Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'amidsummernight'
June 25, 2007
This season Shakespeare in the Park started off with Romeo and Juliet, a play that surprisingly hasn't seen the outdoor Delacorte Theatre since 1968, when Martin Sheen played Romeo to Susan McArthur's Juliet. On July 8th the run will end, and A Midsummer Night's Dream will finish up the season. With notoriously long ticket lines to gain the free pass to a show, many miss out on these performances due to lack of time alone.......
Continue Reading "Will Parting Be Such Sweet Sorrow For This Year's Romeo And Juliet?"May 21, 2007
The Summer of Love is back, and taking over New York for a 40th anniversary celebration spanning museums, theaters and screens. The NY Times takes a look at what to expect during this retrospective celebration: The Whitney Museum of American Art is noting the anniversary with “Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era,” opening Thursday. The Public Theater, which formed that summer with “Hair,” is staging a hippie-friendly season of Shakespeare in the Park,......
Continue Reading "The Whitney Goes Hippie"March 19, 2007
Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: shooting and shots fired in west Midtown, bank robbery on the Upper West Side, and a gas main break in Brooklyn Heights. Sent in by NK: "While flying from West Palm Beach (6AM) to JFK, a piece of the plan engine detached from left engine causing an emergency landing. Children cried, people prayed, camera phones came out. As the plane safely landed everyone clapped. Quite the cinematic moment. Image......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"December 20, 2006
If you count yourself as a New Yorker and a movie lover, it's tough to not have a special affinity for films by Woody Allen. Practically the filmmaker laureate of the city, Allen's prolific 40 plus year career is getting a three week long screening series at Film Forum starting this Friday. Gothamist loves Allen's movies (both the highs and the lows) so much that we thought we'd chat with an Allen expert, Queens College......
Continue Reading "Essentially Woody Series at Film Forum"

