17Oct

Review: Lincoln Center Theater’s The Oldest Boy by Sara Ruhl

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THE OLDEST BOY resonated with me on so many levels - as a mother, as a spiritual human being, as one who is curious about other cultures, as a theater lover who loves plays that revolve around women characters. Over the course of two hours during this new show by Sara Ruhl, I was introduced to a family torn apart by the husband's culture after two Buddhist monks appear at the door one day to declare a high-ranking lama, or high Buddhist teacher, has been reincarnated in the body of their son, Tenzin. The monks want permission to take him to a Read More

20Dec

Domesticated at Lincoln Center Theater

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Every now and then a play comes along and is so good it knocks you in the face. It's rare, and for me, it happens most frequently at Lincoln Center's Vivien Beaumont Theater.  For it is there I saw Pride's Crossing, Six Degrees of Separation, Marie Christine, Contact and The House of Blue Leaves, and many, many more productions. As a member, I try not to miss their programming, yet somehow I nearly let their latest DOMESTICATED slip through my fingers. I am thankful that I got my ticket booked and stopped into a talk back with the two key members of the Read More

29Nov

Golden Boy: A Night of Legendary Theater

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The other night I was treated to a night of great, legendary theater.  There were a few reasons I was excited beforehand.  For one thing, the show was written by the legendary Clifford Odets .  It also stars Tony Shalhoub and I adore the Lincoln Center Theater.  I've been a member for nearly 20 years and it has been one of my greatest NYC pleasures. Lastly, this play is a big of theater history - it's 60 years old. It premiered in 1937 to great fanfare. But I had reservations about the show and wasn't sure if it was truly for me. Still with all of the Read More

11Sep

Theater obsessed – My NYC Fall Broadway and Off-Broadway Season

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One of the reasons I  moved to NYC many years ago was simply one word: THEATER.  I get a rush after a good show.  I thrive on good play writing, good acting, quality sets and direction.  I have memberships to many theaters in NYC so that I don't miss out.  It's a big of an addiction, but a healthy one.  There is nothing like a buzz I get after seeing a good performance.  I'm very crafty - I don't ever pay full-price for a play.  Read after each entry about how I manage to see a play on a budget, mainly through memberships. I just looked at my calendar Read More

15Aug

Culture Mom: Seeing Broadway’s “South Pacific” Before It Closes

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I had the most magnificent evening last week.  As a Lincoln Center Theater member, I managed to get a ticket to a closing performance of South Pacific before it ends its run on Broadway.  I remember when, three years ago, my sisters invited me to catch it early in the run, and I declined.  I'm not sure what my reasons were, or how I could refuse Rodgers & Hammerstein, but I'm certainly glad I that I didn't pass up the chance this time. Read More

27Jul

Free Shakespeare Workshops in NYC For All Ages

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Free Shakespeare Workshops in NYC for all ages! The Public Theater and New York Restoration Project (NYRP) invite New Yorkers of all ages to a free Shakespeare workshop and performance at NYRP’s 103rd Street and Target Brooklyn community gardens.  The Public Theater joins with community partners in New York City to present free performances of Shakespeare by The Public Theater's Shakespeare Lab. In addition, The Public Theater's Teaching Artists lead free Shakespeare workshops prior to the performance. All ages are invited to explore the language Read More

14Jul

The Grand Manner at Lincoln Center Theater

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The Grand Manner, currently playing at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center, is playwright A.R. Gurney's flashback on his real-life meeting with theater's legendary actor Katherine Cornell and her husband & director/producer, Guthrie McClintic. According to Playbill, Cornell was one of the first theater greats, up in the ranks with Helen Hayes, the Lunts and Ethel Merman from the early 1920s through the mid 1950s.   Together with her husband, she established her own producing organization, taking her productions of Shaw, Shakespeare and Read More