After recovering from a debilitating illness, Kathryn Morgan, a former soloist with the New York City Ballet, is re-launching her career in the upcoming ballet musical To Dance at the 19th annual New York International Fringe Festival. I spoke with K …Read more
In the strangely intimate Steve: A Docu-Musical Colin Summers paints a melodic portrait of a man he’s never met, but with whom he’s written hundreds of songs. For almost a decade, Summers has been musicalizing lyrics he receives from an Australian wr …Read more
SPONSORED ARTICLE The world of playwright Jim Shankman’s The Screenwriter Dies of His Own Free Will, which exposes the backstabbing deals of corporate Hollywood, seems about as far from the experimental, do-it-yourself attitude of the New York Fringe …Read more
On two consecutive nights in early August, The New York Pops took over historic Forest Hills Stadium in Queens to begin their annual summer residency. It seems as if the elements conspired to make both nights unforgettable, as the hot, humid weather …Read more
Georgina Pazcoguin, a soloist with New York City Ballet, has always been an artist in search for new experiences; in her time at NYCB, she’s performed dramatic character roles like Madge in La Sylphide, sung onstage in West Side Story Suite, and work …Read more
“1. You write a poem. 2. You contact us with your poem, requesting we turn it into a song as an mp3 or CD. 3. We reply and send you a request for payment through PayPal.4. After we receive payment, we create a song using your poem as lyrics. This can …Read more
Whether on stage or TV, Joshua Warr sure knows how to make an impression. In the New York nightclub scene, the MAC Awards nominee is known for his emotional renditions of classics, which he makes sure to personalize so that they fit perfectly into th …Read more
From August 7-16, lucky theatergoers get to see Tony-nominee Sally Mayes delivering a knockout performance as Mama Rose in Jule Styne, Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim’s Gypsy. Tackling the part with heartbreaking ferocity and incomparable stamin …Read more
During the First World War, influenza attacked country after country after country. As injured soldiers returned home, they brought the virus with them; it turned into a plague. Some thought it was the beginning of the apocalypse: the War ended in th …Read more
Magician Dan White, who has served as a consultant to David Blaine, David Copperfield and Kanye West, spent a year and a half preparing his own very special show, simply called The Magician. The show is performed for small audiences in a suite at the …Read more