Happy Birthday Jose Cuervo and we at Manhattan Digest mean that from the heart! If you’re a tequila enthusiast like me then you would understand the amounts of excitement I feel knowing they just released a limited edition bottle. [Read more…] about Jose Cuervo’s Limited Edition Bottle for 222nd Birthday in Business!
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Theater Review: “Milk and Honey” is Rich and Sweet
Imagine a country full of refugees who feel disenfranchised in this new land they wish to call “home.” The sentence reads like a current headline from a United States newspaper but in fact, it refers to Israel in the early 1960s. [Read more…] about Theater Review: “Milk and Honey” is Rich and Sweet
From the Papers to the Stage, Fake News is all the Rage
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was involved in a children’s sex slave ring that operated from a pizza shop in Washington, DC.
The New York Times once reported that a man had died, in spite of the fact that he was still a living and breathing specimen.
These two tidbits share a common thread; both of them are fake news. The latter, however, will soon make legitimate headlines when Dick Brukenfeld’s comedy, The Big Broadcast on East 53rd begins performances this Friday at Off Broadway’s TBG Theater. [Read more…] about From the Papers to the Stage, Fake News is all the Rage
From Hamilton (New Jersey) to “Spamilton”: An Interview with Nicholas Edwards
It didn’t take long for director and parodist Gerard Alessandrini to sink his hooks into Hamilton. The creator of the long running Forbidden Broadway series is now amusing audiences with Spamilton, a gut-busting riff on the Lin-Manuel Miranda blockbuster. Along the way, he takes the rest of the theater world with him, poking fun at current and former Broadway musicals. Spamilton has generated so much buzz, that the New York production has been extended several times. Performances will begin in March for a Chicago staging and plans for a mounting in Los Angeles, London, and a National tour are underway. [Read more…] about From Hamilton (New Jersey) to “Spamilton”: An Interview with Nicholas Edwards
Convergences Theatre Collective Explores a Bit of Biblical “Babel”
References to the city and tower of Babel are relatively scarce in the Bible. In fact, there are only nine verses in the book of Genesis that allude to the origin of the world’s various languages. However, the scant source material didn’t prevent co-creators WT McRae and Jeremy Williams from producing Babel, an acrobatic dance theater piece based on the story. [Read more…] about Convergences Theatre Collective Explores a Bit of Biblical “Babel”
Major Artists Gather at Town Hall to Consecrate Day of Unity
Manhattan’s Town Hall holds approximately 1500 chairs and although the venue was filled to capacity on Friday afternoon, June 20th, those plush theater seats could very well have gone to DC to join thousands of other vacant spots along the inaugural parade route, thanks to Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley.
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A New York Noir Christmas: A Midtown Photo Journal
New York City at Christmas is a magical time. The lights, the crowds, the noise. This post is the opposite. Black and white, quiet, pensive. Moments of quiet reflection I managed to catch even in the chaos of Rockefeller Center. [Read more…] about A New York Noir Christmas: A Midtown Photo Journal
Burrows on the Bard: Interview with Shakespeare & Company’s Allyn Burrows
Allyn Burrows will soon have to satisfy over 600,000 people. As the newly appointed artistic director of Shakespeare and Company, he will oversee all of the programming, workshops, and community programs for one of the largest, year round Shakespeare festivals in the country. [Read more…] about Burrows on the Bard: Interview with Shakespeare & Company’s Allyn Burrows
Theater Review: “Mark Felt, Superstar”
Numerous books and articles have been written about Watergate, the 1970s political scandal that toppled former President Richard Nixon and many within his cabinet. The infamous Republican break-in at the Democratic National Committee further compromised American’s already shaky integrity of our U.S. government, led to an unprecedented resignation of a sitting president and sent many high profile individuals to jail. It certainly was not a historical event worth singing about—unless you’re Joshua Rosenblum. [Read more…] about Theater Review: “Mark Felt, Superstar”
An Interview with Justin Sayre: Holidays, Politics, & Ashtrays
Shaping the gay agenda can be an exhausting job and few are up to the task. Yet eight years ago, a leader emerged who proved that wit, determination, and fine talent is what it takes to forge a homosexual revolution. Justin Sayre has been spearheading the charge with his monthly gatherings called The Meeting of the International Order of Sodomites. It’s a cup of cabaret, a splash of story-telling, a dollop of diva worship, and a thimble of thought-provoking calls to action, all of which combine to create outrageously fun evenings.
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