In judging musicals at NYMF they fall into categories, those you love emotionally and those that are commercial. Real Men is just that, a producers dream, a show...
What a novel idea for a musical touring partnership. Blondie and Melissa Etheridge rotating double-billing on a concert stage. What seemed initially like an unconventional enterprise...
It might have been a drizzling Friday evening in the Northern Chicago suburbs, however the talent center stage was nothing short of white hot. Grammy Award winning...
Get ready for a new play that explores sexual boundaries and what constitutes an intimate relationship in the gay world. Consent, is by playwright David Rhodes and is...
Victory is sweet. After 37 years America finally has a Triple Crown winner. American Pharoah took home the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes with a...
A. R. Gurney ‘s revival What I Did Last Summer is touching, warm, an homage to a gentler time, when war abound and children looked for mentors to...
The song-and-dance concert version of Bombshell, became a one-night-only event at the Broadway’s Minskoff Theater, which sold out in minutes. The fundraiser for the Actors Fund, defer costs by raising more than $300,000...
Thursday night brought three time Grammy Winner, four time Golden Globe Winner and three time Emmy winner Bette Midler and her brash and bawdy new show The...
For the Last Time, has a great score by Nancy Harrow with wonderful singers, but a confusing mediocre book. The later is surprising since the source material...
Cynthia von Buhler’s theater extravaganza The Speakeasy Dollhouse Ziegfield’s Midnight Frolic is darkly entertaining. With a floorshow, cirque de solieil moments, immersive interactive theater based on a real...
Belmont Stakes is going to be amazing tomorrow. Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah has drawn the No. 5 post position and it will put him in...
Athol Fugard ‘s new play The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek makes little sense and at the performance I saw was unprofessional. The first act takes place in...
I thought I would adore Broadway’s newest installment, An Act of God. I absolutely love TheTweetOfGod, the Twitter by David Javerbaum, based on his 2011 best-selling “The...
Cagney the new Americana song-and-dance musical about James Cagney is like a poor man’s George M. It was wonderful to hear the story about how Cagney paid for the...
Little Wars, What Was Lost and Shades Of Blue, Der Kanarienvogel, 28 Marchant Avenue and Neat & Tidy are five plays that have been playing in repertory by playwright Steven Carl McCasland in a...
With The Prince of Broadway, making news, director-producer Harold Prince (Cabaret, The Phantom of the Opera, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Sweeney Todd), talking at The New-York Historical Society...
54 Below always is a place to hear great music but there were more good notes than usual below street level last night because Alex Rybeck...
The first clue that this show would be different was given by the pianist. He had a wonderful technique and interesting melodic harmonies. He musical ideas...
I missed Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize winning play The Flick last year, so I was excited to experience it. Like most plays I am going to review, I...
The new production of In Flight by Jenny Lyn Bader at first was like watching an adult version of Dr. Seuss. Then I realized the exquisite wording, which...
By Rick Ruiz and Cindy Marinangel From May 16th to June 28, 2015, an energetic gentleman caller entertained audiences in West Los Angeles’ Fairfax District in...
Last July, I reviewed the erotic Queen of The Night. Since it was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, I went back to see if what I experienced still...
Zachary Fine, with a goofy puppy dog look and a shiny black ball over his nose, says more with a look in the Fiasco’s newest production Two Gentlemen...
It seemed as if a lot of Russ Weatherford’s wonderful photos came to life in the Metropolitan Room last night as operating partner Bernie Furshpan hosted...
The night before I saw Something Rotten! I saw The Visit and wondered at the state of musical theatre. I am so glad this was the last show I saw...
The musical, Fun Home is like watching a moment out of my life. I watched, hoping for answers, only to find there are none. I was not the daughter, Alison, played in...
Fabio Porchat, actor, comedian, writer, producer, TV host, celebrates his career’s 10th anniversary this year. The numbers are impressive and truly overwhelming. He commands all his successful...
Finding Neverland is a show that will appeal to audiences that are not theatre savvy. In the age of ADD Finding Neverland like the New York Spring Spectacular has everything but...
The revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I, at Lincoln Center is breathtaking and a gift to Broadway. The set by Michael Yeargan is so...
New York, NY – During the Tribeca Film Festival Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Laverne Cox and director/writer Paul Weitz came together to celebrate the film festival...
I know as I write this, I will not be in the norm. Hey, I didn’t like and still don’t like Book of Mormon. Though others are...
New York, NY – At the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Adrien Brody starred in the psychological thriller Backtrack. The film follows the story of one man...
Let’s get it clear… It is important to understand what debt consolidation is before we move on to how it can be done. Agreed? Okay, here’s...
One of the reasons you could be living in debt is because you are financially overextended. If you never take the time to look at how...
When interviewing Andrea McArdle at 54 Below, I asked how she felt about the coming revival of Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Miserables. Her response was…WHY? After seeing the production last night I can say, to...
Never before seen photos and images of Edith Piaf as well as the English translations of the lyrics to Edith’s storytelling melodies, will be shared through...
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Two weeks before Julianne Moore won the Oscar for Best Actress Franck Ragaine interviewed her about film Seventh Son. Seventh Son was originally scheduled for release February 15, 2013 but was...
On Wednesday, February 25 at 7PM, Barnes & Noble, 150 East 86th Street hosts author and six-time Tony Award-winning producer Stewart Lane (La Cage aux Folles, A Gentleman’s...
LOS ANGELES, CA – It was another brilliant night in Hollywood as dreams came true at the Oscars. “Birdman” walked away the big winner of the night...
If Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, moves to Broadway this season, I expect it to bring home major gold. Despite their extension at the Public Theatre until May 9th,...
Last night Grey Goose Vodka hosted the Michael Sugar, Doug Wald and Warren Zavala Pre-Oscar Party at Sunset Tower. The evening celebrated key Oscar nominees with...
LOS ANGELES, CA – Hundreds of workers have come together to help create Hollywood’s biggest night and the red carpet is nearly ready for The 87th...
At the Chanel And Charles Finch Pre-Oscars Dinner, held at Madeo Restaurant Kristen Stewart and Rose Huntington-Whiteley rocked fashion. Meanwhile at the Chateau Marmont Robert Pattinson, Gillian...
Grey Goose®, The World’s Best Tasting Vodka partnered with Vanity Fair to celebrate “Young Hollywood” with a cocktail party and pre-Oscar celebration at the No Vacancy bar in...
If you are feeling sorry for yourself or need a boost into the world of hope, head on down to Lynn Redgrave Theatre at Culture Project...
Hamilton is a hit at the Public Theatre and is sold out! An unprecedented event is allowing theater-goers to get those hard to get tickets for their...
Breaking the Silence with Girl Be Heard, highlights a number of global issues faced by millions of women daily. Told through a series of monologues and songs...
Good theatre doesn’t always need words. Imagination, puppetry and body language can go a long way. Such is the case with Strangemen & Co. and James...
Kim Kardashian spoke out about the terrorist attacks that killed 17 innocent french people last week to French journalist Franck Ragaine. The reality TV Star was...
Already a hit in Europe and China, the first single of the album: “The Rising” which brings a techno/pop sound with an energy as good as...
The upcoming fantasy The Seventh Son, is highly anticipated due to the reunion of Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore since The Big Lebowski. Bridges plays Master Gregory,...
The art exhibit to see in the fall of 2014 in Chicago must be David Bowie Is at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The hype machine...
Director/ actor Blake Robbins (NBC’s The Office, FX’s Sons of Anarchy, HBO’s Oz) sat down with www.t2conline.com to talk about his directorial debut “The Sublime And Beautiful”. This performance driven narrative...
This holiday season marks the fifteenth anniversary of Make a Kid Happy and plans are to make it the biggest year of giving yet to date....
If you are ho hummed about Christmas and the real meaning and strength of this holiday, head on down the New Ohio Theatre and take in...
Leverne Cox star of the hit television show “Orange is the New Black” and John Cameron Mitchell star of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” were seen cheering...
Garry Marshall produced some of the most popular television shows in the 1970s, including, Happy Days and Mork and Mindy. He also directed the films: Pretty...
When I first heard about The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the Olivier Award-winning play now at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, I just didn’t see...
Want a great night out near Zurich, Switzerland? “Ohlala- The Circus of Love, the Third Act”, (“Der Liebescircus, Der Dritte Akt”), will take you on a...
