Last night we received a photo with the following message: "OPEN CASTING CALL FOR A NEW REALITY TV SHOW ABOUT STRUGGLING MUSICIANS IN NEW YORK CITY DRAWS MOB-SCENE." We've seen longer lines at Shake Shack, but still, a handful of musicians did turn up over the weekend for a new reality show called The Scene... L.E.S. (as previously seen on Craigslist). No word when or if the show will air, but they have put together a bit of a teaser (below), which has a terrible soundtrack (not a good harbinger of things to come!). more ›

This will never top Jersey Shore, but there's allegedly a new reality show in the works called The Scene…LES, that ”straddles the line between the music world and the real life drama of up and coming Singer-Songwriters who live around and play the circuit of performance venues on the Lower East Side of New York City.” Isn't the music scene in Brooklyn now? more ›

THEATER: The Scene, a black comedy by Theresa Rebeck that premiered at this year’s Humana Festival in Louisville, is now in previews at Second Stage. The satire is about an out-of-work New York actor (Spenser: For Hire’s Tony Shalhoub) — married to a news producer (Alien Nation veteran Patricia Heaton) — who has an affair with a fresh-faced Ohioan ingénue. Rebeck’s stated intent with The Scene is to skewer America’s “cultural collapse into narcissism”. - John Del Signore more ›

What? No New Year's plans? Leaving it a bit late, no? Forget the overcrowded bars, the swarms of amateurs, the lame-o house parties. There are a ridiculous number of shows happening around town, some of which are worth your time and some of which not so much. Many of them are sold out, but it's highly possible you could score with the scalpers. Let's have a little look-see, shall we? more ›