She NYC Arts Festival

Gillian Russo
In the past two weeks, I have time-traveled, hopped from coast to coast, boosted my language-learning skills, laughed, cried, and everything in betwee...
3.0★ ★ ★
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The Great Novel

Gillian Russo
There exists plenty of lore about writers who get haunted by literary greats to finish their works. (Tales of Alexander Hamilton haunting Lin-Manuel M...
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Julie Madly Deeply

Gillian Russo
In the program, 59E59 Theaters artistic director Val Day describes this show as “infectiously joyous.” I couldn’t think of a better phrase - except pe...
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Open

Gillian Russo
What is a magic show if it has no magic? At first, it’s a cute little skit meant to testify to the power of imagination. The Magician (Megan Hill) ...
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Brief Chronicle Books 6-8

Gillian Russo
To answer what’s probably your first question: no, you don’t need to see Books 1-5 first. They don’t exist. Ghosts, on the other hand, certainly do. ...
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Butterflies

Gillian Russo
Mid-show, a woman tenderly sings “Fly Me to the Moon” to her newborn child as a lullaby, rocking him gently in her arms and looking at him like nothin...
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Breaking the Shakespeare Code

Gillian Russo
Two players, both alike in stubborn pride, On fair Lafayette Street, where we lay our scene, Stir, through Shakespeare, emotions they in vain hide ...
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I Carry Your Heart

Gillian Russo
An organ is like a fruitcake. It can be “regifted.” (You know, organ donation.) Pardon my flippancy. In my defense, that analogy is Georgette Kelly...
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After

Gillian Russo
The small detail which earned After a fifth star is that playwright Michael McKeever consciously - and literally - employs Chekhov’s gun. (Chekhov’s g...