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Some stories have to be sung. A good storyteller uses everything he has. So Benjamin Scheuer uses his guitar " actually, six...
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by: Alix Cohen Nelson Lugo's appealing Gathering the Magic intersperses adept "tricks" with stories about his own personal cultivation of the art. ("Penn J…
Review by Samuel L. Leiter The eponymous city is Paris, best known as the City of Lights or the City of...
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NY Jazz Review by Marilyn Lester In jazz music there are more idioms than you can shake the proverbial stick at....
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by: Paulanne Simmons Most people would agree that musical ability runs in families. One thinks of Bach and his children. Mozart and his father and all...
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By Myra Chanin T. Oliver Reid is not only a sensational singer of significant songs; he's a CLASS ACT!!!!! who deserves a larger font and...
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By Brian Scott Lipton Most people have to be in a terrible plane crash or on the lip of...
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Review by Samuel L. Leiter Whether or not you can actually find a wide range of spirituals, cowboy songs, and country hymns on rural...
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An observation by John Weatherford Michael Feinstein is always a joy to experience. His love for the American Song Book and his dedication to Ira and...…
By Brian Scott Lipton Unlike many City Center Encores! offerings, "Lady, Be Good!" is so old that it's almost impossible that anyone in...
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By Joel Benjamin Sandra Bargman advanced through the audience toward the tiny Duplex stage on January 30th singing "There'll Be Some Changes Made" (…
The cast and creative team of the Peccadillo Theater Company production of ROCKET TO THE MOON:-Â Ned Eisenberg (“…
by: Brian Scott Lipton Video/Photos: Magda Katz From his iconic stage performances in "Othello," "The Grea…
by: JK Clarke Titus Andronicus is not one of Shakespeare's plays particularly noted for its poetic language. Nor does it have the...
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 by: Marilyn Lester Video: Magda Katz Karen Wyman’s decision to retire from a successful singing career to raise a family was a tremendous act of love ""...
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Two cutie-pie Broadway babies"boyfriends!"reveal all, and then some, at 54 Below. By Joel Benjamin Pleasantness prevailed at 54 Below during Broadwa…
by: Samuel L. Leiter Few stories coming out of World War II are as compelling as that concerning the semi-mythical Tokyo...
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Review by Samuel L. Leiter As the old song goes, "Into each life some rain must fall," but judging by the...
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Cabaret Review by Marilyn Lester If you are what you eat, says Norm Lewis, you are also what you sing...
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Largest Annual Cash Prize Awarded to Playwright for Unproduced Play – The Relentless Award in honor of Phillip Seymour Hoffman – Submissions Now Open The America…
by: Brian Scott Lipton Are you ready for some fascinating rhythm? Then go attend "Lady, Be Good," which will kick off the 2015 Encores...
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Review by JK Clarke The love triangle is a convoluted social situation that has no doubt existed since the dawn of civilization;...
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This is one legal mind who happens to also be a good singer as she shares her joy, poise and pleasure with her audiences....
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Review by Joe Regan Jr. As I wrote when I reviewed her "Songs Are Like Old Friends II back in October 2013, "Vickie Phillips exudes...
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A two-hander revenge play with a ripped from the headlines plot. By Joel Benjamin Revenge plays have a long history. From Medea through much of...
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