Axial Theatre and JCS Theater Company continue to champion bold new voices in American drama. Their 2025-26 season promises more world premieres, compelling revivals, and opportunities to witness rising theatrical talent before the wider world discovers them. Support independent theater—experience the vitality of authentic artistic vision at its source.
Healing Mined is about loss and grief. Loss of a wife, a mother, a friend. What the play does is teach us to mine our pain. Going down into the labyrinth of grief, where it is dark, deep, and so all-encompassing that life no longer feels manageable. Sleep is the only way to hide from it. But even in sleep, there are haunting images of a tsunami approaching, crashing over you, and washing you away from existence. The tsunami is the dark deep pain, because like a tsunami, pain looms in the distance and then with little warning, suddenly there it is crashing over you, drowning you, carrying you away, tumbling you in all directions. Meneses’ beautiful, heart-endearing poetic prose is the story of this tsunami pain, the deepest pain humans experience, and how we manage it, or don’t. It is a poetic fable of human resilience and beauty, and the stories we tell ourselves, the realities we create to live by.
As a gentle, meditative melody plays, ten senior actors stand motionless, facing the audience. The silence is weighty yet peaceful, inviting the audience to enter the world of Above Ground – Not Exactly a Comedy with a contemplative stillness. Above the stage, a large screen mirrors the image of the cast, reflecting them as they are—no embellishments, no illusions. It is a powerful prologue, setting the tone for a production that embraces authenticity, memory, and the undeniable passage of time.
While Via Quadronno is best known for its cappuccino and panini sandwiches, they boast an extensive menu to impress tourists and locals. And, if you’re an early riser, you can drop by for an adorably decorated cappuccino and a chocolate croissant.
I had a delightful dining experience at Copinette located at 891 1st Avenue between 50th and 51st Street.
Some time ago I met the owner (who has since passed) at a private club called Club A and dated him. When he owned the restaurant it was named Copain, which means “boyfriend” in French. Who knew!
I raved about Amy Babic’s Copinette, a restaurant renowned for its amazing American cuisine with French influence. It was time to try her second restaurant Kurant Wine Bar located at 1091 2nd Avenue between 57th and 58th Street in Manhattan.
The New York City “Small is Beautiful, Miniature Art Exhibition” is the first international exhibition of the work of 32 international miniature artists. Their oeuvre of over 130 pieces of art was presented to the general public in this magical exhibition. After the undisputed success of the #MiniatureArt phenomenon on social media networks, the exhibition offered exclusive access in “real” time to the magical and sometimes unusual worlds of some of the greatest artists of the miniature art movement.
54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits! is a celebration of the American Songbook, performed by fabulous artists at the peak of their powers?
The broad selection of musical works provided marvelous musical moments; artistry, vocal command, drama, and sheer choric beauty abounded.
It is not a happy birthday. No full life savored and enjoyed or marked with celebration. Birthday Candles is traumatic and not for those that wear their emotions on their sleeve or recently have participated in life.
