I admit it, I am a fan of the original film with Dustin Hoffman and a screenplay by the great Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal (imdg). So it was with a certain amount of anxiety that I went to the musical. Knowing, however, that the music was by David Yazbek, whose fantastic score for “The…
Don’t miss the Monday night monthly readings of George Bernard Shaw’s plays by great actors on their night off.
(carnegiehall) In our desperate (and belated) efforts to get seats to hear Evgeny Kissin play at Carnegie Hall, we wound up with one good seat (parquet) and two less good seats (balcony) at a premium price from Stubhub. Don’t do this if you don’t have to. But we had to; you understand. (latimes) We arrived…
I have written before about Trump Anxiety Disorder (TAD) before and I am not the only one. But lately, this is getting ridiculous. Just because W made a little mistake of one letter (Iraq instead of Iran) doesn’t mean we should tackle them. They are big; they are powerful; they will hit hard. If we…
Warned by my son into thinking this film would be too violent and ugly for me, I put off watching it until now and I have to tell you, five minutes of “Gamer of Thrones” was worse. It seems that time has either desensitized me or violence has grown to the point where a few…
Spent a great New York two weeks running ourselves ragged, but managed to go First Class at a discount as is our mission. First: standing at the Met Opera–yes, it can be done. With not a ticket to be had in the house, we stood for 2 1/2 hours behind a velvet bar in…
After hearing that the New York Daily News had to cut back half its staff (the wrap) and at the urging of Rachel Maddow to support your hometown paper, I decided I wanted to and I’ve been very pleasantly surprised. This really is a New York City newspaper with great photos from early days (Times…
