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01Mar

Giveaway: Admission with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd Premiere Screening

I saw the new film ADMISSION with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd a few weeks ago. While I can't express my thoughts quite yet on the film, I did recently write my interview with Tina Fey over at Women & Hollywood/Indiewire. Please check it out. I can't elaborate much about the film for another week or so, so here is a generic summary: Tina Fey (“30 Rock” and goddess) and Paul Rudd (“This is 40” and recently "Grace" on Broadway) are paired for the first time on-screen in the new comedy/drama directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Weitz (“About a Boy,” “In Read More

21Feb

Giveaway: Orphans on Broadway with Alec Baldwin

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One of the most talked about shows coming to Broadway this season is Orphans, starring Alec Baldwin and and Tom Sturridge. After seven seasons playing network executive Jack Donaghy on the NBC comedy “30 Rock,” Baldwin is returning to Broadway. The play is directed by the Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan (“The Columnist,” “Proof”), who directed "Glengarry Glen Ross” last year. This is the story: Two orphaned brothers live in their decrepit North Philadelphia row house. They survive by petty thievery and a steady diet of tuna fish and daytime Read More

12Feb

Giveaway: Nice Work if You Can Get It on Broadway

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The show Nice Work if You Can Get It is a show with fabulous music, choreography and some of the best singers on Broadway. It's a real crowd pleaser and if you don't love musicals, this may change your mind. Directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes) with the book by Joe DiPietro (Memphis), the show is about the Roaring Twenties and features a cast of outrageous characters gather in New York to celebrate the wedding of a wealthy playboy. But things don't go as planned when the playboy meets a bubbly and feisty bootlegger Read More

12Feb

Giveaway: GirlyGirl Clothes for the Hip and Savvy

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About a year ago, while visiting a childhood friend in Atlanta, I noticed that her daughters were wearing the most beautiful dresses. I liked them so much that even now I remember telling her that I wished my daughter was younger so she could wear them. When she told me that her sister was the designer of these dresses with her company called GirlyGirl, my mouth dropped open. They were really unique, quite European, acutely fashionable and so well-made. I was completely intrigued, so I recently set up time with GirlyGirl's designer and my friend's Read More

08Jan

Giveaway: $50 American Express Gift Card for a Night at the Movies

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Any movie starring Bill Murray and Laura Linney has GREAT written all over it. I'm looking forward to seeing Hyde Park On Hudson. That's why I'm thrilled to be giving away a night for one reader to see it and have a night at the movies. Together they;re starring in a historical tale that uniquely explores the all-too-human side of one of history’s iconic leaders, FDR. Blending literate wit and drama, Hyde Park on Hudson is directed by Roger Michell from a screenplay by Richard Nelson. In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (played by Read More

19Dec

This is 40-Something (and Mid-Life Crisis Giveaway)

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In This is 40, the female character played by Leslie Mann is about to turn 40. But she's not ready. At a doctor's appointment, a nurse asks her to clarify her age. She wrote that she was born in 1972, 1974 and 1976 on different forms. After the nurse, an aid and the doctor drill her to tell the truth, she declares, "OK, I LIE ABOUT MY AGE." She doesn't want to shop at old lady stores like Ann Taylor Loft (oy vey, that's my regular). Unfortunately, she can't lie at the gyno. His response: "I know how old you are. I'm counting your rings!" Of course, Read More

11Dec

Les Misérables – The Timeless Story Goes Celluloid (and Giveaway)

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I saw Les Misérables well before its release and it has been difficult keeping quiet. There has been so much buzz about this movie. Everyone wants to know how the cast and crew pulled off a remake of the longest running show on Broadway in our history. I've heard various reactions since the screening. I know people who loved it and I actually know people who hated it. I know there are members of the Broadway community who are fuming that the likes of Anne Hathaway won the role of Fantine and I'm curious to hear their opinions after they see the film. Read More

24Oct

Giveaway: Four (4) Tickets to the Harry Potter Exhibition in NYC Times Square

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

I started reading the Harry Potter books with my 7 year old this year and I understand the significance of this series. I'm enjoying them as much as he is, perhaps even more. It's pure fantasy, a treasure of words for any child. Since I write about culture and travel, I bring you an opportunity for you and three others to step inside the famous wizard’s magical world with Harry Potter: The Exhibition, returning to Discovery Times Square on November 3 in New York City. Since its hugely successful run in 2011, Harry Potter: The Exhibition has been Read More

10Sep

Giveaway: Verdi’s La Traviata by Opera Australia

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"This mega-production deserves only three words: Fantastic! Fantastic! Fantastic!" —Opera Insider I'm giving away FIVE pairs of tickets to a very special reception and screening on September 19th of Verdi's La Traviata by Opera Australia. If you haven't yet seen it, you must. It's one of the most beautiful operas in the world and this is wonderful opportunity for a truly unique NYC experience. Verdi’s La Traviata shines in this spectacular production from Opera Australia, performed on a floating stage in the Sydney Harbor under the stars. The Read More

20Jul

Giveaway: Everything About School almost (NYC show for kids)

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Are your kids in full summer mode? Mine are. They're going to summer camp and loving it. Everyday brings new adventures including tie dying shirts, swim lessons, trips to the beach, playing tag in the park, catching fireflies at night, roasting marshmallows on our deck. We're right smack in the middle of summer and we're not really thinking about school. But it is mid July and before you know it, we'll be back in the classroom. I've got the workbooks out preparing my son for second grade and they have reading time daily to keep up their literacy Read More