Posts Tagged ‘Times Square’
Written by Christine Wei for NYCityMama on 28 February 2012
As my friends know, I make no effort to hide how much I love Broadway. I love dressing up for the theater, walking up the grand staircases, taking my seat among hundreds of other musical lovers. Some productions I’ve loved enough to see four times, in three different cities and two different countries. But despite [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 25 January 2012
Oh! It’s an exciting time in NYC for theatre lovers! Broadway’s Season of Savings booklet is out and is offering theatre goers up to $50 off ticket prices! I’m talking about REAL Broadway shows, right on the Great White Way people, with some really great off-Broadway performances too, such as Freckleface: The Musical (we loved [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 27 November 2011
Disney is huge in NYC. I know, you are asking yourself, “What?” But, truth is, Disney was one of the the first major investors in the Times Square area before Times Square was what it is today. Its presence on the then grumbling 42nd street set the tone for what was to come and encouraged [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 07 October 2011
When I was around 14 years old, and in my middle school music class in the Dominican Republic, my teacher – a very devoted, very serious musician of some kind, asked the class about their passion for music and what they wanted to be. I very courageously lifted my hand and said, “I want to [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 12 September 2011
My third video in a series of videos on NYC for SheStreams Conference, which will take place in Times Square this coming September, and sponsored by AT&T. If you are in the Midtown/Times Square area, then these are my favorite must-sees. In my next video I will share just a few places to check out when [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 24 August 2011
My second video in a series of videos on NYC for SheStreams Conference, which will take place in Times Square this coming September, and sponsored by AT&T. Hope this information is helpful to conference attendees, as well as anyone planning on visiting The Big Apple and is wondering which is best, taxi or subway? Your [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 18 August 2011
In an effort to inform and help navigate NYC for those who will be visiting for the SheStreams conference in September (read more about it here), I will be putting together a few videos, with support from AT&T, about NYC that I hope will help. My first video is an introduction to Times Square. You [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 28 April 2011
When I first walked out of the Broadhurst Theater after watching a performance of “Baby It’s You“, the Broadway musical featuring what is said to be the first American girl group, The Shirelles, I felt happy and energized by so many great oldies this show covers. Just minutes before, the theater was standing in ovation [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 22 November 2010
Recently my two little ones and I headed over to our favorite theater of all time, The New Victory, to catch the performance of Squirm Burpee Circus: A Vaudevillian Melodrama. The cast of four, made up of Mike the Handsome (Mike Huling), Dashing Dave (Dave Clay) and Lovely Little Lolo (Cole Schneider) and the dastardly [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 22 September 2010
During my recent stay at the Intercontinental Times Square, I had the fortune of checking out Todd English’s new restaurant Ça Va, a French brasserie and the latest for this celebrity chef. This is an open and yet warm space designed by Jeffrey Beers International. The surrounding art displayed throughout, from New York artist Jody [Continue]