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“Shit New Yorkers Say”
Posted: January 20, 2012 in City News, Faceshot, PlaceshotTags: shit new yorkers say
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Live From New York…
Posted: May 19, 2011 in City News, Faceshot, PlaceshotTags: justin timberlake, kayla bishop, lady gaga, melanie carr, saturday night live, snl
Two Little Monsters Spend 4 Nights Outside Waiting for Mother Would you wait 92 hours on a New York City sidewalk for the chance to see your favorite performer in the flesh? How about if after the 92 hours ended, there was no guarantee? This Saturday night is the season finale of the 36th season [...]
Broadway legend only Caged till May 1
Posted: April 27, 2011 in City News, PlaceshotTags: Broadway, La Cage Aux Folles
Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein wrote the book for La Cage Aux Folles in the early 1980s. The show won six Tony Awards in 1983 including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book. Now, almost 30 years later, Fierstein is starring in the second Broadway revival of La Cage (as theater buffs–and those who aren’t sure of the proper French [...]
Angels in America: MUST SEE
Posted: April 20, 2011 in PlaceshotTags: Angels in America, Michael Urie, Signature Theater Company
A few years ago as an undergrad at NYU, I was assigned to read the playAngels in America. The two-part Pulitzer Prize winner was written in 1993 and later became the inspiration for an HBO miniseries in 2003. Set in New York City, the “Gay Fantasia on National Themes” was an amazing read, but I [...]
Paul Taylor Dance Company: My Introduction to Modern Dance
Posted: March 6, 2011 in PlaceshotTags: Paul Taylor Dance Company
After a lifetime of classical ballet training and obsession with the art, I finally went to my first modern dance performance. Previously a ballet snob, I maintain a relaxed training in the city and drag my boyfriend to ballets every few months. Amazed to find out how similar the movements are to ballet, yet how [...]
Beards, Beards, Beards
Posted: February 16, 2011 in City News, Faceshot, PlaceshotTags: beard, Beard Team USA, facial hair, Gotham City Beard Alliance, mustache, Myk O'Connor, Phil Olsen
Myk O’Connor has had some sort of facial hair ever since he was able to grow it. But, a couple of years ago while living in San Francisco, he shaved the beard and cut his hair short for a job interview. A friend with a “Dali mustache” expressed sadness and disdain that Myk had abandoned [...]
Faceshot: Matt Baker
Posted: December 20, 2010 in City News, Faceshot, PlaceshotTags: Matthew Baker
“I’m a professional story teller—whether it’s the story of Hamlet or the story of the city,” Matt told me yesterday as we strolled through the chilly air in downtown Manhattan. The former actor speaks as if he were on the stage delivering a Shakespearean monologue, with an intense confidence that demands he be heard and [...]
Inspired by the list of Top New York reads, I thought I’d make my own little list of top NY films. Listed below, in no particular order…What are yours? Miracle on 34th Street The Hours Wait Until Dark Manhattan Annie New York: A Documentary Film Breakfast at Tiffany’s Ghostbusters West Side Story Splash American Psycho [...]
Subway Douchery: the Douche behind it all
Posted: September 13, 2010 in City News, Faceshot, PlaceshotTags: Subway Douchery, Tom Sibley
He’s tall, tattooed, and quick-witted. Tom Sibley is also a stand-up comedian and the mastermind behind SubwayDouchery.com, a year-old blog that chronicles the douchiest public transit moments caught on camera. Subway Douchery exploded when it got a slew of media coverage from the likes of The New York Daily News, The New York Post, and NBC New York. Now, Tom gets [...]
