BY EILEEN STUKANE | Reemergence, reinvention, and expansion: The story of how—and why—the 2006-founded Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership became the Flatiron NoMad Partnership has all of these elements, amplified by the fact that it took place as the pandemic was tapering off. “We are blessed that we have one of the best parks in all of […]
BY EILEEN STUKANE | On the stage where I Need That is in performance, the curtain, playing the part of a canvas, offers a painted aerial view of streets and houses—a grid of suburbia in Anywhere, USA. My Playbill is even more specific: “Place: New Jersey” and “Time: Now.” Spilling from beneath the curtain and […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I never get tired of coming up with drag queen names because it’s a chance to be punny and funny and a little bit incorrect. Here goes—and I’ll not only include a few actual drag queens’ names, I’ll follow that with some names for the drag kings, too. NOTE: Want more, […]
BY TRAV S. D. | An extremely important Chelsea milestone approaches in just a few weeks. December 23 will mark the 200th anniversary of the first publication of the beloved poem A Visit from St. Nicholas—better known as ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, by Chelsea founder Clement Clarke Moore. (For how Moore can be described […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Devoid of product and people for nearly 14 months, The Donut Pub (W. 14th St. & Seventh Ave.) will be up and running again as of 6am on Monday, November 27. As we noted in our article of July 21, 2023 (Sweet Relief for the Glazed and Confused: Donut Pub to Resume […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Leave it to that reliabe old slayer of sacred cows–Lady Bunny–to greet this holiday season with the promise of a dirty, disgusting public display. From her perch in Times Square (aka the Laurie Beechmen Theatre), Lady Bunny: A Very Blue Christmas welcomes you to witness NYC’s own potty-mouthed “pig in a […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The Jewish Comics Experience (or “JewCE”) was announced before October 7, although the timing of the event is perfectly in tune with November 2023’s zeitgeist. The Golden Age superheroes like Superman, Captain America, and Batman were all created by Jews in the late 1930s. This is neither a coincidence, nor revisionist […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER| From an unqualified “Yes” on more affordable housing to thumbs way down on the notion of a West Side casino, the progressive stances embraced by a panel of elected officials aligned well with the expectations of constituents who spent the first warm, sunny Saturday in recent memory in the ground floor meeting […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When we came into office, we promised that we would ensure that our prosperity would be felt across the five boroughs. And the health of our people is key to that prosperity. But despite coming out of a once-in-a-century pandemic, life expectancy in this city has not fully recovered. Between […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | A Holocaust musical by Barry Manilow? Relax, it’s actually good. Harmony has been gestating since 1997, when it premiered in San Diego, and now—after playing the Museum of Jewish Heritage last year—it’s finally arrived on Broadway. With music by long-running pop star Manilow and book/lyrics by Bruce Sussman, who’s written film […]