In lower Manhattan, in the unassuming former kitchen of the Lower Eastside Girls’ Club, a trio of cut-ups are making theater magic. Even more improbable than running away to join the circus, six years ago Emily DeCola, Michael Schupbach and Eric Wright formed a collective — The Puppet Kitchen — to design, build and operate puppets for plays, operas, cruise ship shows and … [Read more...]
Allmans cook up blues-rock perfection at Seminole Hard Rock
The night belonged to Gregg Allman. He sits at his Hammond B-3 as if he's riding a chopped Harley, sometimes hunched over the keyboard as if he's looking for cops, sometimes laid so far back his foot barely reaches the pedal. On Melissa, he took a turn on acoustic guitar. But what really set the night apart was Gregg's vocals, an emphatic punctuation to the penultimate … [Read more...]