I was really excited about the pre-show for this program of the Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center because it was going to be led by former Alvin Ailey company member Renee Robinson. I could finally check off ‘dancing with an Alvin Ailey dancer’ off my bucket list. Unfortunately, the subway did […]
This time it was violaleeblue, her two daughters, and rtb who were seeing the third program of Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center with me. This time I was in the Grand Tier again (yay!) and the others were in the front mezzanine not far from me. The Bangarra Dance was not […]
For the second program of Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center I was joining rtb and her sister. This time we were in the back mezzanine so the seats weren’t as good. Also not good was the big guy in the seat in front of me with his head blocking a huge […]
It’s the start of fall, which means it’s the start of the Fall for Dance Festival at the beautiful New York City Center. Fall for Dance is an opportunity to see different types of dance from all over the world for five nights – all for just $15 a night. Before most of the programs […]
The last time I posted a review was back in the beginning of June. It’s not that I haven’t been out to see live performances. It’s just that I somehow got out of the habit of writing up what I saw. There was some minor surgery (nothing serious – just my gall bladder – in […]
One of the things about getting old is that your short-term memory leaves you. So even though I had read rtb’s review of The Taming of the Shrew, which is the first production this year of the Public’s Free Shakespeare in the Park, by the time I saw the play a lot of what I […]
I decided that last Thursday would be a good day to see Shakespeare in the Park. But you have to get the ticket at noon and the show isn’t until 8pm so I had time to kill. So I thought it would also be a good day to visit some of the Alexander Hamilton sites […]
My second night with David Ford at Rockwood Music Hall. This night it was just rtb and me. The crowd was bigger. And joining David on stage was John Paul Ruggieri (sp?) on electric guitar on several of the songs. When David announced again that it had been ten years since his first US tour, […]
David Ford was performing for two nights at Rockwood Music Hall and one of my favorite artists at one of my favorite clubs is a very good thing. David was at Stage 3, which is the small club downstairs from the Orchard Street entrance. He was in town because he was recording a new album […]
Some years ago I decided to learn more about American playwrights. I read a biography of each, critical essays of their work, and then two of each of their plays. The playwrights I chose were Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee. O’Neill is considered the first American playwright; he brought realism to […]
