From Count Basie to Benny Goodman, the Big Band era of the early 20th century was dominated by men. Except for Ina Ray Hutton, that is. Hutton was the most successful female bandleader of the time and the first woman with her own television show, but …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
“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
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
Even before Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new musical, Hamilton, opened at off-Broadway’s Public Theater months ago, the buzz was so hot that speculation had the production searching frantically for a Broadway theater to overtake before the end of last season …Read more
The term “the singularity” can refer to a number of different theoretical futures that humanity could face. Some are more specific and often-discussed than others, but all carry both hope and anxiety for the future. It is a loaded term that betrays t …Read more
Children’s theatre in New York City seems to vacillate between being an embarrassment of riches and being a quagmire of treacle. Rock n’ Roll Mother Goose!, a high-energy one-woman performance created and performed by Judi Lewis Ockler, is one of the …Read more
The company of the Tony-winning musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical made the earth under Central Park’s SummerStage move to the rhythm of the show’s most memorable tunes. Hosted by Hoda Kotb, the one night only event featured a selection of th …Read more
Playwright Howard L. Craft has perhaps done more with 90 minutes than some writers have done with entire trilogies. In Craft’s Freight: The Five Incarnations of Abel Green, playing July 25th through August 9th at HERE Arts Center, the eponymous chara …Read more
The high-profile world of the NBA is dominated by men, but in King Liz, it’s a woman who takes center court. Fernanda Coppel’s new play, currently premiering at Second Stage Uptown, takes on professional basketball from the perspective of Liz Rico (K …Read more
