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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Times Square Tower Up For Grabs by Suzanna Bowling

Times Square Tower Up For Grabs: 1.2 million-square-foot (111,000-square-meter), in prime New York real estate can be yours for $1 billion. Boston Properties Inc., is selling the Times Squar…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:58PM
Monday, June 3, 2013

Showgirls High on Nudity and Camp Low on Entertainment by Suzanna Bowling

Showgirls High on Nudity and Camp Low on Entertainment: Demi Moore’s Striptease had been a box office success; Paul Verhoeven’s 1995 Showgirls was supposed to match it and make a star ou…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:41AM

The Giacomo Variations Brings John Malkovich Back to the Stage by Suzanna Bowling

The Giacomo Variations Brings John Malkovich Back to the Stage: Happily, John Malkovich is back on stage…sadly it is not the best vehicle.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:24AM

Christopher Lloyd’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle Fails to Build a Complete Circle by Suzanna Bowling

Christopher Lloyd's The Caucasian Chalk Circle Fails to Build a Complete Circle: Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk is the King Solomon story set in the Soviet Union.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:03AM

Candice Guardino stars in “Italian Bred” off Boadway by Suzanna Bowling

Candice Guardino stars in her one-woman show “Italian Bred’ at the St. Luke’s Theater. A native of Staten Island, New York, Ms. Guardino   sings, dances, tells stories about growing …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:53AM
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

League of Professional Theatre Women Honors The Best of Theatre at Sardis by Suzanna Bowling

League of Professional Theatre Women Honors The Best of Theatre at Sardis: The League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW), a not-for-profit organization "committed to promoting visibility a…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:53PM
Monday, May 27, 2013

Michael Keating Flying High as Birdman in Times Square by Suzanna Bowling

Michael Keating Flying High as Birdman in Times Square: It's a bird, it's a plane...no it's Michael Keaton flying above Times Square. The 61-year-old actor was filming his new film "Birdman,…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:21PM
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Making Theater History by Suzanna Bowling

Making Theater History: The theater community came out to celebrate the landmark legislation legalizing same sex marriage in New York.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:28AM

Actor’s Equity Happy 100th Birthday: You’ve Come Along Way Baby by Suzanna Bowling

Actor's Equity Happy 100th Birthday: You’ve Come Along Way Baby: It’s not often that an organization turns 100. Last year a special Tony Award was presented to honor the birthday of the …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:23AM

How I got My Equity Card: David Hyde Pierce, Jan Maxwell and Betty Buckley by Suzanna Bowling

How I got My Equity Card: David Hyde Pierce, Jan Maxwell and Betty Buckley: David Hyde Pierce: "Just after graduating from Yale College, I got my Equity card by appearing in a production of …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:16AM
Friday, May 24, 2013

Tim Curry Suffers Stroke Last July by Suzanna Bowling

Tim Curry Suffers Stroke Last July: Tim Curry the original sweet transvestite Frank-N- Furter from the cult theatre and film Rocky Horror Picture Show has been said to suffered from a "major…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:09PM

Lego and Star Wars Take Over Times Square by Suzanna Bowling

Lego and Star Wars Take Over Times Square: In celebration of the upcoming Cartoon Network series "The Yoda Chronicles,” Lego unveiled a full-scale X-wing fighter in New York's Times Square…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:53AM

Kinky Boots Captures Sirius XM For Memorial Day Weekend by Suzanna Bowling

Kinky Boots Captures Sirius XM For Memorial Day Weekend: Kinky Boots, the new smash hit Broadway musical that brings together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:33AM

How Angela Lansbury, Alec Baldwin, Andrea Martin and Harvey Fierstein Got Thier Equity Cards by Suzanna Bowling

How Angela Lansbury, Alec Baldwin, Andrea Martin and Harvey Fierstein Got Thier Equity Cards: Angela Lansbury: "When I first came to New York City from England in 1940, I was fifteen.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:59AM
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Looking for Real Estate in Times Square? by Suzanna Bowling

Looking for Real Estate in Times Square?: The Toys R Us flagship, is scheduled to vacate roughly 100,000 square feet at 1514 Broadway in 2016, leaving behind a space worth tens of millions o…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:12AM

Yahoo Pays $1.1 Billion in Cash For Former New York Times Building by Suzanna Bowling

Yahoo Pays $1.1 Billion in Cash For Former New York Times Building: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced a new office in Times Square as Mayor Michael Bloomberg attended the event today.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:00AM
Monday, May 20, 2013

Collapse Shows Promise by Suzanna Bowling

Collapse Shows Promise: I wish I had seen the clever play Collapse before last night, because sadly it closed Sunday.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:23PM

Macbeth – Needs to be Interpreted by Suzanna Bowling

Macbeth – Needs to be Interpreted: Alan Cumming is a wonderful performer, but his one-man version of Macbeth leaves something to be desired. Playing more than 15 characters, men, woman, wi…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:23PM

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Pippin and Matilda Win Drama Desk Awards by Suzanna Bowling

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Pippin and Matilda Win Drama Desk Awards: The Drama Desk awards ceremony at Town Hall Sunday, May 19th at 8pm presented awards to the following shows, bu…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:36AM
Sunday, May 19, 2013

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Split…BIG SURPRISE by Suzanna Bowling

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Split…BIG SURPRISE: Robert Pattinson doesn’t show up at his own birthday party and informs his girlfriend hours before, he’d rather hang with the b…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:37AM
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Are the Drama League Awards Precursors to the Tony’s? by Suzanna Bowling

Are the Drama League Awards Precursors to the Tony's?: The Drama League Awarded Kinky Boots best musical and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike best play.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:03AM
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

FREE Hell’s Kitchen Artists in Studio Tours by Suzanna Bowling

FREE Hell's Kitchen Artists in Studio Tours: Friday-Sunday is the 5th annual all FREE Hell's Kitchen Artists in Studio Tours Festival! THIS weekend, ~ 150(!) venues: visit art(ists) in homes…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:13PM

Best Selling Author and Neuroscientist, Daniel Amen, MD and Nutrition Expert, Tana Amen launch their latest books at the home of Kevin McGovern by Suzanna Bowling

Best Selling Author and Neuroscientist, Daniel Amen, MD and Nutrition Expert, Tana Amen launch their latest books at the home of Kevin McGovern:

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:30AM

Free Reading With Drama Desk Winner Reed Birney, Tony Nominee Enid Graham of E.M. Lewis’ Play by Suzanna Bowling

Free Reading With Drama Desk Winner Reed Birney, Tony Nominee Enid Graham of E.M. Lewis’ Play: Page 73 Productions – the Off-Broadway company dedicated to producing and developing works…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:43AM

Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 a New York Event by Suzanna Bowling

Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 a New York Event: Producers Howard and Janet Kagan (Pippin) in partnership with Randy Weiner (Sleep No More) and Simon Hammerstein (The Box) have …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:08AM

The Divine Ms. M is Sue Mengers and Has the Last Laugh by Suzanna Bowling

The Divine Ms. M is Sue Mengers and Has the Last Laugh: I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers was ripped of a couple of Tony nominations.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:27AM

Who’s Your Daddy Tells a Story by Suzanna Bowling

Who’s Your Daddy Tells a Story: In Who’s Your Daddy? Johnny O’Callaghan has put his life on stage starring himself.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:18AM

Murder Yes, Ballad No by Suzanna Bowling

Murder Yes, ballad No: Murder Ballad has a talented cast, brilliantly staged by Trip Cullman, choreographed with intelligence, but the book is mundane and predictable and the score was not f…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:10AM
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

These Halcyon Days A Bittersweet Ending by Suzanna Bowling

These Halcyon Days A Bittersweet Ending: In a conservatory of a North Dublin nursing home, Patricia meets Sean for the first time.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:53PM

The Off Broadway Alliance Announces Their Nominations by Suzanna Bowling

The Off Broadway Alliance Announces Their Nominations: The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing professio…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:17PM

Sandi Durell Presents Her 12th Annual Songwriters Event by Suzanna Bowling

Sandi Durell Presents Her 12th Annual Songwriters Event: Taking place in the old A&R Studio, The New York Sheet Music Society and Sandi Durell presented their 12th Annual Songwriters Ev…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:55PM

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