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Kurt Vonnegut If you were in college in the ’60s and ’70s, you were probably reading Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. even during the time you’d earmarked for physical science or calculus.The Baby Boomer generation was intoxicated with everything that ...
It was “The Road to the Final Four,” as CBS Sports trumpeted all month long. The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s College Basketball Tournament – more chummily known as “March Madness” -- once again dominated the late winter ...
Victor Hugo is very much in place, but Victor, Hugo and Laverne are gone.We’re talking about one of the fundamental changes between the 1996 animated The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the new stage version that officially debuted at the Paper Mill ...
Stephen Sondheim has always loved New York, and, for the most part, Gotham has returned the love. Broadway’s greatest composer-lyricist who turns 85 this week has been a New York presence since his lyrics for WEST SIDE STORY reached Broadway in ...
When an event announces that it’s “the first annual,” we have to wonder if that’s truth-in-advertising. Yes, every happening has to start somewhere; there was a time when there were the first annual Tonys, Oscars, Emmys and Grammys – and, ...
The invitation for a party being held next Thursday by the Princess Cruises states “Please join us as we announce an industry-first entertainment partnership with the Oscar-winning composer of WICKED, PIPPIN and GODSPELL.”They mean, of ...
Conor Ryan and Kate Baldwin. Photo by Carol Rosegg.Here’s what I’ve observed about brothers and sisters.They fight like mad when they’re young, but as time goes by, they start to see the other’s virtues. That leads to their truly ...
So, after seeing a stunning performance of A Man of No Importance at New York University, I was suddenly in the company of three men of great importance. Bookwriter Terrence McNally, composer Stephen Flaherty and John Simpkins, the show’s ...
Audiologists tell us that we lose a little bit of our hearing, however slight, each and every time we hear a loud noise. Those who annually attend Junior Theater Festival hope this isn’t true. Just imagine 4,000-plus kids who scream in the main ...