A Rhapsody to Inspire
George Gershwin’s masterful Rhapsody in Blue is both inventive and inspirational. It’s also the musical through-line of Café Variations, the unabashedly romantic world-premiere celebration of café culture co-produced by…
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Café Variations: Meet the Designers
Interview with Brian Scott, lighting designer by Tierra Bonser Brian Scott described his role as lighting designer as a, “visual storyteller with light composition, the purpose of which is to…
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Journey to the Jungle
Last week we welcomed the twenty-first annual NewFest production to the stage with the black comedy, Rough & Tumble, by Patrick McDonald. Patrick is the recipient of the 2012 Rod…
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The Music of Café Variations – Gershwin’s Music
by Magda Romanska As a child, George Gershwin would constantly get in trouble, well on his way to become a juvenile delinquent. It was sheer luck that saved him when…
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They meet, they flirt, they fight and break up…
By Sarah Weintraub As a photographer, I envy those artists who can go to cafés and sit with their tea or coffee for hours, finding key strokes or lines on…
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A Comedic Journey to the Amazon Begins Tonight
The long anticipated NewFest 2012 production of Rough & Tumble is opening today! The first performance of Rough & Tumble will be held tonight at 8:00 pm in the Jackie…
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A Pretty Crazy Ride
Patrick McDonald talks with us about the “pretty crazy ride” of writing and rehearsing his new play, Rough & Tumble, our 2012 NewFest production:
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SHINSAI in the Making
by Katherine Charleton I graduated from Emerson last May with a degree in Arts Management, and moved to New York for a temporary gig as Press Coordinator at Lincoln Center…
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A Stroll Down Memory Lane
Late last month we presented Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, a powerful chronicle of the LA Riots that rattled the nation twenty years ago. Just last weekend we presented SHINSAI: Theaters…