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09 Oct TIO NYC: “The Ferryman”- Visually Stunning, Utterly Shattering, Overall Superb
A ferryman demanding payment is a direct reference to the Greek ferryman of the dead. Charon was known to demand an obolus (coin) to ferry dead souls across the River Styx. Those who did not pay were doomed to remain as ghosts on the plane of the mare. The restless dead are everywhere in Jez...
09 Oct TIO NYC: Hershey Felder’s “Irving Berlin”- “No Business Like Show Business”
“…I wonder if old Irving ever wrote him a song ’bout blowed out country and a marriage gone wrong…”, Ian Tyson Irving Berlin’s music is synonymous with theatre (he scored 20 original Broadway shows) and now thanks to the writing, acting and musical ability of...
08 Oct TIO NYC: Delacroix at The Met: Marc & Macke at the Neue
The”Delacroix” show at The Met runs through January 6, 2019. Franz Marc and August Macke at the Neue Gallerie is up through January 21, 2019. The epic exhibition of the work of the Romantic painter Eugene Delacroix, (1798–1863), more than 150 paintings, drawings, prints, and manuscripts—...
13 May TIO NYC: Cole, Catholicism, & Shoes, Oh My !
To date, the current resident of 16 Pennsylvania Avenue and his band of merry men, particularly one Scott Pruitt, have gutted the EPA’s budget under the guise of fixing budget issues; killed the Paris Climate Agreement, denying climate change; and in general relaxed environmental rules...
07 May TIO NYC: Ives’ “The Metromaniacs”+
“The Metromaniacs” at The Duke Theatre, 229 West 42 Street (between 7th & 8th) is up through May 26. Non-stop laughs, especially if wordplay is your thing, this show is nonstop zing. Tickets here. Also, food, drink and music at the sexy bar, The Blacktail. Great...
06 May TIO NYC: “The Seafarer”+ A Chelsea Afternoon
On yet another fine day in the Big Apple, on stage and on the walls of the many galleries in Chelsea we visited, we found the lines between reality and fantasy, fact and fiction, past and present blurred. And, as always, the Devil was in the...
06 May TIO NYC: White Lies, Theater + Art
“Harry Clarke” at the Minetta Lane Theatere through May 12. Don’t miss Billy Crudup’s tour de force performance. Tickets here. “Three Tall Women” at the Golden Theatre through June 24. Tickets here. Tickets here. Run! Glenda Jackson razzle-dazzles. “Like Life” is up at the Met Breuer...
30 Apr TIO NYC: “King Lear” at BAM
The play about a really bad dad on a power trip who trips and falls is over. Shakespeare’s “King Lear ” is dead and buried. We were in the audience for the final matinee on Sunday, April 29. Sorry you missed it, but we are...