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Fredi Walker-Browne and friends at NYTW’s benefit. Photo: Jon Burklund/ZANNI Productions New York Theatre Workshop punches far above its weight. The gutsy little theater on East 4th Street, just in recent seasons, has produced shows like Slave Play, Once , and Hadestown, all of which later traveled uptown to play successfully on Broadway. Its primary impact on the theatrical Zeitgeist, though, struck way back in 1996, with the super-blockbuster Rent , Jonathan Larson’s rock adaptation of Puccini’s La Bohème. To celebrate the show’s silver anniversary, NYTW organized its annual fundraising benefit as a kind of birthday celebration. Between solicitations for donations, it invited current workshop collaborators to talk about Rent ’s impact on their work, Zoomed with old cast and crew members to share their memories of making the show, and presented new interpretations of a few Rent songs by the current crop of Broadway stars. Daphne Rubin-Vega videoed in, looking … [Read more...] about The Highs and Lows of NYTW’s

SINGAPORE: A S$150,000 fund to help low-income elderly residents of MacPherson will be launched later February. One in three residents in MacPherson is aged 50 and above, and about 1,400 of them live alone. This represents about eight per cent of Singapore's silver population. The constituency's Member of Parliament, Ms Tin Pei Ling, said the fund will help subsidise some of the health care expenses of those aged 50 and above. Ms Tin was speaking to reporters at a media briefing ahead of a ministerial community visit by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, S Iswaran. She said: "We hope that with this MacPherson CARE fund, seniors in MacPherson can look forward to tapping on this fund to relieve some of the financial stress they may feel when seeking medical follow-ups." Ms Tin and her team of grassroots leaders believe that some of the elderly residents struggle financially, even when it comes to caring for their health. She said: "Some of them may not have been … [Read more...] about More help for low-income elderly in MacPherson

SINGAPORE: In Rwanda, being caught with a plastic bag is a crime. The African nation is so serious about tackling the global plastic pollution crisis that since a decade ago, it is illegal to import, produce, use or sell plastic bags and plastic packaging except for specific industries such as healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Those caught carrying illegal plastic are liable to be fined, jailed or forced to make public confessions, the New York Times reported last year. In 2017, another African nation, Kenya, also enacted a law to punish anyone making, selling or importing plastic bags with as much as four years in jail or a US$19,000 (S$26,140) fine. While their measures to combat plastic pollution are not as drastic compared to Rwanda or Kenya, more than 40 countries the world over including China, the United Kingdom, Australia and Malaysia have banned, restricted or taxed the use of single-use plastics. The European Union (EU) is planning to enact a ban on such use among its … [Read more...] about The Big Read: As countries wage war on plastics, the jury’s still out on how best to tackle the problem

SINGAPORE: The seized luxury yacht Equanimity was moved from Port Klang to Langkawi as it needed to be kept running, said Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad when asked by reporters about the vessel on Thursday (Nov 15). Ships cannot be kept at anchor all the time because they tend to have problems, such as barnacles, said Dr Mahathir. The yacht, which is linked to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, arrived in Langkawi Wednesday for temporary docking after sailing from Port Klang a day earlier. READ: 1MDB scandal: A timeline The Cayman Islands-flagged Equanimity was seized in February at the request of US authorities as part of a multi-billion dollar corruption investigation launched by the Department of Justice into Malaysian state fund 1MDB. “Ships must be run. You have to sail the ship at least once every few days,” Dr Mahathir said to reporters after a bilateral meeting with his Australian counterpart Scott John Morrison on the sidelines of the … [Read more...] about Super yacht Equanimity sailed to Langkawi to preserve condition: Mahathir

KUALA LUMPUR: The luxury superyacht 'Equanimity', believed to be owned by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low will be sold within the next three to four months, said Malaysian Attorney-General (AG) Tommy Thomas on Tuesday (Aug 14). READ: Jho Low's private jet Malaysia's next target "We expect the process (of selling the yacht) will be completed within three to four months pending nobody contesting the ownership of the yacht in our courts," said Thomas at a special session during the 2018 International Malaysia Law Conference. "The money that we get (from the selling) will be transferred into a fixed bank account which will be granted to any party who can successfully establish the ownership of the yacht in a civil suit," he said. The RM1 billion (US$250 million) superyacht arrived in Malaysia on Aug 7 after being handed over by the Indonesian authorities. The Equanimity was seized off the coast of Bali by Indonesia in February at the request of US authorities … [Read more...] about Luxury yacht Equanimity will be sold by this year: Malaysia’s Attorney-General