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How Life Colored A Comic Artist

How Life Colored A Comic Artist

One of the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble’s founders has a story to tell. No, it’s not a funny one. Robert Baumgardner thought…
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ANTHONY LAURA: Face to Face with the Future

ANTHONY LAURA: Face to Face with the Future

In March of 2020, Anthony Laura announced that he was not doing his play, THE GIRL WITH THE RED HAIR, at the moment. He did not announce…
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DeVita comedy hits the Heights.

DeVita comedy hits the Heights.

Community theater has a really bad rap.
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EMERGING ARTISTS SPOTLIGHT: An afternoon with Face to Face Films

EMERGING ARTISTS SPOTLIGHT: An afternoon with Face to Face Films

The pandemic laid waste to so much of the commercial arts of New York, but the arts of the independent scene ambitiously used this time of…
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The Bard and the Dane: “Everyone wants to play Hamlet because it’s Hamlet.”

The Bard and the Dane: “Everyone wants to play Hamlet because it’s Hamlet.”

As the pandemic guidelines are relaxing — or at least, relaxing for now — acting troupes are leaving the airwaves and trodding the board…
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Dancing in Quarantine

Dancing in Quarantine

The human spirit can conquer most — if not all — boundaries. But it is the artist that can conquer these boundaries and make it look…
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Independent Women in the Independent Arts

Independent Women in the Independent Arts

It’s sadly too familiar to hear that women — while making up about half of the arts industry and 60–70% of its audiences — are not given…
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No Screen Needed

No Screen Needed

Saving the theater means returning to those thrilling days of yesteryear.
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Curing Stage Fright: They Thought We Were Puppets

Curing Stage Fright: They Thought We Were Puppets

I used to SUFFER from stage fright. I would throw-up before going to school; shake and refuse to eat before any form of performance or…
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Spoken Word, Musical Form, and Interpretive Dance are the weapons of this “Artivists.”

Spoken Word, Musical Form, and Interpretive Dance are the weapons of this “Artivists.”

Now celebrating their 11th year, 4thU Artivists a New York City-based performance group, dedicated to activism through the arts, will…
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