by Downtown Magazine | Jan 14, 2020 | Culture, Featured, Living, NYC, Theater
Gemma is full of laughter, love and, like any 3-year-old little girl, she is full of wonder. When Downtown had the opportunity to view Paddington Gets in a Jam, playing in New York City, December 3, 2019 – March 8, 2020, many young and old lined up for...
by Dan Metz | Oct 19, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Theater
Photo credit Chris Loupos It’s an era of economic instability. It’s an era of broken dreams and disaffected youth. A grim isolation that separates us from those we love and traps us in our own world. At least, that’s the way Tom Wingfield remembers...
by Dan Metz | Oct 10, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Theater
Shakespeare was funny, and not the kind of humor that you’d expect from a literary titan. His work often had a Seth Rogan sense of humor, reveling in the crude, crass, and sexual. You’d expect that 9th graders would love The Bard. But then again maybe not. That...
by Alice Teeple | Oct 5, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Theater
By Alice Teeple Photos by Alice Teeple Have you been to the Kit-Kat Club, meine Lieblinge? It’s appeared in many places over the years; you can find it in Park Slope right now at Gallery Players. Make yourself comfortable cozying up to the stage at intimate...
by Fernanda Mueller | Oct 5, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Theater
by Fernanda Mueller Photo credit Fernanda Mueller Our life is speeding up. We are always in a rush. Focused on the destination, without paying attention on the way. Sometimes, we just need to stop for a minute to look at what is around us. Be present. This is the...
by Dan Metz | Oct 1, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Theater
Image courtesy of Lillian Isabella How We Love/F*ck explores sexuality with a simple honesty that draws you in, exploring a topic normally too taboo for discussion. That’s why we need it. My 7th-grade health class had one day of sex education. A presenter came...