It was an incredible feeling seeing the faces of these children running into the huge pile of toys, throwing toys all around in an attempt to make sure they pick their "most favorite, most bestest ever Transformer."
I was enraged and deeply saddened after seeing For Colored Girls. Our children are being dropped every day, but when are we going to start to explore the real reasons why that is happening?
This comedy-laced drama sends audiences staggering into the streets from its power to shake up previous assumptions about the requirements needed for leading a fulfilling political and personal life.
While the nation gnashes its teeth waiting for Superman to visit failing schools we may be doing a more grave disservice to the kids who seem to be succeeding.
I knew very few facts about the history of our almost 10 years running war partner. Until this play. This is not historical drama, it is dramatized history.
Enough cliches in that headline for you? Here are my impressions of two revivals: one Broadway and one Off. DRIVING MISS DAISY ** out of **** Golde...
While I doubt that more play will singlehandedly "solve" the problem of bullying once and for all, it's an essential step. And it's not as hard as you might think.
Our current state of politics is so easily lampooned and our expectations for change so effortlessly undercut that attempting to strike deep within the heart of an audience becomes an onerous task.
While it is inspiring to see childhood obesity attacked from so many sectors, levels, and angles, the next step is determining how we can all better coordinate our efforts.
On Saturday October 3rd, the public in New York City's Central Park will have a chance to enjoy The Ultimate Block Party -- a day of free family fun and the launch of a movement in support of playful learning.
In the last two decades, children have lost an average of eight hours of free play a week. The American Academy of Pediatricians calls the decline of playtime "a national crisis."
Here's a test: Can you ever find a moment of wonder in watching light reflected through ice cubes in a glass? Or do you hardly ever savor the little sparks of mystery and magic all around you?
Memories are odd: that which we think we can never forget fades, while an inconsequential, rote event of daily life buries within you, ushering you back to the past.
Playing is a way of experiencing our world, a way of bringing joy to the mundane. And fundamentally: Play is a way of learning.
Fall is upon us, and kids are heading back to school. Sadly, for too many children that means 7 hours a day with no free play. That's because more schools are slashing recess to make time for the "serious" classroom subjects.
Fela! relies on its narrator to become our leader, our beacon of hope, and our hero for the night.
After 37 years of performances, you'd think that a show would lose its luster. At some point, the performers would lose their passion or precision for their tricks. But that's not the case for Paul Magid.
Both Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party and See Rock City & Other Destinations thrive on their originality and challenge the traditional theater experience.
Only until we expand the threshold for aesthetic possibility in our cities will we see creative possibility in our minds and truly create social cohesion.
Science is built for the stage. The very act of scientific discovery is one of the most dramatic in the human experience. Dramatic because it changes everything.
There's a double-whammy irony about the power of the past to shape our lives: the more traumatic the event, the less reliable our ability to recall it...
Play is defined by researchers as an activity that encourages positive emotions and allows people to complete high-order relational goals, such as get...
Remember when a cardboard box used to inspire hours of imaginative play? According to Newsweek, American creativity is on the decline.
There is no doubt that "play" is under appreciated, even misunderstood. So it was significant to me that the Aspen Institute Ideas Festival boldly embraced play and added a whole track to its agenda called "the promise of play."
Falling For Eve depicts a re-imagining of the story of creation, interplay between Adam and Eve, and how God dealt with it all, emotionally. There's plenty to take away from the play.
