Mumford & Sons: Forest Hills Tennis Stadium 28 August 2013

You’re not going to get a review of the show. That’s because I never made it onto the floor or the stands. Although they deny it, the show was oversold. They sold 17,000 tickets. According to Wikipedia the venue holds 14,000. That means they expected 3000 people to be able to stand on the tennis […]

Richard III: Shakespeare in the Parking Lot 10 August 2013

The bones of Richard III are found under a British parking lot. Shakespeare in the Parking Lot has been taking place since 1996. The Drilling Company, which has been the company in residence since 2002, decides that art should imitate life. And that is how meli, rtb, violaleeblue, and I find ourselves at the Municipal […]

The Tempest: Battery Park 3 August 2013

Besides the famous Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park there are several other companies performing Shakespeare for free around NYC. One of my favorites is New York Classical Theatre and their productions that take place in different parks throughout NYC. This summer they performed The Tempest in Battery Park. rtb and I stopped off for […]

Mostly Mozart: Lincoln Center 30 July 2013

The Mostly Mozart Festival began at Lincoln Center in 1966 and I’ve wanted to attend since then and now I finally have. Maybe next year I’ll spring for a package to see several of the orchestra, opera, and dance performances and the films. The Festival’s first two seasons were devoted to the music of Mozart […]