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Friday, August 9, 2019

‘Pip’s Island’ is an eye-popping, quirky ‘Sleep No More’ for kids by Jane Ridley

Wearing their khaki adventurers’ vests and light-up bracelets, a dozen kids raise their little fists in defiance. “You’re horrible,” one of the braver ones shouts at the bad guy know…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:32PM
Saturday, September 30, 2017

This opera singer is still going strong after two lung transplants by Jane Ridley

Making her debut at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater singing from the libretto of “La Traviata,” chanteuse Charity Tillemann-Dick reached to the vocal stratosphere and gave her all to the…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:56PM
Sunday, July 3, 2016

How Disney movies saved my life by Jane Ridley

All kids love cartoons, but in Owen Suskind’s case, they changed his life. Suskind, 25, has autism. Growing up in Washington, DC, he had difficulty talking and relating to others. Then his…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:35PM
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Meet the child wranglers who babysit Broadway’s tiniest stars by Jane Ridley

In a touching scene from the Lincoln Center hit revival of “The King and I,” little Princess Ying Yaowalak, played by 7-year-old Christie Kim, reads aloud a letter she has...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:51PM
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Can Derek Hough save the Rockettes? by Jane Ridley

There’s a moment near the beginning of Radio City’s “New York Spring Spectacular” that can be called a show-stopper: To the tune of “Singin’ in the Rain,” dance star Derek.…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:55PM
Friday, February 27, 2015

First look at the ‘Frozen’ follow-up by Jane Ridley

Just when you thought you’d gotten “Let It Go” out of your head, “Frozen” is back. Disney has released the first trailer for “Frozen Fever,” a short film featuring the...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:54AM
Monday, November 10, 2014

Disney’s ‘Frozen’ on ice melts kids’ hearts, even as it numbs their parents by Jane Ridley

Scratchy nylon princess gown. Check! Headache-inducing plastic tiara. Check! My 6-year-old daughter, Daisy, obsessively planned her Queen Elsa outfit for Disney on Ice’s “Frozen” for w…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:56PM
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Kitchen-sink drama in your own home by Jane Ridley

Slightly unnerved by his eccentric British hostess, Manhattan foodie Matt Roddan gingerly accepts one of her exotic-looking hors d’oeuvres. “I call them Sylvie’s Devilish Eggs,” gush…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:29AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards