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George McGovern’s Ghost: Hillary or Bernie? – Agonizing Over the Democratic Primary Race
I'm "Feeling the Bern" but I'm haunted by the ghost of George McGovern. Help!
Read More »EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Todd Brian Backus, PowerOut Artistic Producer, on His New Play ‘Emily Dickinson: Paranormal Investigator’
A 19-year-old Emily Dickinson, teamed with Edgar Allan Poe, is the last line of defense between the everyday and a world of magic, ghosts, and vampires.
Read More »The Bride of Frankenstein and Her Many Moods
The Bride of Frankenstein, as all classic horror and monster fans know, is the 1935 sequel to Frankenstein, directed by James Whale and starring an ethereal Elsa Lanchester in dual roles as the Bride and Mary Shelley, and Boris Karloff as the Monster. Why? Because the Monster demanded a mate!
Read More »Theater/Dance Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Snow White,’ a Baroque Burlesque Ballet by Company XIV
For scale, complexity, and sheer extravagance, Austin McCormick's dance-theater troupe is hard to beat. Its new 'Snow White' is a marvel of acrobatics, burlesque, glorious dancing, and intriguing characters.
Read More »Glenn Frey May Have Saved Lives
Is it possible that Glenn Frey’s death provided a tough, needed lesson for other men? A few years back, I had a weekend lunch with a longtime former co-worker who wanted me to meet her latest beau and prospective fiancée. The three of us were having a relaxing time until she …
Read More »Content in Crisis: Making Your Content Matter in 2016
More consumption is moving to social media platforms, making it harder and harder for brands to build relationships with their consumers and make a profit from content distribution. This all means that marketers need to get creative, embrace the content shifts and follow the yellow brick road, wherever that might take us.
Read More »Book Review: ‘How to Live An Awesome Life’ by Polly Campbell
"How To Live An Awesome Life" by Polly Campbell is an especially powerful exercise on how to transform a complaint into something positive. Five clever rules to consider may help you reframe the issue within minutes, so you can readjust quickly when the unexpected happens.
Read More »Concert Review: Juilliard415 with Jordi Savall – ‘Shakespeare & Cervantes: Dreams and Follies’ (NYC 1/30/2016)
The 'eminence grise' of Early Music led the Juilliard School's main Early Music group in an crowd-pleasing concert with readings, all in tribute to the music of the time of Shakespeare and Cervantes.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Commedia dell’Artichoke’
What do artichoke pizza and The American Dream have in common?
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