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...each season, another hundred people reach New York by the train, or the bus or the plane, bringing their fresh faces, strong voices and quixotic aspirations to the Mecca of musical theater. We happen to be blessed, at the moment, with a bounty of song-show talent. It heartens me that artists like Mitchell, Debbie Gravitte, Martin Short, Faith Prince, Judy Kuhn, Rebecca Luker, Murphy and Chenoweth (all veterans of Encores!) have devoted themselves to singing the grand old Broadway songs; and it depresses me that there's so little terrific new work they can devote themselves...
...countless other film schools that dot Manhattan (let us not forget the New School, home to “Inside the Actor’s Studio”) and the myriad film festivals that take place there every year, and the Big Apple emerges as a filmmakers’ mecca, one that any film community away from the cozy confines of the 405 freeway would have trouble thriving under...
...rough, mining town in the Australian outback, Broken Hill has some surprisingly boho credentials. Movie buffs might recognize its spartan New South Wales landscape in films like Mad Max or Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Now it's also earning a reputation as a mecca for aspiring artists...
Movie buffs might recognize Broken Hill's stark New South Wales landscape from films like Mad Max or Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Now it's also earning a reputation as a mecca for aspiring artists. With year-round light of relentless intensity, Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder...
...start talking about “football,” only to realize with a sigh that you’re only discussing the other football, the one the barbarians in helmets play? Like many of these strange people from far-away countries, I came from India to this Mecca of education expecting to be a proud representative of my nation. Unfortunately, I’ve found a student body mostly disinterested in my differing world view. There is a gap at Harvard between the Americans and the internationals...