Arts in My Backyard – Manhattan – May
School is finished and summer is here. As all you locals know, there is nothing compared in to a summer in NYC. Over the next few months, check out everything from musicals to festivals to concerts. This issue of AIMB features the new Ray Charles musical “Unchain My Heart,” the morning concert series in Central […]
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Arts in My Backyard – Bronx – May
All My Sons by Arthur Miller Recently on Broadway with a star-studded cast, All My Sons by Arthur Miller is set in a seemingly idyllic small town in Middle America just after World War II. Behind the picket fence is a family struggling with the havoc caused by war, greed and deception. The Keller’s have […]
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Impacters of Yesterday
Gregory Hines Gregory Hines was a jack of all trades. He was a singer, dancer, actor and live performer. Overall, Hines has earned 16 award nominations and has won 7 of them. Hines performed as the lead singer and musician in a rock band called Severance in 1975 based in Venice, California. In 1986, he […]
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Impacters of Tomorrow
Paul Edme Personally I think one of the most interesting facts about me is my background. I was born in Mexico city to Haitian parents in January 5th ’92. Ever since I can remember, acting has been my profession of choice and my brother Junior, had a lot to do with why I started liking […]
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Impacters of Today
Phylicia Rashad Actress. Born Phylicia Ayers-Allen on June 19, 1948 in Houston, Texas. The daughter of a dentist and graduate of Howard University, Rashad made her television debut in 1978’s The Wiz. She is best known to American audiences for her portrayal of mother and attorney Clair Huxtable on the seminal ‘80s hit The Cosby […]
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Impacters of Tomorrow
Vianca E. Peguero Vianca E. Peguero is a Junior at Fordham High School for the Arts and a Drama Major. Recent credits include: Twilight Los Angeles, Comeddia Redux, The NYC Student Shakespeare Festival, Santaland Diaries and When Will The Sun Arrive? as part of Fordham’s playwriting competition.
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See The Tony Awards!
Tony Awards Dress Rehearsal Attendance Application In order to attend the Dress Rehearsal for this year’s Tony Awards, each Impact Broadway member must fill out the application and submit it to their school’s Impact Broadway advisor by May 1st. One advisor from each school will be in attendance on that day and only 87 out […]
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FELA! Review
Eric Escalante Impact Broadway City College of New York Theatre Undergraduate Student Concentration and Interest: Directing and Playwriting FELA! Fela! is an experience that any person with the passion, desire, and commitment towards leaving a mark, contributing to the growth of, and fully impacting the Broadway community and the new direction world theatre is taking […]
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Impacters of Today
John Leguizamo Actor and comedian John Leguizama was born on July 22, 1964 in Bogotá, Colombia. With his chameleon-like ability to satirize a range of ethnic groups, Leguizamo is pheraps best known for his one-man stage shows. Although born in Colombia, Leguizamo spent his formative years in Jackson Heights, a formerly-rough neighborhood in Queens, New […]
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