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THM – Proud Sponsors Of Planet Connections Festivity 2012!

by Karen Tortora-Lee on May 2, 2012 · 0 comments

in Festivals, Manhattan, Off-Off-Broadway, Planet Connection Theatre Festivity, Theatre

  In 2010 The Happiest Medium was thrilled to be able to be one of the media sponsors for the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity – “a place that shelters new and experienced artists who want to use their art to make a difference”. We’re excited to be able to sponsor the festivity once again this [...]

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Women’s History Month: Celebrating Women In The Arts – Spotlight On Alex Bond

by Karen Tortora-Lee on March 14, 2011 · 0 comments

in Karen's Interviews, Theatre, Women's History Month

These women of the arts hail from different disciplines, but they all have an indomitable spirit and a luminescent spark that makes them amazing human beings who are out there every day, doing amazing work. Today we continue our series with Alex Bond – a woman I’ve had the pleasure to experience in many ways [...]

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Women’s History Month: Celebrating Women In The Arts – Spotlight On Robin Rice Lichtig

by Karen Tortora-Lee on March 11, 2011 · 0 comments

in Karen's Interviews, Theatre, Women's History Month

  These women of the arts hail from different disciplines, but they all have an indomitable spirit and a luminescent spark that makes them amazing human beings who are out there every day, doing amazing work. Today we continue our series with Robin Rice Lichtig.  Robin is no stranger to The Happiest Medium; I’ve had [...]

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Women’s History Month: Celebrating Women In The Arts – Spotlight On Glory Kadigan

by Karen Tortora-Lee March 10, 2011 Karen's Interviews

March is Women’s History Month and The Happiest Medium would like to take the opportunity to highlight, showcase and celebrate just a fraction of the wonderful women we’ve had the great good fortune to cross paths with over the last year. These women of the arts hail from different disciplines, but they all have an [...]

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Celebrating Life, Love, And Connections – Congratulating Carol Carpenter

by Karen Tortora-Lee August 13, 2010 Festivals

The Happiest Medium was honored to be a Media Partner of the 2010 Planet Connections Festivities. Not only did we, as a team, get to interview some of the most talented writers and directors than any festival (or festivity for that matter) has to offer, but we made some lasting connections.  One of them is [...]

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Smorgasbord – Glorious Food! (Planet Connections 2010)

by Stephen Tortora-Lee June 25, 2010 Festivals

There are many rites of Food in the world, and the vibrancy of our young nation’s reverence toward the the appreciation of food and the veneration of all things nutritious and/or tasty is woven into the very fabric of our collective psyche. In SMALL BITES: A SMORGASBORD OF ONE-ACT COMEDIES (written and directed by J.C. [...]

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Made For Each Other – ‘Til Death (Or Something Like It) Do Us Part (Planet Connections 2010)

by Karen Tortora-Lee June 25, 2010 Festivals

It’s not every day that you get a marriage proposal, especially not after the 3rd date, but that’s exactly what’s happening to Vincent (John Fico) as the lights come up on Monica Bauer’s beautifully written one-man show, Made For Each Other (directed by John FitzGibbon).  Vincent, a 50ish man flips his cell phone shut and proceeds [...]

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Planet Connections Q&A: Final Three For The Price Of Two

by The Happiest Medium June 24, 2010 Festivals

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is New York City’s premiere eco-friendly theatre festival, connecting artists and audiences with diverse dynamic charitable organizations. The Planet Connections experience entertains, enlightens and informs. The Happiest Medium (proud sponsors of The Planet Connections Festival) is finally wrapping up our Planet Connections Q&A!  We hope you enjoyed reading all the interesting [...]

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Planet Connections Q&A: Cake / Revolution!

by The Happiest Medium June 22, 2010 Festivals

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is New York City’s premiere eco-friendly theatre festival, connecting artists and audiences with diverse dynamic charitable organizations. The Planet Connections experience entertains, enlightens and informs. The Happiest Medium (proud sponsors of The Planet Connections Festival), will be running Q&A throughout the festival. Today we ask one question each of Leah Bonvissuto, [...]

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The Electra Complexion: Are You There, Zeus? It’s Me, Electra. (Planet Connections 2010)

by Sarah V. Schweig June 21, 2010 Festivals

A newly fatherless Electra (Sierra Marcks) stands spotlit and centerstage, dressed to the nines in punk-grunge garb, asking Zeus for help: “Are you there, Zeus?” she says, “It’s me, Electra.”  Thus this tragicomedic version of the Greek story of Electra, set in the mid-90’s era of Carmen Electra, written and directed by Aliza Shane, begins. [...]

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The Riverside Symphony Strikes The Right Chord (Planet Connections 2010)

by Stephen Tortora-Lee June 16, 2010 Festivals

The Riverside Symphony (written by Michael Niederman and directed by Hondo Weiss-Richmond) is truly a symphony of perspectives. It opens with Cassandra (Arlene Chico-Lugo), a young high school student speaking to us and to her park as she reminisces about the playground with hippopotami set into the cement. She cries out to the world wondering [...]

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What Happens When “His Beauty” Goes Off On Her Own (Planet Connections 2010)

by Karen Tortora-Lee June 16, 2010 Festivals

For the first few minutes of his beauty (written by Ashley Jacobson and directed by Nadine Friedman) it’s almost impossible to understand what’s going on -  all that’s obvious is that a couple is fighting.  Soon enough, however, you realize that that’s pretty much all you need to know.  The fact that they’ve stepped out [...]

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Planet Connections Q&A: I Don’t Want To Hurt Your Feelings / Liner Notes

by The Happiest Medium June 15, 2010 Festivals

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is New York City’s premiere eco-friendly theatre festival, connecting artists and audiences with diverse dynamic charitable organizations. The Planet Connections experience entertains, enlightens and informs. The Happiest Medium (proud sponsors of The Planet Connections Festival), will be running Q&A throughout the festival. Today we ask one question each of Emma Koenig, [...]

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Dorian Gray – A Picture’s Worth A Thousand Sins (Planet Connections 2010)

by Karen Tortora-Lee June 14, 2010 Festivals

Oscar Wilde wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray over a hundred years ago and while it wasn’t tremendously well received in its day Wilde’s cautionary tale of a man captivated by vice and enslaved by hedonism is such a timeless one that there have been numerous adaptations of Gray – from movies to musicals and [...]

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The Thyme Of The Season: Even Better The Second Thyme Around (Planet Connections 2010)

by Stephen Tortora-Lee June 13, 2010 Festivals

I’ve always been a fan of A Midsummer Night’s Dream because (like the other plays by this Shakespeare fellow) it is well written, but unlike Hamlet or Macbeth it’s a comedy making fun of all the foibles of humanity . . . rather than a tragedy about the consequences of all the foibles of humanity.  [...]

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Planet Connections Q&A: Cat Gets Credit Card! / Sunrise, Sunset Or Breakfast With Julia

by The Happiest Medium June 12, 2010 Festivals

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is New York City’s premiere eco-friendly theatre festival, connecting artists and audiences with diverse dynamic charitable organizations. The Planet Connections experience entertains, enlightens and informs. The Happiest Medium (proud sponsors of The Planet Connections Festival), will be running Q&A throughout the festival. Today we ask one question each of Mark William [...]

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“Manhattan Project” Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Enjoy The Play (Planet Connections 2010)

by Sarah V. Schweig June 12, 2010 Festivals

“The Manhattan Project” was the code name for the research and development of the atomic bomb between 1942 and 1946.  The project’s early manifestations did occur in Manhattan, but the project would later expand to about 30 different locations in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. and employ over 130,000 people. One could assert that [...]

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