State legislatures cannot create obstacles that make it tough for people whose criminal convictions have been overturned to recover fines or restitution damages they have already paid, according to an April 19 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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Voices from Hollywood Fringe 2017: Exclusive Interview – Kat Primeau, Producer/Performer of ‘TURBULENCE!’
The show’s producer/performer talks about this year’s Fringe World Premiere musical comedy.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Mint Theater Revives ‘The Lucky One’ by A.A. Milne
Though his ongoing fame today rests almost entirely on his writing for children, especially the world of Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne (1882-1956) was a literary polymath who had a successful career on the London and Broadway stages in the 1920s. The Mint Theater reminds us with the first New York revival of this "serious comedy," a character study of two brothers.
Read More »Interview: Michelle MacRoy-Higgins, PhD, and Carlyn Kolker, Authors of ‘Time to Talk: What You Need to Know About Your Child’s Speech and Language Development’
Interview with Michelle MacRoy-Higgins, PhD, and Carlyn Kolker authors of 'Time to Talk: What You Need to Know About Your Child's Speech and Language Development' a must-read guidebook to your child's speech milestones — and possible red flags.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Fitter Faster: The Smart Way to Get in Shape in Just Minutes a Day’ by Robert J. Davis with Brad Kolowich Jr.
'Fitter Faster' by Robert J Davis and Brad Kolowich Jr. needed to be inspiring, motivational, and instructional to truly reach readers like me (vacant from the exercise world for far too long,) and it did that perfectly.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein’ by Edward Einhorn
Einhorn's sumptuous dishing up of Toklas' and Stein's world and their dynamic and inimical relationship leaves one thinking, and his take on these women and the "larger than life" denizens of their milieu who magnify their relationship enthralls with its uncanny beauty.
Read More »Voices from Hollywood Fringe 2017: Exclusive Interview – Ryan Lisman, Writer/Director ‘Apathy Killed the Cat’
The writer/director talks about his new play, making its world premiere at the Fringe.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Broken Bone Bathtub’ by Siobhan O’Loughlin
With a just balance of talent and charm O'Loughlin invites us into the most intimate of nonsexual activities – and makes us comfortable doing it.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Iphigenia in Splott’ by Gary Owen
A typhoon of a performance by Sophie Melville drives toward – and justifies – a wrenching twist. Directed with just-shy-of-frantic energy by Rachel O'Riordan, Sophie Melville's Effie is a raw slice of humanity, baring her ragged soul and bringing us her milieu, a few of the people in her life, and a critical encounter with a war veteran that bends the arc of her history toward, if not justice, a kind of heroism.
Read More »SXSW TV: ‘American Gods’ Debuts to Overflow House
Two years ago, SXSW premiered Mr. Robot. Last year, Preacher wowed conference audiences. This year’s earthshaking TV preview was American Gods from STARZ. American Gods debuted on STARZ on April 30, but if you were lucky enough to have attended the SXSW Conference in Austin, you could have seen it …
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