by Deirdre Donovan If you think going to a classical concert is a snooze, you missed the recent program Cirque De La Symphonie with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at NJYPAC. On October 17th Cirque De La Symphonie teamed up with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for an unforgettable evening in Newark. Since 2006,…
Photos by Erin Baiano by Deirdre Donovan Piracy lived again, as MasterVoices (formerly the Collegiate Chorale) launched their new season with a semi-staged presentation of Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert’s Pirates of Penzance (or The Slave of Duty) at New York City Center. Gilbert and Sullivan’s popular operetta lighted down for…
Tom Gamblin as Albin, Danial Charles McDonald as Georges by Jeannie Lieberman Photos by Parker Sargent Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein’s intelligent, educational, insightful, poignant, profound and above all entertaining homage to the real gay world is a perfect fit for Fire Island Pines Arts Project. It is especially timely in a year filled…
by Linda Amiel Burns photos by Maryann Lopinto On Sunday evening, September 27, 2015, the Cutting Room was packed with fans of the legendary pianist, composer and arranger Cy Walter, to celebrate his Centennial and CD released by Harbinger Records that has been in the planning for many years. This joyous event…
By R. Pikser They opened my eyes. They stopped my breath. They expanded my heart. I am more alive because I sat for 65 minutes and drank them in. Magmanus, the name of the Swedish circus company duo performing Attached, is a witty, intertwined combination of the first names of the…
Photo by Parker Sargent By Parker Sargent Event promoter Daniel Nardicio is on a mission to bring us gay icons from music, comedy and theater- without ever having to leave the comfort of the beautiful beach. His summer series is an annual gift to Fire Island, and there is no doubt that each…
Photos by Parker Sargent By Parker Sargent If you’ve ever been to a Hedda Lettuce show, you know her style…she’s brassy, thoughtful, cutting edge and if you find yourself in her satirical gaze, she can seem a little cutthroat. But the fabulous thing about Hedda is that it all comes from a place…
Elizabeth Claire Walker and Daniel Applebaum in “Anomie,” photo by Nir Arieli By R. Pikser Claudia Schreier’s evening of works at the Ailey Center was the culmination of her year-long mentorship by The Breaking Glass Project, started in 2013 in New York by Ellenore P. Scott of ELSCO Dance and Nathalie Matychak of MATYCHAK…
Photo by Jeannie by Jeanne Lieberman Finding Netherland Definition of nether by Merriam-Webster Located toward the bottom or more distant part of something That more distant part is, to use another euphemism, our “privates’ but Ms Cho certainly does not keep them private for long. The major part Margaret Cho’s hour and a half performance…
By Michall Jeffers The opening program of Mostly Mozart 2015, was actually made up of only Mozart, and the result was a delightful evening for all the music lovers in the audience. The Festival is an annual summertime tradition in New York; this is its 49th year, and there’s no doubt that the tradition…