Picque III, by Pablo Picasso, 1959. Photo: National Arts Club Breaking the Mold at the National Arts Club: Old Masters Next to the Moderns They’re breaking the mold at the National Arts Club. Its current show, “Prints: From Old Masters to Moderns,” places works... City Arts 19 Mar 2024 | 05:27
A sold out Steve & Eydie tribute show at Carnegie Hall on March 18th featured David Lawrence (left) playing his father Steve Lawrence while Debbie Grayitte played Steve’s singing spouse Eydie. The show was made all the more poignant because David disclosed at the show’s close his father had passed away on March 7. Photo: Russ Rowland Steve and Eydie Tribute at Carnegie Hall: A Night to Remember...and Repeat? Steve and Eydie. That’s all you had to say for decades. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, who met on the Tonight Show in the... City Arts 23 Mar 2024 | 11:22
Filmmaker Ed Zwick has put down the camera and picked up a pen to write a how-to memoir, “Hits, Flops and Other Illusions: My ” imparting some of the life lesson’s he’s learned in a storied Hollywood career. Filmmaker Behind “My So-Called Life” Looks Back on His Real Life in Best Selling Memoir He has had hit TV series, (“Thirtysomething,” “My So-Called Life”) award-winning TV movies, (“Special Bulletin”) followed... City Arts 18 Mar 2024 | 01:04
Playwright Deb Margolin said she always wanted to write about her scientist father who was blacklisted in the McCarthy era. She finally did so in the play “This is Not Time of Peace” which enjoyed a recent run on Theater Row. Photo: Penn State/YouTube This Is Not Time of Peace Let Margolin Explore Complicated Relationship with Her Father Playwright Deb Margolin always wanted to write about her father. A scientist working with titanium, he had been “named” in... City Arts 20 Mar 2024 | 05:26
An off Broadway comedy, “Five the Parody Musical” at the off Broadway Theater 555 spoofs the women in the life of former President Donald Trump. Photo: Theater 555 Five the Parody Musical, Spoofing Women in Trump World, Extends Run Well, we’ve had “Six.” So why not “Five?” Yes, we are talking theater here. “Six,” about the multiple wives of Henry VIII,... City Arts 04 Mar 2024 | 11:51
Pamela Kelley, who has written extensively about Nantucket and Montana in the past, turns her attention to Gotham in her latest novel, “The Fifth Avenue Apartment.” And she hints a sequel may already be in the works. ( Photo: Allison Thompson Photography) New Novel is the “Sweeter Side of Sex and the City” They say that in New York, you’re always looking for a job, a boyfriend, or an apartment. Sophie Lawton, the main character... City Arts 22 Feb 2024 | 05:19
Actress Christian Lahti stars as Ljuba, the stern but troubled office manager overseeing a Russian troll farm. Photo: Nina Ward/Vineyard Theater The Funny Side of “Russian Troll Farm” Extends Run at the Vineyard Theater As the lights come up, we see office workers typing away, under a commanding photo of Vladimir Putin. Welcome to the Vineyard... Home 15 Feb 2024 | 11:24
Adam Pajkowski strikes a sophisticated pose near the arch in Washington Square Park. Photo: Sophie Collongette Artist in a Top Hat Strolls Through the City Adam Pajkowski dresses as if he belongs on the streets of early Victorian-era Paris, a picturesque image of a 6-foot upper-middle-class... City Arts 07 Feb 2024 | 01:28
The “Swans” are played by Naomi Watts (Babe Paley) Diane Lane (Nancy “Slim” Keith); Chiloe Sevigny (C.Z. Guest); Calista Flockhard (Lee Radziwill); Demi Moore (Ann “Bang Bang” Woodward); and Molly Ringwald (Joanne Carson). The latest in Ryan Murphy’s “Feud” series begins on the FX Network on Jan. 31 ( Photo: FX Network) The Betrayal of His “Swans” and the Scandal that Rocked NY High Society “Capote Vs. The Swans” is the second installment of Ryan Murphy’s “Feud” series which follows up on the earlier Feud: Bette... News 26 Jan 2024 | 08:48
The play “The Movement” celebrates the kids who marched against segregation with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham, AL in 1963. Photo: Symphony Space LEAP Artists Live! Brings to Life the Nameless Kids That Marched with Dr. King in ‘63 Dr. Martin Luther King got the world to watch when he marched against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. “The Movement”,... City Arts 22 Jan 2024 | 12:29
Nic (left, played by Claire Dunn) is driving cross country with her older sister Charlie (Samantha Ahn) who tries to conceal her sex addiction in a film written and directed by Alexandra Qin. It is competing in the best short film category at the Sundance Film Festival later this month. Photo: Courtesy of Alexandra Qin/”Thirstygirl “ “Thirstygirl” Filmmaker Heads to Sundance Festival with Short about Sex Addiction The film “Thirstygirl” begins with a scene that many can relate to: two sisters screaming at each other. A young woman, Nic... City Arts 12 Jan 2024 | 02:55
A publicity photo of the Velvet Underground, circa 1966, around the time that they were recording their debut album The Velvet Underground and Nico. Clockwise from top left: Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale, Maureen Tucker and Nico. ( Verte Records/Wikimedia Commons) The Velvet Underground: How One NYC Group Influenced a Whole New Wave of Edgy Rockers (AP)–Before they became synonymous with downtown cool, the Velvet Underground played a multi-band bill at a suburban New... City Arts 29 Dec 2023 | 05:45
Songwriter Ed Sheeran (left) being interviewed by co-host Jack Coyne, is among the celebrities who have made their way to Astor Place to appear on “Trackstar*,’ a music trivia contest that has nearly 200,000 followers on Tik Tok. Photo: Courtesy Public Opinion Inc. Three Co-hosts of Fast Growing Tik Tok Music Trivia Show Find Their Groove in Astor Place “Name the artist win $.” That’s the sign that the three co-hosts of a music trivia show called “Trackstar*” – two brothers,... City Arts 28 Dec 2023 | 05:40
“Jacob the Baker” author Noah benShea (center)who plays the title character in the new Amazon streaming movie, gather at the film’s one week theater premiere with director Gev Miron (left) and Wendy Kout, benShea’s former student who co-wrote the film. “Jacob the Baker” Book Series That is Now a Movie Turns Bestselling Author into a Star We could all use a little hope and emotional support in these troubled times. Coming to the rescue is a fictional character... City Arts 29 Dec 2023 | 10:25