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Eight Smaller N.Y.C. Theaters Sue Over Executive Orders Keeping Them Dark
Eight theaters and comedy clubs in New York City have jointly filed a lawsuit that challenges the state’s and city’s executive orders that is keeping theaters closed amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
The lawsuit was filed on Friday in Federal district Court in Manhattan.
In the filing, the theaters argue that the various government orders “shock the conscience and interfere with plaintiffs’ deeply-rooted liberty and property rights, including the right to work, right …
Review: ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ on Amazon Prime Video
At the age of 15, Heidi Schreck was a relentless debater and high school student in Wenatchee, Washington, participating and triumphing in the American Legion Oratorical Contests. A quarter of a century later, her memories of these experiences formed the basis of a play that, in December 2018, I called “the best civics class ever.”
I first saw “What the Constitution Means to Me” at the New York Theatre Workshop …
Broadway Theaters to Remain Closed Through May 2021
The Great White Way will remain closed for at least another seven months.
The Broadway League, the trade association representing the industry’s 41 theaters, issued a statement Friday morning saying that its theaters would remain closed through the end of May 2021. The previously announced reopening date was the end of the current year and, prior to that, September 6 and June 7 were both announced as possible dates for reopening …
‘Schadenfreude’ Searches in Merriam-Webster Dictionary Up 30,500% Following Trump Covid-19 Disclosure
Following the announcement by President Trump that he and the first lady tested positive for the coronavirus, the Merriam-Webster dictionary said that the word “Schadenfreude” was the “top lookup” by a substantial margin.
Schadenfreude, a German loanword that came into English in the mid-19th century, means the experience of pleasure or or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles and failures of another.
The word is a portmanteau of …
Seinfeld, Senator Schumer, and Broadway League Rally to ‘Save Our Stages’
Theaters in much of the United States have been dark since mid March and many theater owners fear they may never be able to reopen.
Meanwhile, the aptly-named Save Our Stages Act, a bi-partisan bill introduced earlier in the summer by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and John Cornyn, a Republican, would provide six months of Small Business Administration grants to live music venue operators who have been devastated by the …
When Will It Be Safe to Sit in a Theater Without a Mask?
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease specialist, said that will be “well into 2021” before life in the United States begins to resemble life prior to the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
“If you’re talking about getting back to a degree of normality which resembles where we were prior to Covid, it’s going to be well into 2021, maybe even towards the end of 2021,” Fauci said Friday in an …
Movie Review: ‘The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz’ on Amazon Prime Video
The 1960s hit television comedy “Hogan’s Heroes” used the tagline, “If you liked World War II, you’ll love ‘Hogan’s Heroes.’” To paraphrase that thought, originally a quip by comedian Stan Freberg, I would say, “If you liked ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ you’ll love ‘The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz.’”
“Paula Schultz” is the story of a fictitious East German Olympic star (played brilliantly by Elke Sommer) and a bumbling group of Americans …
