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Drawing a crowd of visitors totaling over 100,000, this is considered to be the best crafts show in New York City. This biannual event takes place in the Josie Robertson Plaza and extends back on either side of the Metropolitan Opera house towards Damrosch Park and the Vivian Beaumont theater. It is a judged event and participation is limited to 200 artisans who represent the best in their medium. The array of color and artistic form plus the consistent quality of the items makes this show a virtual outdoor museum of bohemian folk art. Exhibited items include oil on canvas, watercolor, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, carpentry and fashion. 400 Juried craft display from throughout the United States. The premier crafts event in the New York Metropolitan area as well as one of the best in the nation. Elegant gifts, personal & home accessories. The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit Since 1931 in the midst of the depression, both struggling and up and coming artists have gathered for New York City's oldest juried art show, the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit. Many have gone on to become household names. For many New Yorkers this outdoor art show marks the start of Spring. Oil on canvas, watercolors, sculptures and some mixed media collages line the streets from LaGuardia Place between Bleecker and West 4th and University Place between East 3rd and East 12th Street. If you are not too familiar with the area, just head down to the Washington Square arch - you will be right at the center of it. Sun. May 27 20th Annual Livable West Side Festival Broadway, 72-86 Sts. Sun. June 3 30th Annual Plantathon & Crafts Fair Broadway, 73-86 Sts. Sun. June 24 17th Annual Columbus Avenue Summer Festival Columbus Ave, 86-96 Sts. |
31st Annual American Crafts Festival
1000 Fifth Avenue (82nd Street)
May 22, 2007 August 19, 2007
1000 Central Park West (79 St.)
1048 Fifth Avenue (at 86th St.)
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A full line up of well entrenched shows continue on Broadway this season and we bid welcome to a series of new productions that include remakes of classics, a long awaited comeback by one of Broadway's most beloved stage actresses, a star studded cast in the staging of one of Hollywood's classic dramas, a revived musical production whose leading cast members were selected by the public in a reality TV talent search and the last of ten plays by a talented American playwright who placed his hometown at the focus of each of his works.
The Broadway musical that starred Olivia Newton John and John Travolta in the now iconic roles of Danny and Sandy is back with an exciting casting twist. This season a reality show, You're the One That We Want, was the casting call for the two lead characters. After a season of competition and eliminations the voting public chose their favorite Danny and Sandy. The show features such hit songs as Summer Nights.
In his ten-play cycle, playwright August Wilson has chronicled the history of black American society in Pittsburgh's Hill District where he grew up. The ten plays combined cover the moral, social and economic evolution of the area over a period of six decades (1940s through the present). In this the tenth and final play completed not long before his untimely death in 2005, Wilson portrays contemporary life in the 1990s, depicting our outlooks on life and our aspirations. The story's characters include a successful businessman running for public office whose pursuits are compromised by events in his past. The cast includes veterans Harry Lennix who has performed on television, in movies and on stage; including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and King Hedley two successful Broadway plays also written by August Wilson, Tonya Pinkins another prolific actor whose accomplishments include Broadway's Caroline or Change, Jelly's Last Jam and Merrily We Role Along. On television she has appeared for seventeen years in the role of Livia Faye Cudahy on All My Children. As if television and stage were not enough, she is will soon star in a new Disney film with Patrick Dempsey. Theater goers who have followed Wilson's cycle of plays will recognize many of the other cast members as well who have contributed to the success of his earlier plays.
Reese Witherspoon popularized the role of sorority sister Elle Woods in the lighthearted comedy of a "dizzy" blonde who goes to Harvard Law in order to keep up with her boyfriend's social expectations. She learns a lot while there including that being yourself is what really counts.
Set in the 18th century England, this play combines a bit of Oliver Twist with the Prince and the Pauper then, adds a twist of operatic drama. This new musical drama takes a serious look at the plight of women and illegitimate children who suffered the abuses and injustices of life in institutions. Much of their strife is seen through the eyes of two young orphans; one the son of a slave, the other the abandoned son of a wealthy man. An on-stage 20-member chorus sings music by Handel. Prepare for a long night. The show runs 2hrs 45mins.
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The Manhattan Club 200 West 56th Street New York, NY 10019 |
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Cort Theatre
Palace Theatre
Imperial Theatre