (or festivity for that matter) has to offer, but we made some lasting connections. One of them is ... Read The Full Article...
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We take our festivals very seriously around here, in case you hadn’t noticed. Show me a festival and I’ll show you a THM contributor sitting front and center, scribbling furiously in the dark. But there’s no denying, there’s a festival, and then there’s the Fringe Festival – the one we all wait for . . ... Read The Full Article...
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4 Cents Review – When 2 reviewers each give their 2 cents. Today Stephen Tortora-Lee and Karen Tortora-Lee give their 4 Cents about The Princes Of Darkness which is playing at Theater for the New City. Before The Princes of Darkness (written and performed by Bill Connington) even begins there’s an ambiance created by sound ... Read The Full Article...
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We’re very lucky here, at The Happiest Medium, to have such talented contributors. Our very own Diánna Martin is on a roll – having just directed Good Lonely People for The Planet Connections Festivity she now is working with Jim Tierney’s gritty, gripping play, Banshee of Bainbridge, which will be part of this year’s Fringe ... Read The Full Article...
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Take a cross dressing princess who woos everyone in her path in order to be with her true love, add a philosopher whose cerebral journey allows no room for romance, mix in his spinster sister who’s been shut away in a lonely compound full of men but with no opportunity, throw in a young man ... Read The Full Article...
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When looking for a quote to use as a title for this fantastic interview you’re about to read I had so many, many wonderful choices. Ultimately I went with a more benign line from the Megadeath song but I urge you to check out the Alice Cooper ode to the dark one as well as the ... Read The Full Article...
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THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – BUT YOU CAN STILL CHECK OUT THE SHOW! The Happiest Medium Giveaway is on a wedding-themed roll . . . Last month we offered you An Ideal Husband, this month we offer you a Honeymoon! Okay, again, it’s not a REAL Honeymoon – and actually, it’s an Unfortunate ... Read The Full Article...
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The Happiest Medium Review by guest contributor Kate Mickere The art of storytelling seems to be in the Irish blood. Ancient bards used to wander the Irish countryside, singing the haunting ballads of the isle for a pint of ale. Ray Yeates is a modern bard, traveling across the Atlantic to perform the beautiful one-man ... Read The Full Article...
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