Wednesday, August 20, 2014
My nieces had just been to the National WASP WWII Museum in Sweetwater, Texas, when I received an invitation from Petol Weekes, a producer at Infinite Variety Productions, to see their new p…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 10:11PMWednesday, August 13, 2014
Things I Left On Long Island is funny, sweet, sad, and revelatory. Playwright Sara Cooper weaves the story beautifully and it's directed by Noah Himmelstein, a frequent collaborator of Coope…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 10:46AMFriday, July 25, 2014
Monday, July 14, 2014
Finally the longest running show in Broadway history has modernized with color blind casting and it's brilliantly done. Starring as the latest Phantom of the Opera is the dashing Afric…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 08:06AMSunday, April 27, 2014
Friday, December 6, 2013
I attended Blogger Night at Lincoln Center Theatre's Macbeth on Tuesday. We were wine and dined by 'wichcraft and swagged with wooden spoons engraved with the production logo and the q…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 07:37AMSunday, December 1, 2013
We are just weeks away from the annual Pipes of Christmas. It's the best holiday celebration in New York City, and this comes from a cynical soul who has all but given up on Christmas. …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 02:50PMWe joined in the centennial celebrations for British composer Benjamin Britten by attending the concert of Peter Grimes at Carnegie Hall. The stars were Anthony Dean Griffey in the …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 01:22PMWent back to Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Met thanks to Sally and the Rush Ticket program. This production, this cast, this opera made me FEEL about opera again. Viewing it twice was barel…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 01:21PMLast week, Renée Fleming participated in an online answer/question series via Reddit. Besides it being downright fun and Renée got to show off some of her sense of humor, she shared some …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 11:30AMThursday, November 21, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
On Thanksgiving Day 2001, my college roommate and I were on vacation in New York. We had just seen the parade and noticed kids dressed in letter jackets with clipboards at the Ed Sullivan T…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 08:45AMMonday, November 18, 2013
The 2013 Richard Tucker Gala marked the one hundredth birthday of its name sake American tenor Richard Tucker with an all American affair. American opera singers Stephanie Blythe, Stephen C…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 09:24PMSunday, November 17, 2013
Angela Lansbury earned two Oscar nominations in succession when she was only a teenager - for Gaslight in 1944 and The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1945. She earned her third nomination for th…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 04:04PMFriday, November 15, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
I went to the Met Opera for the first time last Sunday night. Sally rushed for $20 orchestra seats for us (thank you Sally and to the late Dr. Agnes Varis and the other patrons who are…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 08:58AMSunday, November 3, 2013
I traveled to Vienna for the first time from October 22nd-27th, with stops in Berlin and Prague first. I built my trip around seeing Renée Fleming sing the Marschallin for the first time i…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 08:51PMMonday, October 14, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
I wasn't planning on attending the annual Broadway Flea Market thrown for Broadway Care/Equity Fights Aids. I'm in fact very glad that I made a quick run through with Noah Himmelstein befor…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 07:31PMSunday, September 22, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
My Brit friend Suzanne wants to know, "Do you think I'll be able to watch the live streaming of Renée being Knighted, over here?" In our world as American Arts Lovers, "knighted" is a…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 09:19AM 
