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16 Nov TIO NYC+: DEI & More on Display!
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (or DEI) is the subtext of our ongoing cultural bath in Manhattan and surrounds just, as post-election, the acronym till echoes loud and clear in the zeitgeist. Yellow Face at the Roundabout Theatre: Identity, noun: The fact of being who or...
10 Nov TIO NYC: Branaugh’s “Lear,” The Unkindest Cut – But Great Abs!
Right after Election Day, an unhappy affair in out view to say the least, we saw Kenneth Branagh’s production of “King Lear,” also a less than happy affair. The show is up at Hudson Yards’ The Shed through December 15. Let’s just say Branagh’s was...
06 Nov TIO NYC: Speaking Frank-ly!
Jealousy, personal politics, and the high price of lies and betrayal. individual and national. The socio-cultural-political themes of the powerful “People of the Book,” the most recent (and sadly recently closed) play at Frances Hill Barlow’s Urban Stages, could you have snatched from today’s headlines....
17 Nov TIO NYC: Meditation on the Bard’s Baddies, Just Sooo Good. Run Extended to February!
“All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain” is a chronological account of the best of the Bard’s worst – rogues, thieves and sociopaths. The production was written by the man who stars in the show, easily one of America’s most celebrated classical...
13 Nov TIO NYC: More Theatrics + Dramatic Art!
No doubt John Patrick Shanley is one dark dude, who writes himself on to the stage – just like painters tend to paint bits and pieces of their inner selves onto canvas. Born in the Bronx in 1950, Shanley likes to call attention to his...
06 Nov TIO NYC: Asawa & Thomas at The Whitney; Dianne Wiest on Stage!
And the beat goes on… While there have been a few misses, for the most part NYC continues to deliver the goods. For more about TIO in NYC, go here. The Whitney Museum: “Ruth Asawa Through Line,” through January 15, 2024 Black Mountain College was...
03 Nov TIO NYC: Irish Arts Center & Good Eats!
Located at 51st Street and 11th Avenue, the Irish Arts Center (IAC) is well worth checking out the next time you are in New York City. No blarney. And our pre-show dinner at Sesamo also deserved a round of applause. Read on for details.. Go...
02 Nov TIO NYC: More Museum Musings + Chelsea Tables!
To date we have visited The Met, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Cooper Hewitt, Neue Galerie, Jewish Museum and the Frick Collection with mixed responses. If your time in New York is limited, see “Manet/Degas,” Matisse and Derain in the Fauve show, and early Buddhist...