A clever, modern Snow White with a twist.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘My Mother Has Four Noses’ by Jonatha Brooke
This richly rewarding one-woman musical by the singer/songwriter Jonatha Brooke is one to savor and recall long after you've returned home.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Blind Angels’ by Dick Brukenfeld
When an Ivy League buddy involves his "brother" in a terrorist plot, all points of friendship are off. Or are they?
Read More »Athena Film Festival (2014) Movie Review: ‘American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs’
Grace Lee Boggs activist, writer, feminist is above all an evolutionary. In the documentary 'American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs' Boggs suggests the hope for America lies within each of us. First, we must care about our own well being, then we must demonstrate our care for our fellow citizens. In that way lies our own peace and fulfillment.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Seagull 69’ by Anton Chekhov
'Seagull 69' updates Chekhov's classic to Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles 1969. Director Austin Pendleton didn't miss a beat in this production.
Read More »Athena Film Festival Movie Review: ‘Rebel’
A woman fighting during the Civil War? What is the likelihood that she would have donned trousers and taken up arms to fight with the South or the North? Rebel, directed by Maria Agui Carter reveals how this could happen and in fact did relating the adventures of Loreta Velazquez based on her forgotten memoir, 'The Woman in Battle'.
Read More »Athena Film Festival 2014: A Celebration of Women and Leadership
2014 Athena Film Festival rocks and inspires at Barnard College in February. Award recipients Callie Khouri, Kasi Lemmons, and Keri Putnam were on hand for the festivities.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Woodsman’ by James Ortiz
The tale of The Woods Man shaped from L. Frank Baum's forgotten stories written after The Wizard of Oz is haunting and poignant. Performed with the use of Bunraku puppetry, the creations of evil and magic are made alive and frightening. The production is exceptional and heartfelt. If you loved The Wizard of Oz, it is a must see.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Tribute Artist’ by Charles Busch
When the owner of a Greenwich Village townhouse unexpectedly dies, a chain of events is set off in which a real estate broker and female impersonator elect to pull off a grand scheme. Why not? There are no inheritors, no will and few will be able to discern the owner is actually a female impersonator. Or will they?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Riding the Midnight Express With Billy Hayes’
The true story behind 'Midnight Express' becomes clear in this amazing and heartfelt one-man performance by Billy Hayes himself.
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