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A former New York City Councilman finds his calling when he meets a group of immigrants in search of the American dream.

Photos: FUNNY GIRL Star Julie Benko Marches Her Mardi Gras Band Out At Birdland! Photo Photos: FUNNY GIRL Star Julie Benko Marches Her Mardi Gras Band Out At Birdland!
by A.A. Cristi - February 08, 2023

On Monday, February 6, Broadway’s Funny Girl Julie Benko marched her band out at Birdland in celebration of Mardi Gras!...


Transplants Comedy to Present Live Outdoor Show at Alewife Sunnyside Photo Transplants Comedy to Present Live Outdoor Show at Alewife Sunnyside
by A.A. Cristi - February 02, 2021

Transplants Comedy will present a Group Therapy Comedy outdoor show at Alewife Sunnyside.  ...


The Anthropologists And 21 In '21 Partner To Achieve Gender Parity In Public Office Photo The Anthropologists And 21 In '21 Partner To Achieve Gender Parity In Public Office
by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2021

Award-winning theatre company The Anthropologists is launching their new programming series, Re-Setting The Table, which unites artists, activists and experts to engage in a rich dialogue about gender and public policy....


Helen Sung and All-Star Quartet Come to the Hammer Theatre, San Jose Photo Helen Sung and All-Star Quartet Come to the Hammer Theatre, San Jose
by Stephi Wild - February 15, 2022

Acclaimed pianist/composer Helen Sung comes to downtown San Jose with an all-star quartet and special guest vocalist to present a program of original compositions and arrangements by landmark women composers, as part of the Black Cab Jazz series presented by Hammer Theatre Center and San José State ...


BWW Interview: Paul Rabenowitz on Starting The Assembly Improv South Africa Photo BWW Interview: Paul Rabenowitz on Starting The Assembly Improv South Africa
by Lindsay Kruger - March 04, 2021

Joining a global community with sister schools in Toronto, Mexico City and Amsterdam, The Assembly Improv South Africa welcomes an international cast of 'improvisers, clowns and performers' to flaunt their comedic skills in this weekend's launch show. Founded by performer and teacher Paul Rabenowitz...


New York City's THE RIDE to Close This Month After 12 Years and 30,414 Performances Photo New York City's THE RIDE to Close This Month After 12 Years and 30,414 Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 10, 2022

New York’s unique traveling theater The Ride will close on October 16 after 12 years and 30,414 performances....


The Secret Theatre Announces Return and New Venue Photo The Secret Theatre Announces Return and New Venue
by A.A. Cristi - April 19, 2021

Secret Theatre in Long Island City is beginning its recovery and announces a new location in Sunnyside will be the stepping stone to enable them to continue and to evolve. ...


Competitors Taste Their Way to Victory in New High-Stakes Food Network Series MONEY H Photo Competitors Taste Their Way to Victory in New High-Stakes Food Network Series MONEY HUNGRY
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 15, 2021

n the five-episode series hosted by Kal Penn, competitors showcase their impressive palates in a series of increasingly complex tasting challenges that push their senses and culinary knowledge to the limits. ...


VIDEO: Trailer Released for Apple TV+ Comedy, 'Loot,' Starring Maya Rudolph Photo VIDEO: Trailer Released for Apple TV+ Comedy, 'Loot,' Starring Maya Rudolph
by Marissa Tomeo - June 04, 2022

Apple TV+ today unveiled the star-studded trailer for its new workplace comedy “Loot,” starring and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Maya Rudolph ('Saturday Night Live,” “Bridesmaids'). From Emmy Award-winning creators Alan Yang (“Little America,” “Master of None”) and Matt Hubbard (“30 Rock,...


Casting Announced For Weeks Four and Five of The Blank Theatre's 30th Annual Young Pl Photo Casting Announced For Weeks Four and Five of The Blank Theatre's 30th Annual Young Playwrights Festival
by Stephi Wild - July 25, 2022

Casting has been announced for weeks four and five of The Blank Theatre's 30th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. Being presented as digital shorts, the final three of 12 winning plays by young playwrights aged 15–19 will be available to stream on Vimeo July 22– August 11....


Bilingual World Premiere of LIFE LESSONS / LECCIONES DE VIDA Announced At Thalia Span Photo Bilingual World Premiere of LIFE LESSONS / LECCIONES DE VIDA Announced At Thalia Spanish Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - June 15, 2022

Thalia Spanish Theatre presents the bilingual world premiere of LIFE LESSONS / LECCIONES DE VIDA, a dramedy by the prestigious playwright from Mardid, Eduardo Galan, starring in English Kathy Tejada & Bill Blechingberg and in Spanish Soledad Lopez y William Saquicela....


FIRE ISLAND to Receive Ensemble Tribute at 32nd Annual Gotham Awards Photo FIRE ISLAND to Receive Ensemble Tribute at 32nd Annual Gotham Awards
by Michael Major - September 20, 2022

Written by Joel Kim Booster, FIRE ISLAND features an ensemble cast of Booster, Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Matt Rogers, Tomás Matos, Torian Miller, Nick Adams, Zane Phillips, and Margaret Cho. Nominations for the Gotham Awards will be announced live on Tuesday, October 25, 2022....


Special Offer: MAN OF LA MANCHA at Algonquin Arts Theatre Photo Special Offer: MAN OF LA MANCHA at Algonquin Arts Theatre
by BWW Special Offer - October 10, 2022

Special Offer: Man of La Mancha, A Christmas Story: the Musical and more......


Juliann Lavallee to Present New Play UNDER WOODSIDE Photo Juliann Lavallee to Present New Play UNDER WOODSIDE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 30, 2021

Under Woodside puts a contemporary twist on Dylan Thomas' poetic prose style to breathe life into the story of the Sunnyside/Woodside neighborhood of Queens. Though the action of the play is confined to a single day and a few city blocks, it captures the city's flavor in a way that resonates with na...


SCULPTING SOUND: Twelve Musicians Encounter Bertoia At Nasher Sculpture Center Photo SCULPTING SOUND: Twelve Musicians Encounter Bertoia At Nasher Sculpture Center
by A.A. Cristi - February 07, 2022

The Nasher Sculpture Center announces 'SCULPTING SOUND: Twelve Musicians Encounter Bertoia', a series of six historic concerts, from February 22–27, 2022, bringing together twelve master musicians to explore the expressive range of Harry Bertoia's sounding sculptures, in complement to the exhibition...


Kristiana Roemer Releases New Album HOUSE OF MIRRORS Photo Kristiana Roemer Releases New Album HOUSE OF MIRRORS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 02, 2020

Sunnyside Records has released House of Mirrors, the new album by dynamic vocalist and composer Kristiana Roemer. Roemer's recording debut finds the vocalist at an exciting time in her promising career, navigating her unique path, where she is ready to introduce her fabulously broad musical approach...


Ana Villafañe to Play Daughter of Fidel Castro, Alina Fernandez, in Upcoming Biopic Photo Ana Villafañe to Play Daughter of Fidel Castro, Alina Fernandez, in Upcoming Biopic
by Michael Major - March 21, 2022

Ana Villafaña will play Alina Fernandez in Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde. The film follows the Cuban American immigrant and human rights advocate who was born to Fidel Castro and Natalia “Naty” Revuelta as the result of an affair. Fernandez eventually became one of Castro's most outspoken critics a...


Pianist Dahveed Behroozi Releases “Echos” June 4 Photo Pianist Dahveed Behroozi Releases “Echos” June 4
by A.A. Cristi - March 16, 2021

Trained in both jazz and classical music, West Coast-based pianist Dahveed Behroozi is the uncommon musician to earn endorsements from icons in both disciplines. Ursula Oppens, a renowned virtuoso of contemporary classical music, has praised Behroozi's “creativity, curiosity and integrity,” adding t...


New York City's THE RIDE to Close This Month After 12 Years and 30,414 Performances Photo New York City's THE RIDE to Close This Month After 12 Years and 30,414 Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 10, 2022

New York’s unique traveling theater The Ride will close on October 16 after 12 years and 30,414 performances....


Miller Theatre's Jazz Series Opens With Luciana Souza & Vince Mendoza's Big Band Cele Photo Miller Theatre's Jazz Series Opens With Luciana Souza & Vince Mendoza's Big Band Celebration Of Brazilian Jazz
by A.A. Cristi - September 08, 2022

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts kicks off its 2022-23 Jazz series with Luciana Souza & Vince Mendoza, Storytellers with All-Star Big Band....


THE JUDAS SHEEP is Now Playing at the Basement Theatre Photo THE JUDAS SHEEP is Now Playing at the Basement Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2022

After a sell out development showing at Studio One Toi Tu, Emily Hurley’s brand new show Judas Sheep is hitting Basement for a week long season....


Nashville Opera Productions Nominated For 7 Midsouth Emmys Photo Nashville Opera Productions Nominated For 7 Midsouth Emmys
by A.A. Cristi - December 01, 2021

Nashville Opera, in partnership with Sunnyside Entertainment, has received 7 nominations in the 36th MIDSOUTH EMMY AWARDS for three productions from the 2020.21 season.   ...


Coco & Clair Clair Share Video for 'Pop Star' Photo Coco & Clair Clair Share Video for 'Pop Star'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 21, 2020

Atlanta’s Coco & Clair Clair close out 2020 with “Pop Star,” which features a humorous, DIY video that takes the trope of the media-badgered artist and channels it through the duo’s now-distinctive playfulness....


Vocalist Judy Niemack's New Songbook WHAT'S LOVE Out Now Via Sunnyside Records Photo Vocalist Judy Niemack's New Songbook WHAT'S LOVE Out Now Via Sunnyside Records
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 28, 2022

Jazz vocalist Judy Niemack presents a collection of rhapsodic romantic songs on her album release, What's Love, out now on Sunnyside Records. Following Niemack's lauded 2018 release New York Stories with pianist Jim McNeely and Danish Radio Big Band, What's Love represents a vulnerable side of the l...


RATINGS: FOX Sparks to Victory with THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Photo RATINGS: FOX Sparks to Victory with THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 09, 2020

FOX (10.071 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.9, #1) rocketed to the top spot on Thursday thanks to its primetime coverage of 'Thursday Night Football Pre-Game' (8.632 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.3, #2) and 'Thursday Night Football' (10.551 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.1, #1)....






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