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News Articles by Allison Lichter

Crowds Gather For "Sex and the City" Premiere

May 28, 2008

by Allison Lichter

Time to break out your martini shaker, eat a Magnolia cupcake and slip on your Manolo Blahnick's - the "Sex and the City" movie has finally hit the theaters. Though Manhattan residents have been tri....

National Tap Day Marked

May 28, 2008

by Allison Lichter

Sunday was National Tap Day, so tap dancers and their admirers gathered around the US to celebrate the American dance form. Here in New York, top-hat wearing tappers in sequins remembered tap dancer....

Artist Robert Rauschenberg Dies

May 13, 2008

by Allison Lichter

Robert Rauschenberg the artist whose use of everyday materials --- made him pioneer in pop art died yesterday at age 82. His talents spanned the worlds of painting, sculpture and dance. He was known....

The Ailey Marks 50 Years

March 31, 2008

by Allison Lichter

It was 50 years ago yesterday that a group of dancers who eventually became the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater took the stage for the first time. Yesterday morning, Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist C....

Asian Art Week in Full Swing

March 14, 2008

by Allison Lichter

Jonathan Stone works with Asian art at Christie's, where viewing has opened for a series of important sales. He says the collection several exceptional pieces. STONE: There's a really spectacular 1....

Philharmonic Ready for North Korea Visit

February 24, 2008

by Allison Lichter

Officials in North Korea are tearing down the anti-American posters that normally line the streets of the capital Pyongyang in preparation for the New York Philharmonic's unprecedented visit. REPORT....

"Be Kind Rewind" Opens Today

February 22, 2008

by Allison Lichter

REPORTER: The director, Frenchman Michel Gondry is a master of low-tech movies - often building his sets from cardboard and trash. That do-it-yourself ethos drives the plot of "Be Kind Rewind." Whe....

Actors Rally to Save Performance Space

January 18, 2008

by Allison Lichter

The struggle to save artists' studios at Carnegie Hall took a star turn today. The actor John Turturro appeared with other performers at a City Hall rally. REPORTER: They're urging Mayor Bloomberg t....

Apollo Theatre Looks for Help in Restoration Fund

January 16, 2008

by Allison Lichter

The Apollo Theater is looking to reach even deeper pockets. The legendary theatre announced the public phase of a major capital campaign aimed at courting new donors, to help raise ninety-six-millio....

Coney Island Photo Exhibit Opens at Brooklyn Museum

November 28, 2007

by Allison Lichter

Earlier this month, the city unveiled a proposal for restoring old-time glory and glitz back to Coney Island. The city's zoning plan comes in the wake of another proposal by a shopping-center develop....

Union and Theatre Owners Agree to Another Round of Talks

November 26, 2007

by Allison Lichter

It's day 17 of the stagehands strike. After a 20 hour marathon negotiating session yesterday, the Local One, the stagehands union and the League of American Theaters and producers are sitting down ag....

John Rockwell on "Fuerza Bruta"

November 19, 2007

by Allison Lichter

Broadway's shut down by the ongoing strike, but there's no shortage of offerings outside of the Great White Way. John Rockwell is a long time cultural critic. He stopped by a new acrobatic circus s....

Theatre District Feels Effects of Strike

November 19, 2007

by Allison Lichter

The stagahands union, Local One, is still on strike after negotiators failed to reach an agreement in the 9 day old labor dispute. Broadway businesses continue to feel the affects of the strike. REP....

Negotations Resume in Stagehands' Strike

November 17, 2007

by Allison Lichter

The Stagehands' Union and the League of American Theaters and Producers are set to resume negotiations this weekend. REPORTER: Over two dozen Broadway theaters have been dark for the past week follo....

Author Norman Mailer Dead at 84

November 10, 2007

by Allison Lichter

Norman Mailer, the Pulitzer Prize Winning novelist and journalist died today. He was 84 years old. REPORTER: Mailer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Brooklyn. He became a national....