October 2011

Champagne Pam is The Dog Walking Diva! Vocalist “Champagne Pam” returns to Don’t Tell Mama’s in her cabaret show  The Dog-Walking Diva. Bubbling with a spectrum of sound from contemporary music to jazz, this show is intended to pop with the cabaret devotee as well as dog lovers everywhere! Donald Rebic, piano, and John Hurley, [...]

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If you’re fortunate enough to live in one of those apartment buildings with a decent sized lobby, chances are you’ve come across the characters who populate Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero currently running at The Gloria Maddox Theatre.  At first glance there’s nothing special about this lobby.  Neat, a bit shabby, in need of a coat [...]

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The Happiest Medium review by guest contributor Penny Pollak. In a time where the world is radically changing its views on our monetary system, and taking a stand on debt and the crimes of the one percent, Aidan Killian’s Take The Red Pill has come to New York at just the right time.  A revolution [...]

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DUBH – Dialogues In Black, At The American Irish Historical Society

by Geoffrey Paddy Johnson October 20, 2011 Art

  In an era of virtual reality the prospect of visiting an exhibition dedicated to products of designer craft presents a salutary experience. Here, at least, one can be assured of an encounter with the visual imagination made tangible; ideas translated into something that can be touched, held, worn, or reclined upon. The exhibition DUBH [...]

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Bold, Brave, Bawdy – BUSTED

by Karen Tortora-Lee October 14, 2011 Manhattan

  It’s easy to point out the obvious – that Bianca Leigh is transgendered, gorgeous and talented.  But what lies beyond the sequins, the lively productions numbers and the hilarious anecdotes which pepper her one-woman show, BUSTED: The Musical is the simply stated – but nevertheless complex – concept that how we see ourselves is not always [...]

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Corner Pocket – Pool With A Side Of Everything

by Karen Tortora-Lee October 13, 2011 Manhattan

Thinking about cheating on your wife?  Maybe first you should take in Andy James Hoover’s Corner Pocket (directed by Bridget R. Durkin).  After an evening of watching recently murdered professional pool player Glen O’Hara (James Liebman) juggle the ghost of the wife who is accused of murdering him (murdered herself soon after), his not-so-grieving girlfriend (who [...]

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Doric Wilson – Gone But Not Forgotten: Help Celebrate His Life

by Karen Tortora-Lee October 9, 2011 Event

  Doric Wilson passed away May 7th of this year.  Some may know him as an American playwright, director, producer, critic and gay rights activist. Others may know him as the founder of TOSOS (The Other Side Of Silence) which was the first professional gay theatre company.   But to many he was much, much more [...]

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Take A Stroll With The Dog Walking Diva – Champagne Pam Comes To Don’t Tell Mama

by Karen Tortora-Lee October 2, 2011 Event

Champagne Pam is The Dog Walking Diva! Vocalist “Champagne Pam” returns to Don’t Tell Mama’s in her cabaret show  The Dog-Walking Diva. Bubbling with a spectrum of sound from contemporary music to jazz, this show is intended to pop with the cabaret devotee as well as dog lovers everywhere! Donald Rebic, piano, and John Hurley, [...]

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Interview With Mads Jeppesen: Somewhere In The Dark

by Michelle Augello-Page October 1, 2011 Art

Today The Happiest Medium shines the spotlight Somewhere in The Dark, in this interview with Danish filmmaker Mads Jeppesen. “Somewhere in the Dark is an insightful cinema verite documentary that encompasses the raw undiscovered talents within a plethora of individuals and their hunt for somewhere to create and express their art through the dark and [...]

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