Tompkins Square Park in the wake of today’s quasi-blizzard
The usual number of travelers were stranded, the inevitable highway accidents occurred, power was inevitably knocked out in some areas, and the customary problems arose as a result of today’s winter storm. About 10.9 inches of snow fell on the city.
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Yesterday, the Ed Sullivan Theatre was rocked alive with the sound of music and Paul [now Sir] McCartney. Over 45 years ago, Beatlemania was born in this very theatre when Sullivan introduced McCartney (along with John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) and the Beatles to America. What was planned as a surprise quickly became [...]
NYC’s smorgasbord of fascinating delights is only equaled (some would argue surpassed) by its fascinating annoyances. Even putting aside the major nuisances/ complaints that this city is notorious for–everything from congested roads and sidewalks, noise and pollution, to the high cost of living,–there still remains its (what I term) little bureaucratic eccentricities. If only because [...]
Maybe it’s because I prefer my sugar sweet, my coffee hot and my ice cream cold, that I also prefer my Shakespeare stationary…that is, insofar as being an audience member is concerned. Whether it’s a filmed, live or printed version of a work from that Literary Maven from Stratford-upon-Avon, the contemplative mode of physical inertia [...]
Necessity is often the “mother of invention” but, in step with human perversity, it could sometimes be the mother of absurdity as well. Outside of the political arena, nowhere is this more apparent than upon the wicked stage of entertainment. From carnival sideshow thrills to the gimmicky spills of Hollywood B movies, the quirky [...]
In 1918, at the New York Hippodrome, legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini made an 8- foot, 6,000 pound elephant disappear. A crowd of over 5,000 packed the auditorium to watch Houdini’s latest stunt: the “world’s most incredible” conjuring illusion.
The pachyderm would proudly and graciously appear upon Houdini’s introduction, with a raising of her [...]
On November 10 at a revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC, an 89-year-old woman was honored. The cast performing at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, none of whom were even born when their honoree gained her moment of lasting fame, were delighted to meet her; her name, not even her face, was known to them…but [...]
A new production of Orson Welles‘ WAR Of THE WORLDS will be performed at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on October 26. Directed by “Star Trek: The Next Generation” star John de Lancie, with a production that allows the viewer to see how and why so many people panicked when they heard the [...]
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Goldfrapp, known for their visual theatrics and contribution to the popularization of electronic dance music, comes to New York City on Friday, September 12, for a very special concert at Radio City Music Hall after selling out the Beacon Theatre earlier this year.
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The New York State Theatre at Lincoln Center, known for over 40 years by that name, will be renamed the David H. Koch Theatre in years to come. Who is David H. Koch? He’s recently been heralded as NYC’s wealthiest resident with an estimated net worth of $17 billion (give or take a few dollars). [...]
Paloma Herrera has graced the company of the American Ballet Theatre with her beauty and versatility since 1991. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 21 December 1975, she studied with Natalia Makarova at London’s English National Ballet, then moved on to New York’s School of American Ballet. So impressed was the staff with Herrera that [...]
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The Drive-In Theater Turns 75
The continued attraction of viewing movies under the stars
By Robin T. Reid
Smithsonian.com, May 28, 2008
On June 6, 2008 the flag flying over the U.S. Capitol will commemorate the 75th birthday of a distinctive slice of Americana: the drive-in movie theater.
It was on [...]
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