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American Utopias, by Mike Fiorito

I generally do not like Broadway shows. While I appreciate the talent, the stagecraft, etc. of Broadway shows, I just don’t generally connect with the style of music. And yet, in January 2022, during the height of Omicron, I saw two Broadway shows in one week that absolutely blew my mind. Both shows were last minute. Totally unexpected. I received […]

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A colorful, carefree & calculating Carmen begins Regina Opera’s 50th season

The Regina Opera Company began its 50th season with Carmen on Saturday, November 23rd in Sunset Park at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) in their elegant auditorium. A crowded house warmly applauded Regina Chair Francine Garber-Cohen as she announced that the Regina Opera was ready to show the glories of Bizet’s masterpiece Carmen to the eager audience of opera lovers and audience members […]

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Public’s ‘The Michaels’ an emotional experience, by Carly Quellman

There’s always a specific feeling as you enter a space built for performance theater. It’s not as casual as a movie theater, yet not quite as dynamic as an arena. History seems to cling to architectural details, washing over the slick, shiny tiled floor. An established sense of pride lingers in air.  As I entered The Public Theater on a […]

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The Heights Players to kick off 64th season with showstopper ‘Gypsy’

Brooklyn’s oldest self-sustaining theater for the community has a jam-packed season of fan favorites, comedies and classics for its 64th year. To understand what exactly goes into curating a season, we spoke with members of the Heights Players. The company’s membership, Board of Directors and eligible Heights Players directors choose the next season’s nine shows – from an original pool […]

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‘Elf’ production to come to Bay Ridge in time for holiday season

Narrows Community Theater (NCT), most known for its summertime kids’ theater performances, has been staging musicals in Bay Ridge for nearly 50 years. In that time, it’s offered opportunities for the public to learn stagecraft, acting techniques, dance, teamwork and the business of show business. Having produced popular titles like Mamma Mia! and Into the Woods within the last year […]

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‘A View from the Bridge’ returns to the Red Hook waterfront

Back by popular demand after a sold-out run, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge will be performed again in Red Hook through Brave New World Repertory Theatre. But unlike your conventional theatergoing experience, the play takes place on a floating barge. Claire Beckman, Brave New World’s producing artistic director and co-founder, explained that View was a play that she […]

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Mac Wellman’s wilderness of thorns and mirrors

“I came here to raise badass, obstreperous, antisocial, pestiferous, brutalitarian, loudmouthed and chaotic bloody hell. The roaring kind!” ]In playwright Mac Wellman’s Sincerity Forever, a celestial visitor to a hamlet of reverent, well-meaning hillbillies announces her presence by the declaration above, but it might also serve as the motto of the artist himself. Wellman – a major figure in New […]

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11 Shows Set to Take Over Broadway This Fall By Anna Ben Yehuda Rahmanan

[pullquote]Our fall theater guide highlights the much-anticipated Tina Turner musical, yet another adaptation of West Side Story and Marisa Tomei’s return to the Broadway stage.[/pullquote]There is something about the theater in the fall that encompasses the hopefulness that New York is known for: as the days turn shorter and darkness envelopes the city at earlier hours, the twinkling lights of […]

Arts, Dance, Music, Theater

Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance Presents a Sparkling Die Fledermaus by Nino Pantano

Martina Arroyo, Kennedy Award ceremony honoree, soprano supreme, who has been a beacon of light and pioneer since the 1960’s and 1970’s, a crossover classical singer with a delightful sense of humor still is in the game. She is a brilliant teacher “go getter”and nurturer through her Martina Arroyo Foundation. This gala event occurred at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter […]