The Rap Guide To Religion, now playing at the SoHo Playhouse, is a ninety minute journey into one of the topics you should never discuss at the dinner table: I’ll let you guess which one. Baba Brinkman with the help of his sweet hip-hop rhymes takes …Read more
You Can’t Take It With You is currently holding a dance contest with prizes such as tickets to the show, Annaleigh Ashford’s real autographed pointe shoes and a free dance lesson with our partner, the Broadway Dance Center. In the play, Annaleigh Ash …Read more
The Broadway League, which comprises theaters and producers in New York City, just released its happy stats for 2014. As ever, the organization trumpeted The Street’s overall robustness and how much money came rolling in to Broadway. It was a lot: a …Read more
I tell Mary Testa that the very first time I saw her was when she did a cameo in Sex and the City, playing a cabaret singer who performs “All That Jazz” as Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Stanford (Willie Garson) sit in the audience. “I actually th …Read more
For more than 30 years a ghost sign has maintained its stalwart perch above 754 Ninth Avenue at 51st street in Hell’s Kitchen. The company has been long since replaced by a string of restaurants and storefronts including Vinyl and Sonic Yoga. …Read more
It’s that time of year again, the dead zone between New Year’s Day and St. Valentine’s Day when New Yorkers revel in tourist free sidewalks while simultaneously slipping into post-holiday boredom. Sure, we have a love hate relationship with this time …Read more
The New Year marks the midpoint of the Broadway 2014-2015 season. We have seen some beautiful productions so far this season (The Elephant Man, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, On the Town, just to name a few). Let’s take a look at …Read more
The New Year marks the midpoint of the Broadway 2014-2015 season. We have seen some beautiful productions so far this season (The Elephant Man, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, On the Town, just to name a few). Let’s take a look at …Read more
Listening to the final strains of medieval music sung from the vestibule leading to the altar and looking at the last vestiges of daylight coming through the stained glass windows at Trinity Church on Wall Street, I thought what a perfect antidote Th …Read more
Next to actually seeing shows, the memories that come with a great cast recording are the next best thing. We were fortunate to have some excellent recordings of new scores, jukebox musicals and revivals and narrowing it down to ten is indeed, diffic …Read more
