T2C’s Staff

Publisher/Editor-in-chief

Suzanna Bowling owns and publishes the newspaper Times Square Chronicles or T2C. At one point a working actress, she has performed in numerous productions in film, TV, cabaret, opera and theatre. She has performed at The New Orleans Jazz festival, The United Nations and Carnegie Hall. T2C has also been turned into a podcast/TV show that is on 16 different platforms. She is extremely proud and thrilled that Variety Entertainment News named “Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents” as one of Summer’s Best Picks in the category of Best Television, Radio, Podcasts. “The Daily Geek Report” has also named Suzanna on the list of Most Engaging Hosts. She also runs a website called unlockingthekeystohealing.com which promotes holistic healing. She is a proud member of the Drama Desk and the Outer Critics Circle and was a nominator. Email: suzanna@t2conline.com

Cabaret/Music/Co-Theatre Editor

Stephen is Honorary Advisory Board Member of The Society For The Preservation Of The Great American Songbook. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music. Besides being a pianist, Stephen’s business career was in the Fashion Industry. He was CEO of a textile manufacturing facility and President of an international textile machinery company. Stephen was on the Board of Directors of the “First All Children’s Theatre” which brought the Stephen Schwartz musical The Trip and Captain Louie to the Kennedy Center in Wash DC. His wife Eda, an interior space designer, was on the Board of Barrington Stage Company and is still active at BSC as a Voting Member of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association. Stephen’s photographs, videos and articles appear on Broadwayworld.com, T2Conline.com and The New York Observer. He is active in the entertainment events at the Friars Club, where he is a member. Stephen is thrilled to be the cabaret/ music and co-theatre editor. email: stephen@t2conline.com

Publicist

The Judy Jacksina Company, Inc. is a publicity, public relations and marketing company whose expertise is concentrated in the entertainment field, with specific attention to the promoting, publicizing and marketing of theatre and films. The company also works in the music industry with occasional forays into the art and publishing worlds. The subject of stories in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair and The New York Times, the firm has also garnered its share of marketing industry accolades. Whether it be a stadium concert, a Broadway event or a gallery opening, the Jacksina Entourage believes in the now highly regarded adage, “If you publicize it, they will come.”

Columnists

Joshua Ellis created and executed the public relations for over 100 Broadway and off-Broadway productions including David Merrick’s 42^nd Street (Tony Award),  Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods (N.Y. Drama Critics’ Award and Grammy), Morning’s at Seven (Tony Award), The Elephant Man (Tony Award), Frank Langella in Dracula (Tony Award), seven Broadway productions of The Royal Shakespeare Company including the 9-hour The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Tony Award, NY Drama Critics Award), Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (2 Grammy Awards, Special Tony Award, NY Drama Critics Award), Yul Brynner in The King and I (Special Tony Award),  Sandy Duncan in Peter Pan, and August Wilson’s Fences (Tony Award, NY Drama Critics, Pulitzer Prize).  He was also General Press Representative for Roundabout Theatre Company for 8 years and did publicity for Ringing Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for two.

In 2006 he was ordained an Interspiritual minister, specializing in weddings, life ceremonies, teaching and disaster chaplaincy.

His solo performance piece Call My Publicist! The Starry Education of a Broadway Press Agent, which he wrote and performs, has won wide critical acclaim and numerous awards.  It is directed by Gretchen Cryer.

Ken Fallin began his career creating caricature drawings for the long-running satirical revue, “Forbidden Broadway”.

Ken’s illustrations have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, In Style Magazine, The New Yorker , The Hollywood Reporter, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, Politico, and PLAYBILL

Ken has produced illustrations for HBO, Showtime, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Metropolitan Opera, American Express,  Belvedere Vodka, CBS News, Walt Disney Productions, The Peter Norton Foundation, and Microsoft.

An Emmy nomination was received for Ken’s work on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” TV ad . Ken has several posters  in the permanent poster collection of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. Original pen and ink drawings now hang in the venerable Players Club, as well as a permanent exhibit at New World Stages. Ken has chronicled the New York Theatre scene for over ten years in various publications and websites

Private collectors of Ken’s work include Angela Lansbury, Harold Prince, Darren Criss,  Matthew Broderick, Bradley Cooper, Barbra Streisand, Bernadette Peters, Sarah Paulson, Frank Langella, Sir Patrick Stewart, Warren Buffett, and Sir Cameron Mackintosh.

Magda Katz has been in the entertainment world for most of her life as a child actress, assistant to the head publicist of Avco Embassy Pictures, theatrical print agent. She went on to manage the show business career of her 2 children for over 15 years. For the last five years Magda has been filming and editing video trailers of live performances as well as celebrity interviews. Broadway After Dark was the first website to feature her video trailers. She contributed in creating a star studded 90th birthday party for Mickey Rooney at Feinstein’s at the Regency Hotel. Her video trailers have a large international following. Videos are featured on www.t2conline.com. All of Magda’s videos can be viewed at   http://www.youtube.com/user/MagdaCorrespondent

 

 

 

 

 

Prince Mario-Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe is an Award winning actor, event and TV-host, Bertelsmann Randomhouse author, public speaker and philanthropist. Prince Mario-Max is a German Prince and Royal as the birth son of H.H. Dr. Princess Antonia zu Schaumburg-Lippe and H.H. Waldemar Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe, being descendends from the Royal Danish Nachod Line of The Princely House of Schaumburg-Lippe, Founding Family of Hamburg, Lübeck and Kiel in Germany. He is now bi-coastal living both in Hollywood and NYC.

Writers

 

 

 

 

 

Andrea knows that being a producer is not just a title; it’s a way of life. To succeed in this business one must be confident, selfless and a tireless workhouse.

As a Syracuse alum, her innovation and dedication to television production landed her first gig at N. Lee Lacy a commercial production company in NYC. It was there where she worked with top agency’s including, McCann Erikson, Publicis, Kaplan Thaler, Grey Advertising and many more.

From there, she naturally progressed to producing promos for A & E, Lifetime, History, Oxygen, Discovery, and TLC, just to name a few.  Long form with 30 episodes of America’s Most Wanted followed. Also she entered and won a short film in the NY Food Festival called “Smoochie Sauce”.

She didn’t stop there, with a hankering for LIVE! Production, Andrea helmed projects for Cake Boss Live ,MSG boxing, SayYes to the Dress and many more

Emmy nominated Andrea has produced hundreds of live action shoots, co- branded and integrated campaigns, she has a special knack for finding unscripted talent.

As the SVP at Jack studios Andrea is now taking her expertise to the next level.

Photo, video, and social creator, she is always on the hunt for the next big thing.

She is currently working on her book titled “Stand By, to Stand By” which captures a real life behind-the-scene look at all things television.

Brad Belfour

Starting as a teen rock critic, Brad Balfour has interviewed, reviewed and commented on pop culture and films for over the last 15 years and has spoken to everyone from Jennifer Lawrence to John Cena in settings ranging from press conference to one-on-ones. He’s also Filmfestivaltraveler.com Editor-In-Chief, popentertainment.comsenior editor, a blackfilm.com writer, a fearsmag.com interviewer and now Times Square Chronicle’s newest writer. Film, arts, and pop culture creators have been his subjects for years; he has been AM-New York’s regular film interviewer, a Huffingtonpost.com contributor, timessquare.com‘s Editor-In-Chief,  a columnist for fashion mag Lincoln Road; Irish Connections’ founding editor; In-Fashion contributing editor; Creem Magazine’s senior editor; Reflex Magazine’s features editor and an editor at Heavy Metal and Circus Magazine, among others.

Stephen S. Best is currently a freelance writer for the Times Square Chronicles, covering the performing arts scene in the greater Chicagoland area. He has been a theater aficionado for years, attending his first live production, Annie, at the tender age of six. After graduating from Purdue University, Stephen honed his skills attending live theater, concerts and art installations in New York and Chicago.  Stephen’s keen eye and thorough appreciation for both theater patrons’ time and entertainment dollar makes him a valuable asset and his recommendations key. Stephen currently lives in downtown Chicago.

G. H. Harding is a four decades insider to the entertainment world. He’s worked for record companies; movie companies; video-production He’s worked for record companies; movie companies; video-production companies and several cable outlets. His anonymity is essential in bringing an unbiased view to his writings on pop culture. He is based in NYC.

 

 

 

 

 

Friday Jones is a writer, painter and tattooist who covers arts and culture in NYC.

 

 

 

 

 

Jacqueline Parker Like Ethel Merman, lifelong New Yorker Jacqueline Parker began her career as a stenographer. She spent more than two decades at the city’s premier public agency, progressing through positions of increased responsibility after earning her BA in English from New York University (3.5 GPA/Dean’s List).  She won national awards for her work in public relations and communication and had the privilege of working in the House of Commons for Stephen Ross, later Lord Ross of Newport.   

In the second half of her career, Jacqueline brought her innate organizational skills and creative talents to a variety of positions. While distinguishing herself in executive search, she also gave her talents to publishing, politics, writing, radio broadcasting and Delmonico’s Restaurant.  Most recently, she hosted Anything Goes! a radio show that paid homage to Cole Porter and by extension the world of Broadway musicals and the Great American Songbook.  Other features of the show were New York living, classical music, books, restaurants, architecture and politics.  This show highlighted the current Broadway scene, both in New York and around the country through performances and interviews with luminaries including Len Cariou, Charles Strouse, Laura Osnes, Steve Ross and Joan Copeland.  Her pandemic project was immersion into the life, times and work of Alfred Hitchcock, about whom she has written a soon-to-be-published article.  

Jacqueline has been involved in a myriad of charitable causes, most notably the Walt Frazier Youth Foundation, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Sisters of Life, York Theatre, and the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival.  She is a proud Founder of Hidden Water. 

Her greatest accomplishment is the parenting of her son, a lawyer specializing in mediation.  She has many pretend grandchildren, nieces and nephews, on whom she dotes shamelessly, as well as a large circle of friends to whom she is devoted.  Her interests in addition to theatre and cabaret are cooking, entertaining, reading and spending time on Queen Mary 2. 

Claudia Perry is an Actress, Singer, Composer/Lyricist, Playwright & Director who has worked on stage and in film with Peter Falk, Fred Gwynne, Tony Musante, Jay Arnold, Paxton Whitehead & William Friedkin. She wrote and recorded Title Songs for the Indie Film, “Variety” and for TV Pilots, “Dearly Beloved” & “Town Trekkers”. Her play, “Vienna, My City of Dreams”, was given a reading by the Dramatists Guild’s Philly Footlights at Adrienne Theatre.  She wrote the newly adapted book for the musical, “Jamaica” for Prince Music Theater and was Composer/Lyricist for “Queen of Hearts”, Off-Broadway at Harold Clurman Theatre.  “Hard Luck Dame” – AFilm Noir Musical, was a semi-finalist at the Samuel French Festival, NYC in which she also appeared. With a Grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation she was engaged to write, direct and act in, “Putting Out the Fire” – Help For Victims of Abuse.  Society Hill Sheraton debuted three of her musicals, “Hard Luck Dame”,

“Ai, Caramba!”– A Latin Dance Musical & “Doctors & Nurses” – A Medical Spoof.  Songs from her “A Loss of Roses” were presented at BMI Musical Theatre Workshop run by Tony Award-winning Maury Yeston. She was composer for “The Body Shop” which ran at West Side Arts Repertory Theatre, NYC & Artists-in-Residence Concert Series, Kingston, NY. At the Kelsey Theatre she has directed the world premieres of, “Snow White” – The Musical,“Hansel & Gretel” – The Musical & “Alice in Wonderland”– The Musical (with costumes by Broadway’s David Toser).  As Vocalist with Jazz Celebration Big Band she recorded the CD, “Little Girl with a Big Band” andappears at Café Lava in Philadelphia, monthly. See Video, Film & Music clips at  www.claudiaperry.com. Actor’s Equity Association, SAG-AFTRA, Dramatists Guild Inc., BMI-Musical Theatre Workshop (Alumna).

Elisabeta Qoku, with a multicultural background offers a fresh perspective on New York City’s stories. Raised in Greece and born in Albania, her international experience shapes her reporting. From the National Guard to a successful career in tech, insurance, and real estate, she has a diverse background. Passionate about human behavior, she advocates for underrepresented voices. As the owner of a funding brokerage for physicians, she modernizes healthcare practices. With a sense of humor, she fearlessly claims she’d pet an alligator without being bitten. ” With a mischievous glint in her eye, she assures skeptics that she has the proof to back up her audacious claim.”

 

 

 

Ross: My love for theater started when I first got involved in high school plays and children’s theatre in London, Ontario, which led me—much to my mother’s chagrin—to study set design, directing, and arts administration at York University in Toronto. But rather than pursuing theater as a career (I did produce and design a wee bit), I became a self-proclaimed theater junkie and life-long supporter. I am not a writer by trade, but I hope to share my views and feelings about this amazing experience we are so lucky to be able to see here in NYC, and in my many trips to London, Enlgand, Chicago, Toronto, Washington, and beyond.

Living in London, England from 1985 to 1986, NYC since 1994, and on my numerous theatrical obsessive trips to England, I’ve seen as much theater as I can possibly afford. I love seeing plays. I love seeing musicals. If I had to choose between a song or a dance, I’d always pick the song. Dance—especially ballet—is pretty and all, but it doesn’t excite me as, say, Sondheim lyrics. But that being said, the dancing in West Side Story is incredible!

As it seems you all love a good list, here’s two.

FAVORITE MUSICALS (in no particular order):

• Sweeney Todd with Patti Lupone and Michael Cerveris in 2005.  By far, my most favorite theatrical experience to date.
• Sunday in the Park with George with Jenna Russell (who made me sob hysterically each and every one of the three times I saw that production in England and here in NYC) in 2008
• Spring Awakening with Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele in 2007
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (both off-Boadway in 1998 and on Broadway in 2014, with Neal Patrick Harris, but also with Michael C. Hall and John Cameron Mitchell, my first Hedwig and my last…so far),
• Next To Normal with Alice Ripley (who I wish I had seen in Side Show) in 2009

FAVORITE PLAYS (that’s more difficult—there have been so many and they are all so different):

• Angels in American, both on Broadway and off
• Lettice and Lovage with Dame Maggie Smith and Margaret Tyzack in 1987
• Who’s Afraid of Virginai Woolf with Tracy Letts and Amy Morton in 2012
• Almost everything by Alan Ayckbourn, but especially Woman in Mind with Julia McKenzie in 1986
• And to round out the five, maybe Proof with Mary Louise Parker in 2000. But ask me on a different day, and I might give you a different list.

These are only ten theatre moments that I will remember for years to come, until I don’t have a memory anymore. There are many more that I didn’t or couldn’t remember, and I hope a tremendous number more to come.  Thanks for reading.

And remember: read, like, share, retweet, enjoy.

Jeffery Lyle Segal is a longtime theater and film professional, with a wide range of talents as an actor, singer, director, musical theater composer, lyricist, librettist, and special effects makeup artist.  He is proud to have been the first Executive Director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company.  He currently performs as hypnotist and magician “Jeffrey Powers” (www.thehypnoparty.com), and as a tribute artist, singing in makeup and costume as the  late, great Tony Bennett (www.lovetonyb.com).  He is also co-author (with Elisabeth Howard) and director of the developing new musical, “Sextet.”

Stephen Sorokoff (See Cabaret/Music/Co-Theatre Editor)

 

 

 

 

 

Roger Sichel is a New York artist, photojournalist, artist, cultural observer and event producer spanning generations and genres. Roger Sichel worked with Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, Gore Vidal and Milos Forman. He produced nationwide for Doors, Four Seasons and Isaac Hayes nationwide. He was one of the  photographic journalist who captured the historic Woodstock, and has been featured in galleries, private collections,  Salmagundi Club, featured in Hearst McGraw Hill publications including Playboy, Rock Magazine, Time Magazine and worldwide news publications.

In the 90’s and early 2000’s, Roger Sichel took a break from his career as an artist to pursue successful sojourns in film, university lecturing, producing and licensing the technological  innovation AUTOCORRECT.

Roger has now entered the next phase of his artistic career, creating neo-pop mixed media digital work, inspired by his own life and current events and preserving the legacy of his work In photojournalism.

In the summer of 2023 conceived and produced the highly successful ARTICOM in Southampton Cultural Center has been showing for the past five years in Sag Harbor Hamptons Romany Kramoris Gallery for the past five years, New York Hudson Yards.

One of the SpaceX 24 Moon Museum Digital Art missions 2024 Bit Basel, 2023/24 Coachella, Live Nation Influencer Houses which reaches millions of people daily. The Glass House Hamptons, The Maidstone Inn hotel, TFA Galleries in New York and Miami, various, Miami Beach Hotels, Google News,  Yahoo News, Daily Mail to New York Post New York and Miami, T2C Podcasts, Radio,TV and streaming

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George Tower grew up in New York City. His extensive travels around the world have enabled him to approach life in Gotham from a holistic point of view. His degrees in psychology inform much of his work written from a psychospiritual perspective. His is a background rich with creativity in both artistic mediums and the environments that showcase them and as a result his work has garnered positive media attention. He is an enthusiastic resident of Manhattan who prides himself on having a New York sense of humor.

Samantha von Sperling is a lifestyle guru who has spent her entire career going above and beyond to help her clients achieve their goals. “When asked what I do, I will tell you that I “Spit shine” people and things for a living. My arsenal of expertise helps smooth out the rough spots, whether it’s your look, the space you inhabit, or how you interact with the world around you. Our goal is to help you feel more comfortable in your skin and confident in your ability to handle any social situation with panache! Keen insight and fresh perspective is the first step to attaining your goal. Everything in life at some level is a matter of packaging and a game of seduction, a new job, a step up a ladder, the winning over of clients and friends or the conquest of your desire. Tell me what you want, what you need, even if it seems trivial, personal or impossible. If I can’t help you, I’ll tell you. If I can, it shall be done.” Samantha was raised in a sophisticated family where entertaining international guests was de rigueur; refined manners, elegant dress, proper posture, the art of conversation, and ballroom dancing are second nature to her. Her education is a continuation of a lifelong passion for the arts and a foundation for her business. Armed with a degree from New York University in Educational Theatre with a concentration in Speech Communications – also a classically trained ballroom dancer and actress – von Sperling set out the offer the world a new approach to the old concept of finishing. She uses her diverse talents through innovative group seminars or with one-on-one consultations. By utilizing all her skills and training, von Sperling has fulfilled requests from royal families, diplomats, politicians, celebrities, CEOs, companies big and small, regular joes, and soccer moms. Ms. von Sperling has appeared in print publications such as The New York Times, TIME Magazine, O The Oprah Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, and The Wall Street Journal, to name a few. She appears as a guest expert on numerous television programs, and currently contributes as ImageGal for DivaGalsDaily.com and writes her own column, “Ask Sam” for Time Square Chronicles which she counts amongst her great joys in life. Samantha von Sperling from POLISHED Social Image Consultants has been on the forefront of the image consulting industry for a decade, helping to bring out the best in you – from the boardroom to the ballroom.

 

 

 

 

 

Tony Zu is an experienced investigative, travel and luxury features editor with a 20 year expertise in print and online media. 

Photographers/Videographers

Because we cover theatre, we use a lot of Joan Marcus’s photographs. We wanted to honor her because she is considered to be “one of the preeminent Broadway photographers,” and we love her work.

Stephen Sorokoff (See Cabaret/Music/Co-Theatre Editor)