BY SCOTT STIFFLER | There’s something satisfying about the fact that while self-aggrandizing lawmakers in Tennessee and other states were spending 2022/2023 trying to limit, license, discourage, and otherwise disavow drag, Sherry Vine and friends were creating six episodes of variety television that plays such pomposity for laughs, while putting the pursuit of cock where […]
Drew Pisarra’s Periodic Boyfriends REVIEW BY PUMA PERL | I never got good grades in science. I could grasp a bit of biology, as long as they left photosynthesis out of the picture, which they never did. Each year, from elementary school though college, I stumbled through final exams, unable to remember the steps needed […]
Happening This Week, in “This Week In & Around Chelsea” Pick of the Weekend / 10th Precinct Sector C Build the Block Meeting / Help Plan the Renovation of Penn South Playground / Tribeca Film Festival / Free Classes at Pier 57 / Affordable Housing Applications / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / CSA Food Share […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | The 2023 Tribeca Film Festival includes, among its documentary offerings, filmmaker Jeanie Finlay’s Your Fat Friend, a look at the formerly anonymous blogger Aubrey Gordon. Since February 2016, the 350 lb. writer has discussed the realities of life as a fat person in a world built for the thin. “Just say fat,” […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The masses know Laurie Metcalf as the likably neurotic Jackie from Roseanne and The Conners, but insiders have long realized that an in-person, theatrical experience that features Metcalf is generally a capital-E Event. A two-time Tony winner with range and skill, she managed to make the part of the demented Annie […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Summer weather is here, and there is no better time to be on the streets of New York—especially at our city’s bustling outdoor restaurants. At the height of the pandemic, our temporary outdoor dining program served millions of New Yorkers and saved 100,000 jobs. It allowed cooks, waiters, busboys, and […]
TEXT & PHOTOS BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The Drama Desk Awards honor Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off, always putting together a talent-studded event that’s like an award winning production in itself. This time, they wisely opted for gender-nonspecific acting categories, picking two winners per category. The winners were announced on May 31 and this Tuesday, there […]
ROUNDUP BY SCOTT STIFFLER (additional content to post here throughout June) The Village: A Disco Daydream | Take it from somebody who saw her on stage with the long-running sketch ensembles Unitard and the Nellie Olesons: The comedic creations of writer/performer Nora Burns demand your attention. Alternately sexy, sardonic, silly, sad, sublime, and a million […]
Happening This Week, in “This Week In & Around Chelsea” Two Public Participation Opportuities re: MSG & Penn Station / Community Board 4 Full Board Meeting / The 2023 Tribeca Film Festival / Free Classes at Pier 57 / Spring Fling Festival in Bella Abzug Park / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / CSA Food Share […]
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