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Review: The Columnist at the Manhattan Theatre Club

June 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Columnist

  "Power...influence...changing the course of history.  It's all in a day's work." This is a line stated by the main character of THE COLUMNIST.  I love when theater merges history and fiction to tell a story that I never heard before about a fascinating life. THE COLUMNIST, playing at the Manhattan Theatre Club is one such play.  It's about a real journalist named Joseph Alsop who upon a visit to Moscow in 1957 picked up a young man at a party and brought him back to his hotel.  This is the first scene in the play.  When you're … [Read more...]

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Freckleface, Save the Children, Billy Crudup and Julianne Moore

December 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
"Freckleface Strawberry The Musical" & "PETER PANtomime" Benefit Performances

Last weekend my son and I had a very special experience when we attended Freckleface Strawberry, the hit off Broadway family musical, at a benefit for Save The Children at MMAC Theatre (Manhattan Movement and Arts Center).  Last year when I saw and covered Freckleface, I mentioned that I enjoyed it as much as my kids. Not only that, but it was the first show that my son ever liked so much that he had to wait after the show and get every single cast member’s autographs, so I was thrilled to see it again with him.  It's a wonderful play about … [Read more...]

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