The 2nd Act Players will host discussions on immigration issues following the first two Sunday matinée performances of its fall play, New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House. Three speakers active in the immigrant rights arena already have agreed to take part and more have been contacted to participate in the discussions which will follow shows […]

New Year’s Eve was perhaps the biggest feast of all because it was not unusual to have several meals over the course of the party, the first before midnight, a second after midnight and a third in the wee hours of the morning.

When you come to see New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House Nov. 3-18, you’re going to be hearing about the Waldorf. Specifically, you’ll hear about dancing in a Waldorf ballroom. What’s that all about? The Waldorf Astoria Hotel is a well-established New York City landmark which now has locations in other cities as well, including […]

Stickball was a quintessential New York City street game in the 1950s and 1960s. A version of baseball, it’s played with a skinny bat and a rubber ball. In the Depression of the 1930s, talked about in the nd Act Players’ November show, New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House, bats were often broom or mop […]

Ravioli is a traditional southern Italian favorite. In 1960 and 1961, Italian families like the Smaldones who you’ll meet in New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House this Nov. 3-18, would make their own from scratch rather than buy them pre-made or frozen as people do these days. Within the family, there was always a debate […]