Bill Plympton’s unique animation style has become a trademark of sorts; characters with outlandish features, larger than life libidos and an all-too recognizable desire to be accepted for who they are, often populate his shorts and feature lengths. I …Read more

Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s Gigi was last seen on Broadway more than forty years ago in 1973, a mere four years before 25-year-old Dee Hoty would move to New York City from Cleveland, in hopes of becoming a professional actress. Less than a …Read more

No one puts on a show like The New York Pops; as the largest independent pops orchestra in America, they bring the best of film, theatre and television music to Carnegie Hall, which serves as the headquarters of their annual subscription series. This …Read more

With the voice of an angel and the acting chops to match, Ryan Silverman is poised to have quite the bright future on the Great White Way. In just a few years he’s gone from playing supporting parts to headlining shows that include the Classic Stage …Read more

The statuesque Luba Mason commands any room she’s in, just recently at Broadway by the Year where she performed “Come Rain or Come Shine”, she made the Town Hall feel as intimate as a smoky piano bar. With her smooth voice, sensual movements and larg …Read more

Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of Life will be playing at Film Forum in a pristine new restoration, from April 3 to April 9. The 1959 classic is a lush adaptation of the Fannie Hurst novel from 1933, which had been adapted into a film starring Claudette Co …Read more

The notes of George Gershwin’s “Summertime” filled Birdland Jazz on March 23, as Anika Larsen took the stage to celebrate the release of her first album, Sing You to Sleep, a collection of standards Larsen considers lullabies, “more Norah Jones than …Read more

The films of Lisandro Alonso often defy classification, even though most of them have rural settings, they don’t present us with idyllic views of country life. Even though most of them feature non-professional actors playing parts that share their na …Read more

During six seasons, Sam Jaeger stole the hearts of viewers with his sensitive portrayal of Joel Graham in NBC’s Parenthood, which saw his character go through emotional ups and downs that made him beloved by viewers who felt they knew him in real lif …Read more

In Drunktown’s Finest, writer/director Sydney Freeland follows the lives of three young Native Americans, living in a reservation. The young Nizhoni (MorningStar Angeline) wishes to meet her biological parents against the wishes of her adoptive paren …Read more