Living in New York, especially in Manhattan, it’s very easy to get trapped indoors. After all, it’s hard to call it “going outside” when you can walk a half mile and not see any grass. What I’ve found personally is that I have to decide to go outside, and although it may seem like there… Read More Outdoor Activities in an Indoor City
Society contains our behaviors. On a minute-by-minute basis, the containers it puts us in restrict what we can do and steer our course of action. In a much more literal sense, fences do the same. Where we move is a choice we must make every second of every day, and even though we can often… Read More Oddly Specific Information: Fences
Theatre is a staple in New York City entertainment culture. Throughout history, it has been one of New York’s most influential and wide-reaching artistic mediums, and while that continues to be the case, oftentimes it remains inaccessible due to a key factor: cost. It’s a fact that theatre’s demographic is graying, and it’s due in… Read More Student-Priced Theatre Tickets in an Expensive Theatre City
No day was more important than January 25, 1996, to 35-year-old Johnathan Larson. After years of hard work, Larson’s dream was about to come true: his new musical, Rent, was about to premiere at the New York Theatre Workshop. The artist notably struggled with a sense of wasting his life, and at many points, he… Read More Without You – The Real Tragedy of Rent
“This is the best moment of my entire life,” whispered audience member Jay Giffin on Sunday, 2/13, as he stepped into the Schaberlie Theater in 41 Park Row for the closing performance of the Pace Performing Arts’ Night of Original Work (NOW). What preceded that statement was a wonderful evening of theatre and celebration. The… Read More PPA – The Night of Original Work
In a Broadway landscape where many productions struggle to remain open for an entire season, The Phantom of the Opera’s nearly 35 year-long-run feels like an eternity. Or, at least, it did. Phantom opened on Broadway in January 1988 and has since played around 14,000 performances. However, in September 2022, the producers historically announced its… Read More The Abridged Economics of The Phantom of the Opera’s Extension
Age is a theme often explored quietly and somberly, but Broadway’s new musical Kimberly Akimbo makes it blatantly clear that this doesn’t have to be the case. Kimberly Akimbo juxtaposes youth and death as a sixteen-year-old named Kimberly – who possesses a rare genetic disorder that makes her body age five times faster than usual… Read More Reviewing the Reviews: Kimberly Akimbo
Producing a musical on Broadway is a risky but potentially fruitful endeavor. A lot of productions don’t last longer than a single season, but every once in a while, a show strikes gold and serves as a money machine for several years. Tragically, every production has a closing date, even those that are “perfect.” That… Read More Where Are the Broadway Giants Going?
Horror movies are a Halloween staple that too often gets overlooked. When one pictures Halloween, they tend to think about trick-or-treating, candy, and decorations, yet horror movies offer a healthy dose of spookiness from the comfort of your couch. What’s better than that!? The answer is nothing; however, there are TOO many choices. It’s overwhelming!… Read More Horror Movies Worth Losing Sleep Over This Halloween