Early in May, I returned to a company office to work for the first time since March 2020. The company I worked for at the time is headquartered in Times Square. The earliest express bus that comes through my neighborhood arrived at 6 a.m. and it was at about half capacity—pre pandemic this bus would… Read more »
Penn & Teller are back in New York City you should go see them if you can. Penn & Teller on Broadway runs through August 16 at the Marquis Theatre. I don’t know when exactly I became a die-hard Penn & Teller fan but it was at some point in the 1980s when they appeared… Read more »
Kennedy Moore – founder of Ask A New Yorker – and I were recently invited by Cristyne Nicholas – chairman of The Broadway Association – to their annual Tony Awards Luncheon. Founded in 1911, this not-for-profit business association’s main focus is the cultural and economic betterment of the Broadway Theater District. Never having been to… Read more »
We here at Ask a New Yorker love a touch of genius and Becky Cooper has certainly produced a book that is pure genius in inspiration. Since 2009, cooper has handed out 3,000 blank maps of Manhattan, and asked a cross section of New Yorker’s to fill them in. Cooper printed only an outline of our… Read more »
As modern-day Americans, we’re all about convenience. We’re constantly striving to find ways to make it easier, get it faster, do it better. And nowhere is this more true than in New York City. After all, where else can you have your dog walked, your clothes cleaned, your dinner prepared, and your errands run, all… Read more »
Love the idea of a sweet lounge near midtown but hate the crowds at 230 Fifth? Contributor Emily Sproch may have just the place… There is a powerful divide at 26th and Broadway. Just north of the intersection lies a dismal strip of wholesale shops that supply the city’s street vendors with their cheap perfume… Read more »
There are some plays that, no matter how many different versions I’ve seen over the years, I will continue to seek out simply because the writing is so extraordinary. A Streetcar Named Desire comes to mind. Then there are plays that, although they are very good—masterpieces even—I feel no pressing need to ever see again. … Read more »
