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Jackson Pollock: A Collection Survey, 1934-1954
MOMA
23 November 2015
This exhibition offers a concise but detailed survey of the work of Jackson Pollock from the 1930s to the 1950s when he pioneered the radical abstractions for which he is best known by pouring and dripping paint onto canvas or paper. The exhibition features approximately 50 from the Museum’s collection.
Frank Stella Retrospective
Whitney Museum
6 November 2015
The Frank Stella retrospective at the Whitney Museum is a comprehensive presentation of Stella’s career to date, showcasing his prolific output from the mid-1950s to the present through approximately 100 works, including paintings, reliefs, maquettes, sculptures, and drawings.
Allegiance
Longacre Theatre
29 October 2015
George Takei and Lea Salonga star in a compelling musical drama set in a concentration camp.
Fun Home
Circle in the Square Theatre
24 October 2015
Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn and Allison Lucas gave great performances in this musical (Tony winner).
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Westside Theatre Downstairs
8 October 2015
Absolutely delightful play by James Lecesne.
Drop Dead Perfect
Theatre at St Clement's
3 October 2015
Everett Quinton, still zany after all these years, can still kick up his high heels.
Fool For Love
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
2 October 2015
A thrilling production with good acting from Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell.
Sommerfugl
Fourth Street Theatre
1 October 2015
SOMMERFUGL, is new play written by Bixby Elliot, loosely based on the Story of Lili Elbe, the first person to have gender reassignment surgery in 1930.
Paragraph 175
Jewish Museum
30 September 2015
Paragraph 175 ia a documentary about a provision of the German Criminal Code from 15 May 1871 to 10 March 1994t that made homosexual acts between males a crime.
The King and I
Vivian Beaumont Theatre
12 September 2015
Kelli O'Hara and Jose Llana were entertaining as Anna and the King of Siam.
Andy Warhol: Campbell’s Soup
Cans and Other Works, 1953–1967
MOMA
6 August 2015
Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans is the signature work in the artist’s career and a landmark in MoMA’s collection. The 1962 series of 32 paintings is the centerpiece in this focused collection exhibition of Warhol’s work during the crucial years between 1953 and 1967.
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Summerstage Central Park
3 August 2015
The Broadway cast of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, the smash hit musical about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter, performed in City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage festival in Central Park for one-night-only.
Shows For Days
Mitzi E Newhouse Theatre
31 July 2015
Patti Lupone was terrific and so was Michael Urie.
Kinky Boots
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
22 July 2015
Kinky Boots is very entertaining and the music and acting deserve the accolades and Tonys that it won.
Ian McKellen & Laura Linney on Mister Holmes
AOL Headquarters
13 July 2015
An interesting interview of the two actors about their new film.
The Qualms
Mainstage Theatre at Playwrights Horizons
12 July 2015
The Qualms offers engaging performances and funny exchanges, a series of contentious conversations about fidelity, the meaning of marriage and other magazine-article topics. While sex is theoretically on the menu in this comedy, about a quartet of erotically adventurous couples, the main course (which is to say intercourse) never quite arrives.
Sayonara
The Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row
8 July 2015
Sayonara is set in 1952 in Kobe, Japan, and the American airmen stationed there must confront an unfamiliar culture with its strange rituals and customs. It capitalizes on this cross-cultural confusion and is adapted from the 1954 James Michener novel, which also inspired a Marlon Brando movie.
Of Good Stock
Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center
2 July 2015
This production of Of Good Stock is smartly cast and easy on the eye, thanks to Santo Loquasto’s multifaceted set of a beautifully lived-in summer cottage on Cape Cod. But everyone in this unpleasant family of narcissists is consumed with herself, and their histrionic posturing is exhausting.
The Pavillion
Barrow Group Theatre
7 July 2015
The Pavilion is about a high school reunion where Peter and Kari, who once reigned as the “cutest senior couple” but who have long since parted ways — arrive on the scene, Peter strives to win Kari back but Kari did not want to rekindle the past.
Gay Pride Parade
New York City
28 June 2015
NYC Gay Pride Parade with Ian MacKellen and Derek Jacobi as Grand Marshals. Nice celebration right aafter the Supreme Court decision allowing same sex marriage.
Doctor Faustus
Classic Stage Company
27 June 2015
Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus' Elizabethan language has been modernized and the play varies between scenes of Faustus’ experiences as a man who can get and do anything he desires, becoming terribly jaded as time passes, and comical interludes involving two clowns.
Sea of Souls
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Playwrights Horizons
24 June 2015
This is the first Off-Broadway production by the San Diego-based Ion Theatre. Its about a New York City folk singer who mysteriously arrives and becomes stranded at a remote roadside tavern called Sea of Souls and a quest begins to uncover long-buried secrets surrounding the puzzling deaths of her parents years before.
The Audience
Schoenfeld Theatre
23 June 2015
Dame Helen Mirren's incisive, witty, intelligent and sensitive performance was undoubtedly deserving of a Tony award! As evidence of her formidable technique, she convincingly portrays Queen Elizabeth II at various points from her late 20s through to her 80s. Richard McCabe as Harold Wilson was great too.
At The Table
HERE Arts Center
19 June 2015
A group of friends escaping for the weekend to a country house, where the laid-back Nate (Aaron Rossini) is their host, these privileged 30-somethings have brought along a full complement of identity-related baggage to unpack in the common areas: race, gender, sexual orientation, income level.
Guggenheim Museum
Storylines:
19 June 2015
We had a Volunteers Meeting and then a walk through of the current exhibition:
Storylines which brought together over one hundred works from the Guggenheim’s contemporary collection. It examines the diverse ways in which artists today engage narrative through installation, painting, photography, sculpture, video, and performance.
Whitney Museum
99 Ganseevort Street
19 June 2015
Quite a collection of modern art. The building is very modern with nice views of the city from its terraced outdoor levels. Much nicer design than the bulky building on 75th Street. Have to come back soon, was rushed because of my meeting at the Guggenheim.
New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Park
The Great Lawn, Central Park
17 June 2015
One of my favorite things to do is listen to good music, with a picnic in the park, a nice bottle of wine, cheeses and other eats. There were no stars and it drizzled a little bit but nonetheless an enjoyable night. Alan Gilbert conducted and Joshua Bell was guest violinist. Beautiful fireworks after Sousa's The Washington Post.
Cuddles
59E59 Theatre
16 June 2015
It's a dark and eerie story of 2 sisters, the younger one, Eve, is a vampire, played by Carla Langley, and the other sister is Tabby played by Rendah Heywood. Both gave powerful performances in this debut play by the young playwright Joseph Wilde.
Guards at the Taj
Atlantic Theatre
14 June 2015
A captivating play about two lowly guards at the Taj Mahal. The two actors brought quiet intensity to the myth that Shah Jahan had ordered the 20,000 workers of the Taj Mahal behanded so they could not build another thing of beauty.
Traveling Papers
Lion Theatre @ Theatre Row
13 June 2015
It was interesting and sometimes funny and lots of travel quotes from famous people.
Tuesdays At Tesco's
59E59 Theatre
7 June 2015
Simon Callow stars in a one-man show where he plays Pauline, formerly Paul, who makes a weekly grocery-shopping trip with her ailing, widowed father. This simple event is made more complicated by her father’s lack of acceptance and stares from other small-town folk.
Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim! Opening Party
Guggenheim Museum
5 June 2015
Second party of the evening! Dragged "Cuddles" playwright Joe Wilde with us to attend the current exhibit's opening night party. Stafford and Terence joined us later.
Members Party
59E59 Theatre
5 June 2015
Attended the 59E59 Theatre Members Party with Ann Hilton and Marlene Mahta. We met the playwright of "Cuddles" one of the Brit imports currently showing at one of the stages of the theatre. Lots of sparkling wine flowed!
It's Only A Play
Jacobs Theatre
4 June 2015
Nathan Lane returns to this hilarious play. Stars Matthew Broderick with his usual deadpan acting, nice performances by Stockard Channing, Katie Finneran, Micah Stock, F. Murray Abraham and T.R. Knight who was terrific in the role of the director Frank Finger.
On The Town
Lyric Theatre
30 May 2015
Very entertaining version of the musical, nice dancing.
Significant Other
Roundabout at Laural Pels Theatre
27 May 2015
Gideon Glick was terrific and supported by his fag hag friends while Barbara Barrie played his grandmother.
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
St John the Divine
25 May 2015
The New York Philharmonic played two marvelous pieces: Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Shostakovivch's Symphony No. 10 in E Minor.
The Visit
Lyceum Theatre
22 May 2015
Chita Rivera did a marvelous job as Claire Zachanassian in the new version of the musical with its theme of love, betrayal and revenge.
"Dementia" and "Ube"
Soho International Film Festival
20 May 2015
Philippine movie star Nora Aunor stars in the feature film "Dementia" and the short film was "Ube" about bullying in school.
Gigi
Neil Simon Theatre
19 May 2015
Vanessa Hudgens (her mother is Filipina) shines brightly on Broadway! The audience gave her a standing ovation for her portrayal of Colette's courtesan, following the footsteps of Audrey Hepburn in the original stage musical and Leslie Caron in the movie version.
"With Child" and "The Bridge Partner"
Soho International Film Festival
16 May 2015
The feature film "With Child" was starred and produced by Leslie Lewis, the daughter of Loida Nicolas Lewis. The short film starred Sharon Lawrence.
Lea Salonga in Concert
Crest Theatre
17 March 2015
Lea Salonga has a beautiful voice and she sang several songs from her Broadway and movie roles (Miss Saigon, Fantine and Eponine from Les Miz, Princess Jasmine and Mulan). Proud of our
kababayan!
