New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will visit the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Monday, March 11 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
After a popular one-month showing, the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation is pleased to announce the extension of the Living in Sequence of comic book artwork exhibition. The exhibition, organized by the Bronx Heroes comic collective, will be on view at the Poe Park Visitor Center through March 30, 2013.
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will issue a proclamation declaring March "Cabaret Month" in honor of a tradition long observed by New York City club owners. The proclamation will be presented at the Cabaret Hotline Anniversary Gala at the Laurie Beechman Theater on March 6th. Vocalist Craig Pomranz, who spearheaded the campaign to get the Mayor on board, will accept the document on behalf of the cabaret community including the organizations: Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC), Cabaret Hotline, and The Mabel Mercer Foundation, which presents the annual Cabaret Convention each October.
Code.org, a non-profit focused on computer programming education, launched today with a short film starring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat, and others.
Author, performer, theatre artist, entrepreneur and solo impresario, Bradford Louryk, will appear as this season's Guest Performer at the Kumble Theatre for the Performing Arts (One University Plaza) on the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University for the Theatre and Gender Studies Programs tonight, February 19 at 7:00pm.
NYC Parks announces the completion of the restoration of the John Merven Carrere Memorial Stairs at Riverside Park, located at West 99th Street and Riverside Drive. The renovations were funded with capital allocations of $375,000 from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and $300,000 from Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer.
Author, performer, theatre artist, entrepreneur and solo impresario, Bradford Louryk, will appear as this season's Guest Performer at the Kumble Theatre for the Performing Arts (One University Plaza) on the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University for the Theatre and Gender Studies Programs on Tuesday, February 19 at 7:00pm.
Broadway and Bucks County Playhouse Producing Director Jed Bernstein will be recognized at The Media Theatre Gala on Saturday February 23 for his contribution to the American theatre. He will receive the 2013 Achievement in The Theatre Award during the evening's pre-show ceremony, which will culminate with a performance by Broadway star Justin Guarini.
FATLASH! Food Police & the Fear of Thin is a personal and professional account of being put in child beauty pageants and on restrictive diets. The 'memoir with a message' by Karen Kataline, MSW has just been released in an e-book edition.
The snow storm is now underway in New York City, where the Weather Channel is predicting 10 inches or more, as well as wind gusts up to 50 MPH. The heaviest snow totals by Saturday afternoon are expected in New England from coastal Maine to Connecticut, as well as parts of Upstate New York, where one to two feet of snow is expected, and some locations, particularly in coastal New England, may approach, or even exceed three feet storm total snow.
As of 3PM, all Broadway and Off-Broadway shows are currently scheduled to go on as normal, with the exception of Talley's Folly, which has been canceled.
The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation has announced Living in Sequence, an exhibition of comic book artwork on view at the Poe Park Visitor Center in the Bronx. The exhibition was organized by the Bronx Heroes and will be on view February 5 - March 8, 2013.
Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? This question, posed by Shen Tei, the good-hearted, penniless and cross-dressing prostitute of Bertolt Brecht's Good Person of Szechwan, is central to the work of The Foundry Theatre. The play's concerns, and the earmarks of the Foundry's new production, make it an ideal offering from the company, which is celebrated for creating memorable theatrical events while pursuing civic inquiry and social justice. The show, starring the singular Taylor Mac as Shen Tei, is directed by Lear deBessonet and features original live music by 'indie rock vaudevillians' (SPIN) Cesar Alvarez and The Lisps.
Due to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway's newest hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER today put a new block of seats on sale through May 25th. Written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER opened on October 17, 2012 to rave reviews at Sofia's Downstairs Theater in the heart of Times Square.
Due to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway's newest hit comedy How To Be a New Yorker today put a new block of seats on sale through May 25th. Written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, How To Be a New Yorker opened on October 17, 2012 to rave reviews at Sofia's Downstairs Theater in the heart of Times Square.
On Wednesday, January 23, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg broke ground on the restoration of the historic Loew's Kings Theatre in Flatbush. See a photo from the event and renderings of the renovations below!
