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Sadly, the Paris Theatre has closed for business. I fell head-over-heels in love with Maggie Smith there.
I clicked on Gothamist this morning and was first startled and then saddened to learn that after 71 years, New …
Cuban-born American artist Carmen Herrera, “I never met a straight line I did not like.”
At age 104. Carmen Herrera says, “I waited for my bus for 94 years.” She’s referring to the saying, “if …
I think that I shall never see a form as lovely as is thee. My favorite tree in all of New York City.
With apologies and all due respect to the poet, Joyce Kilmer, all trees are not equally created. In the southwest …
A new musical is coming to off-Broadway during PRIDE Month: With a title like this, it’s bound to be fun.
Camp Morning Wood is billed as Rocky Horror meets Naked Boys Singing. Directed by Marc Eardley and choreographed by Ian Coulter-Buford and Jay Falzone, …
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards® will air on CBS, June 9th. Here’s your printable ballot. Cheers!
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards® will be held on June 9, 2019, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2018–19 …
Need a last-minute Mother’s Day gift for a mom who loves New York? This will knock her socks off.
Each year in hundreds of thousands of tulips and daffodils bloom in Central Park. And each year, they bring joy …
For Broadway fans: An Easter Bonnet Competition with song, dance, stars, silliness—and it’s all for good.
Imagine a Broadway musical that opens with a production number. Happens all the time, you say? How about a production …
Love a parade? This year you can watch New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade online. Here’s how.
Truth be told, I’ve a wee bit of the Irish in me. And, from time to time, I love pint …
Through April 21 at David Zwirner Gallery, a life-spanning exhibition: The drawings of R. Crumb.
I’ve been fascinated with Robert Crumb’s illustrations and the off-center mind that created them for decades. I discovered Crumb’s work …
THE MET celebrates International Women’s Day with a Heilbrunn Timeline of Women artists.
New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art created a timeline of women artists and their work as part of their …
Not all Christmas gifts are wrapped in shiny holiday paper and tied up with fancy bows.
This video is wonderful. I so admire @rosiestheatrekids—an organization that gets results that matter—results that change lives. RTKids was launched …
John J. Henehan, Jr—20 years old, slight build, brown wavy hair, tattoos. Warhol made him famous.
Actually, John Jr was marginally infamous before Warhol came along. His mugshot was taken by the New York Police Department …
You love New York City? You’ll love Tom Meyers and Greg Young, the Bowery Boys, and their podcast.
When I was in school, history was one of my two least favorite subjects. I’ve come to the conclusion that …
Fireworks memories & 5 things to know about this year’s Macy’s 4th of July Spectacular.
In the 50s and early 60s, when I was a kid growing up in Council Grove, Kansas the 4th of …
Want to watch the 2018 New York City Pride March? There’s an app for that.
The 49th annual NYC Pride March steps off at 7th Avenue and 16th Street this Sunday, June 24th. The March …
Tony Awards voting this year looks like a tricky proposition; category nominees are so disparate.
For Best Book of a Musical, how do you choose between Sponge Bob Square Pants: The Musical and the Pulitzer-winning script of Angels …
AFL-CIO, “At the Triangle factory, women had to leave the building to use the bathroom.”
107 years ago today, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire occurred—it was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York …
The Trumps asked to borrow a van Gogh from the Guggenheim; head curator had a better idea.
The Washington Post’s Paul Schwartzman is reporting that the White House asked the Guggenheim for a loan of Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 …
NYC’s Grand Central Terminal has a new website. First question? “How many approvals did *that* take?”
They also introduced a new logo. But first, the news by way of an email that I received this afternoon: …
