No, not because its fancy clothing store is Neiman Marcus instead of Sacks Fifth Avenue that the sight is in Texas, or because its tall buildings have no impressive architecture such as Rockefeller Center or the World Trade Center. It is just Hudson Yards! This interesting and somewhat different complex makes a statement of its … [Read More...]
RESTAURANTS
The GEM SALOON in Murray Hill
There was a restaurant in the same location for about 30 years, with mediocre service and horrible food. A friend of mine told me once that the waitress refused to … [Read More...]
Riverpark: a delightful restaurant with spectacular Manhattan views
Located at 450 East 29th Street in the neighborhood of Kips Bay, the Riverpark is a beautiful restaurant located inside a hotel overlooking the East River in Midtown … [Read More...]
THEATRE REVIEWS
“Blue Man Group” Brings Light and Joy to Its Audience
This show, self-described as “modern vaudeville,” combines technological elements like projected animation and LED … [Read More...]
SOUNDSTAGE: A Lonely Drag-Queen And Her Favorite Female Movie Star
In a fascinating, stunning, magical and very theatrical production, SOUNDSTAGE is about the life of a lonely drag-queen … [Read More...]
SPORTS
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: THE BIG APPLE’S NEWEST PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM, THE BROOKLYN BOLTS
The players trot out onto the field, suited up and whooping it up and ready for battle. The fans cheer their hometown heroes, boo the visiting villains. The countdown clock on the scoreboard ticks off the time: fifteen minutes till kickoff. Another NFL game? A big-time college clash, featuring two of the top teams in […]
PLAY BALL: A LOOK AT CONEY ISLAND’S PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TEAM, THE BROOKLYN CYCLONES
We are at MCU Park* in Coney Island, my wife and daughter and I, where the hottest days turn into the coolest nights thanks to the breeze drifting in from the sea. The hometown Brooklyn Cyclones–named after the landmark Coney Island roller-coaster–are playing their inter-borough rivals, the Staten Island Yankees. We sit far down the […]
FILM REVIEWS
Lorenzo Pozzan Reveals THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
Genre: Documentary Country: UK/USA Running time: 96 minutes Directed by: Tim Wardle Produced by: Becky Read, … [Read More...]
A Review Of SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
This is the second movie to star Tom Holland as Spider-Man after “Captain America: Civil War”. Both the superhero and … [Read More...]
INTERVIEWS
How About Gay Cowboys? JAMES WILSON and THE PAISLEY FIELDS
Late in 2015 I was at a pioneer New York City gay bar in Chelsea, The Monster, near Sheridan Square where Christopher Street meets Seventh Avenue, just a two-minute walk from Stonewall, another pioneer back at the time the police would go into bars and use violence against gay people…That’s the scenario where I saw […]
GOD IS BRUTAL. BRUTALLY FUNNY
At the Booth Theatre, AN ACT OF GOD reopened. The night I attended, when about 10 people in the audience walked in late, the protagonist, who performs what we can basically call a monologue, joked: “Was it the bridge or the tunnel? By the way, because you don’t have time to check your playbill, it’s […]