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In the modern day of striking computer graphics, photo-shopped pictures and short attention spans, it is not easy to impress a sophisticated New York theater-goer with a hundred years old romance play in black and white, especially when it’s only acted in the form of ardent letters. Yet, the remarkably talented crew of Opus d’Amour ... Read The Full Article...

I’m not going to say a word. First – take a look at this. Then we’ll talk. NUTCRACKER ROUGE (Extended Teaser) from Austin McCormick on Vimeo. Just when you think that an Austin McCormick experience can’t get any more divine, any more sensual, or any more stunningly wicked, he whips up another tray of tempting ... Read The Full Article...

After leaving a screening of Black Swan, I, undoubtedly along with the rest of the audience, felt moved and disturbed by Darren Aronofsky’s new ballet thriller BLACK SWAN. A creative masterpiece yet again from the mastermind who brought us heart wrenching reality films like Requiem for a Dream and 2008′s The Wrestler. However, this is ... Read The Full Article...

Every now and then an artist comes into your life whose music is so dynamic, powerful and moving that you just have to know the stories behind the songs. When you’re lucky enough to know this artist personally, and he’s someone that you’ve always had a great time hanging out with, you’ve got no choice ... Read The Full Article...

4 Cents Review – When 2 reviewers each give their 2 cents. Today it takes both Tortora-Lees (Karen and Stephen) to give The Land Whale Murders the consideration it deserves. For those of you who have already had the opportunity to experience a play by writer Jonathan A. Goldberg (such as The Luck of the ... Read The Full Article...

Okay, so – yeah . . . maybe Alter Ego is actually not usually appropriate for children. But you can be there, thinking of them! Because this Sunday – December 19th Alter Ego is having a very special Toys for Tots benefit performance party – at Fontana’s which is exactly the place you wanna be ... Read The Full Article...

Faye Lane’s Beauty Shop Stories (directed by Jay Rogers, and featuring music written by Keith Thompson, Larry Rosen and Carol Hall – who wrote music and lyrics for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) is a powerful message disguised as a sweet lil tale about a gal who started out life sittin’ on the porch ... Read The Full Article...

Aaron Wigdor Levy is the writer of Monroe, Illinois: Over Here/Townie premiering this week at the Flea Theater, produced by On The Square Productions. Tell us a bit about your body of work? My work usually is pretty naturalistic. Some people have said my plays are political, but I don’t think they’re overtly political. I ... Read The Full Article...

A few weeks ago I was honored to be able to sit on a panel of women brought together by Monica Bauer to discuss the specific challenges (and joys!) of being a woman in the Off-Off Broadway community. My fellow panelists were from many different paths, but we all came together with the same spirit ... Read The Full Article...

*All photos in this article courtesy of Stevyn Llewellyn. What do you get when you mix up a bunch of people who can sing karaoke better than the average bar crowd, background tracks that runs the gamut from Bizet’s Carmen to Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, with a smattering of Rogers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin and ... Read The Full Article...

One of the very cool things about this series is that each month they randomly pick an audience member to star in a film to be shown the following month at Iron Mule. So if you’ve been sitting around waiting for your star turn, your odds will be significantly increased just by sitting in this audience. ... Read The Full Article...

Come to DIVA SEARCH! What is DIVA SEARCH? It’s open mike opera karaoke! And I say it’s about time! On Thursday December 2, break out your inner diva and join Morningside Opera for an evening of music and revelry. Besides an opera karoake contest starring YOU, the party will also feature burlesque performances by Medianoche, ... Read The Full Article...