(REVIEW) “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” will delight Mario lovers of all ages and has officially removed Illumination Entertainment from the one-hit wonders list. The movie is a bright, endlessly colorful, celebration of the games that children and adults across the world have played for decades.
Read MoreIt often goes unrealized that food is always present in both the decisive and mundane moments of life. When celebrating a friend’s graduation, there is food. When mourning the loss of a loved one, there is food. When you invite the person you want to get to know better over to your house, there is food. When you celebrate the start of spending the rest of your life with someone, there is food. In a way, food signifies important parts of life.
Read More(REVIEW) For those among you wondering how many retellings of the Cinderella fairytale is too many, we may have finally hit a breaking point. The latest retelling of the classic Brother’s Grimm story opens on Broadway this month at the Imperial Theatre as a brand-new musical. This new incarnation is entitled “Bad Cinderella,” a title that, despite the promising list of people involved in the show, is not ironic.
Read More(REVIEW) The country artist, AJ Kross, performed a four-hour set at Blake Shelton’s Bar, Ole Red, in Nashville, TN, on Thursday, March 16. AJ Krossis a country singer and guitarist. Kross sang a total of 48 songs in four hours during his set. As he continued to play some of the greatest country hits, Ole Red continued to have more and more people enter the bar.
Read More(OPINION) There are nearly 210,240 hours in 24 years, and Adnan Syed spent those 210,240 hours in prison proclaiming his innocence before his eventual release in 2022. Syed’s life completely changed when his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee went missing that evening. Weeks later, her body was found, and Syed became the prime suspect. How did Syed continue to declare his innocence? Two decades after his initial arrest he was exonerated of all crimes, but it is important to delve into the details that made his 2022 release possible.
Read More(REVIEW) In the late 1970s, Fosse conceived and staged a musical completely his own. It lacked a narrative arc or cohesive theme, consisting of a series of vignettes told mostly through dance (with a little bit of singing mixed in). The spectacle, entitled “Dancin’,” opened at the Broadhurst Theatre in 1978 and ran for over four years. This month, “Dancin’” returns to New York City under the direction of Wayne Cliento, a cast member of the original 1978 production.
Read More(REVIEW) The four-person rock band Velvet Rouge performed nine original songs at Rockwood Music Hall in the Lower East Side on Saturday, Feb. 25. Zo and her band took the stage wearing vibrant outfits. At first, Zo had trouble with the mic, but her ease on the stage made up for it. They played their hearts out and owned the stage. It was an experience worth witnessing.
Read More(OPINION) My visits to art museums cause serious fatigue on the extremities, especially my feet. I try to keep my focus from wandering from the art to the pain of walking through the endless rooms of the exhibits. Even when I can focus on the art at hand, my mind should not dwell on its realism. Nobody thinks that the painting of “Washington Crossing Delaware” or the “Mona Lisa” are exact representations of that event or person. Paintings are not considered that realistic. The nature of paintings spans a spectrum from completely bogus (modern art) to realism.
Read More(OPINION) Art generated by AI has been an ongoing topic of discussion for several years, with content generators dominating social media and becoming the subject of many philosophical debates about art. Despite the growing excitement surrounding AI-generated images, there are concerns about their authenticity and ethical implications. Many artists argue that AI-generated art is unethical as it relies on being fed pre-existing art and recreating it until it is indistinguishable from the original. The fundamental question remains: can AI create art, and what does it mean for the future of the art industry?
Read More(ANALYSIS) I stood at my friend Monique’s kitchen counter and complained about pharmaceuticals. After encouraging me to trust my doctors, she lent me the book “Health through God’s Pharmacy: Advice and Proven Cures with Medicinal Herbs.” Little did she know that this book would launch me on a hilly, forested journey into the world of herbalism.
Read More(HUMOR) My first romance started at the beginning of the fall semester of 2019. I had just moved to New York to begin college, and my heart was afire with the possibilities this new independent life afforded me. At Target, across the street from my apartment, I first ran into her. She was, by far, the most beautiful desk lamp I had ever seen, and I immediately became infatuated with her.
Read More(REVIEW) ‘Knock at the Cabin,’ a horror, mystery and thriller by director M. Night Shyamalan, arrived at theaters on Friday, Feb. 3. ‘Knock at the Cabin’ addresses a specific question of ethics that a College student might contemplate: the Trolley Problem. The central question of the movie is one you might prefer to contemplate during office hours with a philosophy professor rather than in a dark theater for an hour and forty minutes.
Read More(REVIEW) “Everybody in New York hates cops. Even cops hate cops,” says Pops, a retired police officer and the protagonist of “Between Riverside and Crazy,” a 2014 play making its Broadway debut this season at Second Stage’s Helen Hayes Theatre. The play is about the complex relationship between the New York Police Department and the African-American community in New York City. While the story has a lot of potential, it can’t seem to get many plot lines off the launch pad.
Read MoreMost people familiar with modern art in New York City are probably familiar with painters Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. This season, Warhol and Basquiat appear on Broadway, portrayed as artists collaborating on a series of paintings that reflect the convergence of their contrasting approaches to art in “The Collaboration.”
Read MoreSix-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald returns to Broadway this holiday season in “Ohio State Murders,” a dark tragedy about the racially motivated murder of a new mother’s infant African-American daughters. “Ohio State Murders,” is directed by Kenny Leon. This play is a short seventy-five minutes on stage, but McDonald gives a tour-de-force performance as Alexander that is spell-binding to witness.
Read MoreThis December marks the finale of the two-month running of “Straight Line Crazy”, a play written by David Hare and directed by Nicholas Hytner on the legacy of the one and only Robert Moses. Moses, a larger-than-life enigma of a man captured for the stage by British star Ralph Fiennes, is portrayed as an eccentric genius of a builder hampered by the inconveniences of American democracy. However, Moses’ legacy has a darker side.
Read MoreThere is no better way to spend a winter evening in New York than at a Broadway show. Thirty-six Broadway shows will perform during the Christmas break, but I will save you some trouble and narrow down the best options. These five have something for everyone, offering a variety of genres, lengths and prices.
Read MorePeople spend the entire month of December watching comfort Christmas films, drinking peppermint-flavored drinks, buying the perfect gifts for family and friends and decorating Christmas trees with bright lights and ornaments. The one thing people commonly do to ignite the holiday spirit is play joyful Christmas music. While this is a universal holiday pastime, everyone has different opinions on when it is appropriate to begin playing Christmas music.
Read MoreBroadway’s latest new musical is “Almost Famous,” a coming-of-age story based on the popular 2000 film of the same name. “Almost Famous” is full of potential and vibrant energy, proudly declaring that “it's all happening” at the show. Although it misses the mark from time to time, the talented cast quickly picks the magic back up.
Read MoreIrish film star Gabriel Byrne’s memoir, “Walking With Ghosts,” comes to life on stage as a one-man play starring Byrne himself as a storyteller, wandering through the formative events of his life. “Walking With Ghosts” is engaging as a single entity, but the presentation of the material in short, segmented scenes clearly reflects its adaptation from the chapters of the memoir.
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