AM New York today examines the controversy surrounding Harlem’s shuttered Victoria Theater:
Local developer Steve Williams of Danforth Development Partners, LLC, wants to transform the 1917 burlesque theater into a 30-story condo/hotel, cutting up the ornate 2, 400-seat theater into two mini-theaters while preserving the facade and parts of the lobby.
Neighborhood activists Read More
How do you like your steak? Corn-fed or grass-fed? Grilled or roasted? Aged 28, 42 or 56 days? Wagyu? Grade 6 or grade 11?
When I made my first visit to celebrity chef Tom Colicchio’s mega-restaurant in the meatpacking district, there were two dozen categories of steak on the menu. The options have since been Read More
I regret to say that there are a number of problems with Richard Greenberg’s The Violet Hour , and one of them is the theater it’s in. I’ve already lamented the Manhattan Theatre Club’s expansion into Broadway at the Biltmore as another dangerous example of nonprofit-theater “Broadwayitis.” In my view, the entire purpose and lifeblood Read More
Jean-Claude Baker bawled like a baby when he first laid eyes on the 6-by-10-foot canvas that he commissioned for his theater district restaurant, Chez Josephine.
“I had cried for 20 minoots. I’m not shoking!” he said in his thick French accent, hands delicately crossed over his chest, while looking with fondness at the mural’s artist, Read More
