Annabelle Gurwitch, stars as Lily, a teacher who survived the 2018 shooting at the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in the new docudrama “Room 1214” in which she returns and encounters her former students as they were. ( Photo: Hunter Canning) “Room 1214” Tackles Gun Violence Told Through Eyes of Teacher Who Survived Deadly School Shooting “In the dark we hear vague sounds of construction in the background. Then, closer, we hear footsteps in an empty hallway,... City Arts 25 Nov 2024 | 01:08
Maria Culbreath and Elise Boikess perform in the world premiere of Legacy, set to the minimalist arrangement of Terry Riley’s IN C (1964), highlighting her signature use of emotion and abstract movement, weaving together deeply human stories. ( Photo: Steven Pisano) It’s Back to the Future for the Lydia Johnson Dance A dance company founded as a not-for-profit twenty five years ago is returning to its roots at the renowned Martha Graham... City Arts 25 Nov 2024 | 01:12
Left to right: Édouard Lussan, co-founder and production director of Histovery; Asia Laird, managing director of Histovery U.S.; and the Very Rev. Patrick Malloy, dean of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. ( Alex Dolansky) Time Travel: High-Tech Exhibition Shows Rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral New Yorkers can travel over 3,600 miles and nearly 1,000 years into the past by visiting Notre-Dame de Paris: The Augmented... City Arts 15 Nov 2024 | 03:03
The Cartoon Poodles - with Rafael and Isabel Abuhadba ( Photo: Heather Stein) Step Right Up to “Hometown Playground” as Big Apple Circus Returns to Lincoln Center The lights are up, the stage is set, and on Nov. 8, the Big Apple Circus kicked off its latest spectacular show, “Hometown... City Arts 09 Nov 2024 | 02:52
The story of Aquilino Gonell’s life and his battle to make sense of it after injuries suffered on Jan. 6 forced him to retire from as a Sgt. with the US Capitol Police Department in the subject of “American Shield,” a memoir he co-authored with Susan Shapiro (left), The paperback edition hits on Veteran’s Day. ( Photo: Courtesy Aquilino Gonell. ) Capitol Police Sgt. Still Remembers Faces of People Who Attacked Him on Jan 6th Sgt. Aquilino Gonell sat in his Virginia backyard–a 45-year-old Dominican American with a shaved head, dressed in a simple... City Arts 06 Nov 2024 | 02:52
Mayor Adams (left) pictured with Talent is Timeless 2024 winner Rosemarie Hameed (center) and Dept. for the Aging Commissioner Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez (right). ( Photo: NYC Department for the Aging) Inspiring Stories from Winners of City’s “Talent is Timeless ‘24” Contest “I came to life after the age of 60,” said Rosemarie Hameed, who took home first place honors in the city’s second annual... City Arts 01 Nov 2024 | 07:23
Caroline Hirsch (right) co-founder of the New York Comedy Festival, with comedian Bill Maher, who is among the headliners at this year’s shows which starts Nov. 7 at the Apollo. ( Photo: Courtesy Caroline Hirsch) New York Comedy Festival Celebrates 20 Yr Anniversary Melissa Rivers says her mom told her never to be afraid to laugh at herself. If you don’t, mom warned, “You could be missing... News 25 Oct 2024 | 06:46
Jessica Sherr (center) stars with Heather Brittain (left) and Leigh Ponce in a new dark comedy, “Wicked Image.” This Halloween, a “Wicked” Good Time Awaits Even fallen angels need a pick-me-up. What in Hades are Lucifer, Satan, and the Devil to do? The horns, the pitchforks, and... News 14 Oct 2024 | 11:46
Joyce Gold (right) leads her “Gilded Age — Grandiose Yearnings From Untaxed Earnings” walking tour on Sunday, Oct. 6th. ( Photo: Alex Dolansky) City Expert Joyce Gold Reflects on Nearly 50 Years of Guided Tours When asked how she came to be one of Manhattan’s earliest independent tour guides—almost 50 years ago, well before the New... City Arts 17 Oct 2024 | 12:56
The new Jez Butterworth play, “The Hills of California” is one of more than a dozen plays written by, and starring, women now gracing theaters from the Great White Way to Off Broadway. ( Photo: HillofCalifornia.com) The Hills Are Alive...With the Sounds of Women’s Plays Jez Butterworth’s latest play has just opened on Broadway. “The Hills of California” is about a mother determined to turn... City Arts 07 Oct 2024 | 12:38
Grant Kretchik (left) and Caroline Liem, college teachers with more than 40 years of experience in the business of show biz, dispense practical advice to aspiring actors on a new podcast ”In the Podlight.” ( Photo: Brandon Mills) New York Actors and Actresses: Listen Up! There’s no business like show business, and you can hear all about the ins and outs of it via the new podcast “In the Podlight.”... City Arts 04 Oct 2024 | 11:18
Muhammad Ali, when he was still known as Cassius Clay, delivers a playful KO to the Beatles who dropped by Miami’s Fifth St. Gym in Feb. 1964, only days before his championship bout with Sonny Liston. It’s among the tabloid photos on display at the Howard Greenberg Gallery through Nov. 16. ( Photo: Photographer unknown, courtesy the Howard Greenberg Gallery) Six Great Art Shows to See This Fall Extra! Extra!: News Photographs From 1908-1975 Newspaper editors know that a picture can sometimes be better than a thousand... City Arts 20 Sep 2024 | 12:53
Fifty years ago, Bob Dylan began recording his iconic “Blood on the Tracks” in New York City. ( Xavier Badosa/Wikimedia Commons) “Blood on the Tracks,” Dylan’s Most NY Centric Album Was Recorded Here 50 Years Ago This Month Fifty years ago, in September 1974, Bob Dylan started recording the New York sessions for his masterpiece, “Blood on the... News 05 Sep 2024 | 06:05
Director Igor Golyak will have two plays running back-to-back at the Off Broadway theater Classic Stage Company. “Our Class” debuts Sept. 12 to November 3 and it will be followed by his own take on Shakespeare’s classic “The Merchant of Venice” starting on November 22. ( Photo: Courtesy of Arlekin Players Theatre ) Off-Broadway Double Header of Plays Directed by Igor Golyak at the Classic Stage Co. “Our Class” was such a success at the Brooklyn Academy of Music earlier this year that it’s moving Off-Broadway to Classic... City Arts 06 Sep 2024 | 01:17
Grant Woods, former attorney general of Arizona and longtime friend of Sen. John McCain, co-wrote The Ghost of John McCain but passed away in 2021, three years before the play finally was slated to debut Off-Broadway debut. ( Photo: Robbie Quinn/Wikimedia Commons) Democracy Takes Center Stage in Two New Off Broadway Plays It is only appropriate, perhaps, with a critical election coming up, that two new shows—relevant and timely would emerge.... City Arts 28 Aug 2024 | 05:26
