PWC in NYC

By Vaze Haze

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” - Mark Twain.

This month we had the opportunity to escape PWC for the weekend and explore up north the bustling art centers and villages of the biggest apple in the world, New York City.

Traveling from Manhattan through SoHo, Little Italy to the shores of New York’s newest public attraction Little Island near Chelsea Market. We explore Art Centers, Restaurants, Cabarets off-Broadway, and much more. What can we learn from the most multicultural city in America and what ideas could transform Prince William County? Follow us across these Pages on our trip.

Interview With Lenny Watts

During the trip to NYC, I had the chance to view an off-Broadway experience of a cabaret show at Don’t Tell Mama. A notorious hotspot for what would later become Broadway hits to grow from, it houses many actors who take to its stages to hone material. The cabaret show featured students of Lenny Watts. Lenny, a professional showman and teacher of cabaret himself gathered a cast of 5-6 students between the ages of 40 - 80 who had never had the courage to take the stage themselves beforehand, to lay bare their souls mixed with selections from musical compositions that spanned sometimes 200 years in age. Truly an insightful experience into the world of solo musical theater that captures insecurity in monologue.

Check out my interview with Lenny here. We look forward to the programming he will bring to Prince William County.

Here is that interview exploring the world of intimate cabaret Theater: https://youtu.be/bkb7vbpRCkw

Interviews continue on page 25