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Jazz Up the Holiday at Birdland

Omicron might be frightful, but music at Birdland is truly delightful. For the 12 th consecutive year, Klea Blackhurs t…

Ryan LeedsDecember 22, 2021

Not only was the hall decked, but so was the ever-elegant Kelli O’Hara . On Friday, December 17 th…

Ryan LeedsDecember 22, 2021

New York is waking up from almost two years of slumber and we're getting subtle glimpses of why this will…

Clarissa ShineDecember 17, 2021

It’s been 51 years since composer Stephen Sondheim and book writer George Furth first seduced audiences into the…

Ryan LeedsDecember 10, 2021

Fewer things suggest a New York Christmas more than the Rockettes at Radio City or twirling nutcrackers at…

Ryan LeedsDecember 8, 2021

Ukulele impresario Jake Shimabukuro stopped into Manhattan’s Sony Hall last week. It was one of several stops he’s…

Ryan LeedsNovember 23, 2021

Is America ready for truth? In 1955 it wasn’t. That’s when Alice Childress’s Trouble in Mind premiered off-Broadway…

Ryan LeedsNovember 20, 2021

One would be hard pressed to find a contemporary musical that’s more engaging than Diana The Musical…

Ryan LeedsNovember 18, 2021

Although Broadway grosses have been kept under wraps post-lockdown, Is This A Room and Dana H recently reported…

Ryan LeedsNovember 7, 2021

Fewer places in New York capture the essence of elegance quite like the Pierre Hote l. Last Thursday…

Ryan LeedsOctober 28, 2021