CARVEL Celebrates 90th Anniversary
by Marina Kennedy - Jun 26, 2024
The 90th Birthday of Carvel is now happening! And here's another fun fact. Carvel is the original creator of the creamy treat, Soft Serve. And there's no better time than summer to experience the delicious ice creams of Carvel.
GLACE Opens in Rockefeller Center
by Marina Kennedy - Jun 7, 2024
Glace, the ice cream and treat shop founded by culinary dreamer Sasha Zabar, son of famed New York gourmand Eli Zabar opens its second location as a vintage-inspired truck at Rockefeller Center.
Review: Musical Theatre West Brings MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Back to Life in Long Beach
by Michael Quintos - Apr 19, 2024
More like one elongated impromptu jam session than a typical musical, Musical Theatre West's new production of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET doesn't involve a complex storyline, but instead focuses on imagining what it must have been like to be in the room where music history happened. The resulting concert-like jukebox musical is a rollicking good time.
Review: FAT HAM at Seattle Rep
by Jay Irwin - Apr 18, 2024
So, did the Rep’s “Fat Ham” crush my soul? Absolutely not and I must entreat anyone reading this, DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW!!!
Photos: Susie Clausen 'Saxy Susie' Don't Tell Mama
by Kevin Alvey - Mar 14, 2024
Susie Clausen brings the newest version of 'Saxy Susie' to the stage at Don't Tell Mama. Ms. Clausen takes her passion for the saxophone and singing and updated a charming and ebullient act with some clever new tunes. Directed, written, & arranged by Marilyn Maye. Musicians: David Pearl, Tom Hubbard, Pete Smith, Daniel Glass, & Dan Gross.
Reviews: Catching Up on Shows Is a Whirlwind .... at Urban Stages & 54 Below
by Rob Lester - Dec 12, 2023
Dear Santa: Thanks for the gifts called music in NYC, letting us 'wrap' our ears around a touch of Oklahoma-bred sense and sensibility, lots of holiday cheer, and musical theatre projects that have a connection to a famous hotel ....all part of a week in the winter wonderland of Manhattan's live presentations.
Review: THE ANGEL NEXT DOOR at North Coast Repertory
by Evan Henerson - Sep 20, 2023
Two of Smith’s previous plays have been mounted at the Solana Beach company, and the company commissioned Smith to create a new work to kick off NCR’s 42nd season. That play, THE ANGEL NEXT DOOR, directed by Artistic Director David Ellenstein, is a kick and a hoot. Maybe that makes it a kick-oot.
MILK BAR Announces New Seasonal Treats
by Marina Kennedy - Sep 12, 2023
There are new and upcoming seasonal offerings from Milk Bar, the sweet shop from James Beard Award-winning pastry chef Christina Tosi that’s been turning familiar treats upside down since 2008.
Review: TAMARIE'S TOTALLY TRUE REVUE (PLUS LIES TOO!) at The Catastrophic Theatre
by Brett Cullum - Jun 25, 2023
You see this year is all about truth and honesty, and examining what that means to Tamarie and her squad. Onstage there is a lie detector, and throughout the evening truths are revealed as are lies. And somehow highlights include dancing poop, Aristotle, an 80s PSA star, Tinkerbell, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, the world’s oldest cactus, and an army of drag queens to name but a few.