Wondering how the new Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine plans to support the city’s performing arts sector as we move forward?
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I was too…

So I asked him.

Click below for Borough President Levine’s response.👇

At the beginning of 2020, I took stock.

Now -- I'm taking stock photography. And stock video.

Thrillist just published a great service story about how to score a cheap ticket to some of the hottest Broadway shows over the cold winter.

When you're at the Thrillist website, be sure to take a look at the SIX photo credit. 😊

And speaking of Broadway...check out my latest #shorts video clips at my YouTube channel RockinWorks Creative. I highlight how to enjoy a Broadway show and a delish meal in the Theatre District. More of these types of videos coming soon! #BroadwayIsOpen

While at my YouTube channel, if you like the content, please do consider subscribing. I appreciate it! 🙏

In one of my previous posts, I talked about how important video has become in content marketing.

This is super news for me because I'm a content writer who happens to LOVE to produce videos! I enjoy the process of coming up with original content that's not only fun for me to shoot and edit, but will also deliver value to the viewer.

I've already produced various short video series featuring:

• Bike rides in lower Manhattan
• Quirky short interviews with cool performing arts people

In my newest short video series, ROCKIN' IN NYC, I take you on various excursions throughout New York City that are affordable, and that I also think you'd enjoy yourself.

I try to pick activities that are not necessarily going to be on your radar that show how to experience New York City in ways that reveal the city's spontaneity and soul. 

Even though I'm a longtime New Yorker, you'll get to see me run into my share of obstacles. (Weekend MTA schedules anyone?) As a result, we all get to learn an important tip or two about navigating the city, as well as always being open to move to a Plan B, which can often be as good -- or even better -- than Plan A.

My latest episode is below. I hope you enjoy it.

​Please consider liking the video and also subscribing to my YouTube channel, RockinWorks Creative.

I'm looking to reach 150 subscribers by 12/31/21.

🙏 Will you help me get there? (Thanks in advance for liking and/or subscribing!)

For all you people who said New York City was dead -- you were dead wrong.

As spring is now in full swing, so is the city. Every day there seems to be a new thing to do and a new place to go.

Among those new places to go is the amazing new public park literally in the Hudson River, Little Island. Barry Diller funded this only-in-NYC floating green space gem in partnership with the Hudson River Park Trust. And the 2.4 acre project, which has been in the works for a number of years, could not be more inspiring.

Little Island would have always been welcome, but, after such an especially trying year, it could not have opened at a better time.

I urge you to visit Little Island before things fully open up and it gets flooded with tourists.

​If you do plan on visiting Little Island soon, I encourage you to check out my "mini-tour" to give you a sense of all the great experiences that await you -- and for some important things to keep in mind before you go.

In this latest episode of "TAKING FIVE WITH..." I chat with a comedic and multi-talented actor, singer, improviser and creator who you will undoubtedly recognize – even if you don’t know their name.

But now you will!

In this episode, we cover...

• How they got their start as a performer
• Which acclaimed TV show gave them their big break
• Memorable Broadway experiences
• How they stayed creative and connected during the pandemic
• Their latest TV show where they get to wear a lab coat -- again
• The personal project they love and can’t wait to get back to performing

 
Find out the answers to these questions and more -- in just five minutes!

Looking for someone to help script and produce
your next short video project? ​

Above is just a small sampling of the Broadway shows I've seen over the years.

While working on a project recently, I went through several boxes where I store my Playbills. I only needed to find one specific Playbill, but it was hard not to pause and acknowledge the wave of feelings that washed over me each time I came upon a program that sparked a memory.

I've been fortunate to work in the theatre industry in one way or another for more years than I care to admit. And long before I began working in the industry, I was an avid Broadway attendee.

There are so many Broadway songs that evoke strong feelings for me, each feeling unique and dependent on the narrative of the show, and where I was in my life at that moment while I was in the theater.

We all have different favorite shows and songs and we respond to them in our own way -- but I think we all understand in the same way that sense of a fundamental, very personal experience that Broadway evokes.

So today, in honor of how much Broadway has meant to me and how much I've missed it over the past year, I will be listening to a song list I put together of some of my favorites tunes.

I think you'll find some of your favorites in there, too?

The playlist is called "Robin's Broadway Faves" and the running time is about what a standard Broadway show running time would be. I look forward to putting on my Bose headphones and letting this one-of-kind medley seep into my soul.

This combo of songs weaves its own new narrative. Shuffle them, and you'll create another new narrative.

That's what I hope for Broadway when it returns. New narratives, new beginnings.

I hope you enjoy my playlist.

What are some of your Broadway favorites and why? What songs should I add in?

Looking for a content creator who loves to collaborate?

In this latest episode of "TAKING FIVE WITH..." I get to chat with a charming and talented Broadway actor about:

• Their Broadway journey
• How their dreams came true
• Where they were when COVID hit
• Will the Broadway tour they were on be back in 2021?
• What they’ve been doing to stay positive and active during the pandemic
• What it's like to be at the Tony Awards when your Broadway show is nominated for Best Musical

• And...what's next for them?

 
Find out the answers to these questions and more -- in just five minutes!

And if you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out this other fun episode of
​ "TAKING FIVE WITH..."

Looking for someone to help script and produce
your next short vide0 project? ​

Excited to announce my latest bike tour video highlighting some of downtown NYC's coolest landmarks, public art, and monuments! 

This is the third video in a three-part series that I produced for Village Preservation.

In this final episode of the series, discover the history and delights of Astor Place, St. Marks Church in-the-Bowery, Charlie "Bird" Parker's Residence, and Tompkins Square Park.

The video also includes interviews with local experts: Village Alliance Executive Director, William Kelley; Reverend Anne Sawyer, the fourteenth rector of St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery; and professional saxophonist and "Bird" expert, Jason Marshall.

If you like this video, please check out here and here for the first two videos in this series.

As I say over on my home page, I'm here to tell your organization's most compelling stories. 

Compelling, positive stories. 

I mine positivity. Because there are already plenty of people out there putting out the negative stuff. And I've got nothing to add on that front. Nor do I want to add anything on that front.

Speaking of mining positivity, here's something that got me excited that I really wanted to share. The HBO show Betty was recently shooting some scenes in SoHo for one of their second season episodes. We used to have TV and film shoots in NYC all the time. And this shoot was a sure sign that we're gonna have a whole bunch of shoots again very soon!

I decided to get a little meta and did a short shoot of the shoot. Check it out here.

​Or, you can see it by clicking this photo: