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Theater Review (NYC): Seven in One Blow, or The Brave Little Kid
An oddly altered but amusing version of the Grimm fairy tale.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘She Like Girls’ by Chisa Hutchinson
A story about growing up, finding first love, and experiencing the pain and despair of young adulthood.
Read More »Theater Review (Brooklyn, NY): A Streetcar Named Desire Starring Cate Blanchett, Directed by Liv Ullman
Five curtain calls for Cate Blanchett and Co.
Read More »Win Tickets to the Holiday Classic Hansel and Gretel at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City
Engelbert Humperdinck's holiday classic returns to the Met. Win a pair of tickets!
Read More »Art Review (NYC): Tim Burton at the Museum of Modern Art
The filmmaker's artistic talent and encompassing imagination make this an action-packed exhibit that's not just for cinephiles.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl
Just a century ago some basic bodily functions were understood very, very, very differently.
Read More »Music Review: Indie Round-Up – Chris Schutz, Easter Monkeys, Putumayo’s Jazz, Tom White
Chris Schutz's CD is one of the top pop debuts of the year.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): THIS by Melissa James Gibson at Playwrights Horizons
The "annoying" gay friend – hardly the sitcom stereotype.
Read More »Theater Review (Queens, NY): Cyrano de Bergerac
Daniel Wolfe delivers a tour-de-force performance as the swashbuckling poet in Rostand's masterwork.
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