Of all the shows hitting the Great White Way this spring season, in long yearn for Tony Awards, there is one which has sparked my interest to abnormal levels. No, it’s not “Promises, Promises.” No, it’s not “The Addams Family.” No, it’s not “Fences,” from the always masterful August Wilson. As a music fan, nothing has caught my attention more than the musical “American Idiot;” the stage adaptation of Green Day’s acclaimed 2004 album.
Noam Chomksy will be in New York, Sunday for the closing of the Left Forum, a three day event this year called The Center Cannot Hold: Rekindling the Radical Imagination, with panel discussions on from nuclear power to US Imperialism & Oil Politics, the Fiscal Crises of the States, Transnational Labor Movements, Women, Militancy and Organizing to Why are we in Afghanistan?
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN interviewed Noam Chomsky today
The Feminist Press is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and is hosting a party at Joe's Pub with the likes of performance artist Karen Finlay, Sapphire who wrote Push which became the movie Precious, Elizabeth Streb who seeks to break the rules of dance and emcc Justice Bond. The Feminist Press is nonprofit housed in the City University of New York graduation center in midtown. It promotes freedom of expression and social justice, was founded in 1970 and they began by rescuing lost works by writers such as Harlem Ranaissance writer, Zora Neal Hurston and Charlotte Perkins Gilman
During our most recent major snowstorm I had matinee tickets to see Time Stands Still at the Friedman Theatre. I was super excited for this show, mostly because of its outstanding cast. I was a little bummed to have tickets during the snowstorm, though, because there were so many other fabulous deals that day because everyone stayed home due to weather.