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Mike Birbiglia: Talking Sleepwalk

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.23.2012 | Entertainment
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Marshall Fine

The great thing about doing a one-man-show-length monologue, like Sleepwalk With Me, Mike Birbiglia says, is that you can go anywhere you want with it, almost as quickly as you can say it.

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Uptown Showdown: Debating Absurdity

Danny Groner | Posted 09.24.2012 | Comedy
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Danny Groner

Every six weeks or so, Symphony Space hosts a mock debate that brings together five or six of New York's finest comedians to butt heads in a debate focused on everything from the traditional "Cats vs. Dogs" to the practical "Fashion vs. Comfort" to the absurd "Day vs. Night."

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A 'Moderne' Take on a Ghost Story

David Browning | Posted 07.29.2012 | Arts
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David Browning

She and Mr. Leonard left the distinction between fact and fantasy, the boundary between sanity and insanity, deliberately unclear, for the audience to reason for themselves.

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Sidney Lumet: The Prince of New York City

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 06.12.2011 | New York
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Thane Rosenbaum

Sidney Lumet was a quintessential New Yorker -- street smart with a bleeding heart and a head full of immigrant, everyman voices.

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Bay Area Rappers Return to NYC Looking For a Win

Len Hollie | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Len Hollie

Young Bari, a San Francisco Bay Area rapper is a charismatic crowd pleaser, full of motion and a confident performer in front of the camera.

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Stephen Colbert And Others Celebrate To Kill A Mockingbird's 50th Anniversary

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Alex Vadukul | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Last night New Yorkers celebrated the 50th anniversary of a singular piece of American literature, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel that...

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