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Time of India
01-06-2025
- Time of India
NYC in 24 hours: 10 things you can do if you are in the Empire City for a day
New York City is one of the most esteemed cities in the States that is on the bucket list of every person planning a trip to America. The Empire City is high on technology, dreams and sights that are bound to leave you stunned. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Here's a curated itinerary of 10 things you can do when in New York. Sunrise at Brooklyn Bridge Image credits: Getty Images A trip to the Empire City would be incomplete without visiting the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. Plan an early morning walk to the bridge to catch some stunning views of the Manhattan skyline and East River, giving your NYC trip the best beginning. Breakfast at an NYC Deli Image credits: Getty Images Enjoy a scrumptious breakfast at a local NYC deli where you can explore the authentic tastes of a bagel with cream cheese, and a hot cup of coffee overlooking the bustling streets. Roam around Central Park Image credits: Getty Images Anyone who visits NYC definitely has Central Park in their itinerary due to it being featured in at least one of everyone's favourite movies. Stroll through the green oasis, play with some pets walking around and make sure to visit landmarks like Bethesda Terrace. Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art Image credits: X/@I_LOVE_NY Located just on the edge of Central Park is the Metropolitan Museum of Art which you might know for hosting the prestigious Met Gala every year. The Met has numerous famous paintings that you must see at least once in your life. Lunch at Chelsea Market Image credits: Getty Images For lunch, head downtown to the Chelsea Market where you can pick from a variety of cuisines including seafood and tacos that can satisfy every kind of palette. Walk the High Line Image credits: Getty Images After lunch, walk along the High Line, an elevated park built on a historic rail line which has gardens, installations and views of the city you would not want to miss. Visit the Empire State Building Image credits: X/@EmpireStateBldg Who doesn't want to see the Empire State Building when visiting NYC? No one! Plan a visit to the building and head to the observation deck for some capture-worthy views of the skyline. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Dine at the Times Square Image credits: Getty Images The next stop in the itinerary is Times Square! Roam around the area, click some photos around popular hoardings and have a wholesome dinner at any of the eateries where you can choose from classic American food to international cuisines. Watch a Broadway Show Image credits: Getty Images Being on Broadway is as much of a dream as watching it. Thus, what better way to finish off your NYC day than by watching the popular theatrical culture with a classic or a new hit? Drinks at a Rooftop Bar Image credits: Getty Images End your memorable NYC night, by sipping on some drinks at a rooftop bar and enjoying some groovy music.
Washington Post
17-05-2025
- Washington Post
Breathlessness, nausea, a cough and a mass suggested cancer. But was it?
In August 2023, Chelsea Cresencia flew to New York City from California with her boyfriend, Allen Nguyen, on her first visit to the East Coast for a planned 'fun trip' — filled with good food and touristy things, including a walk through the Chelsea district and its famous market, 'because it has my name,' she says.
New York Times
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
To Play Betty Boop, Jasmine Amy Rogers Had to Transform
When Jasmine Amy Rogers learned that she had been nominated for a Chita Rivera Award, for outstanding dancer in a Broadway show, her first reaction was to laugh. 'Just because I felt a little bit like an impostor,' said Rogers, who plays the Jazz Age cartoon character Betty Boop in 'Boop! The Musical.' 'The dancing is always something that I was so fearful of.' Indeed, the tap portion of the audition process had been, by her own admission, 'really bad.' 'I was so nervous that I just shut down,' Rogers recalled, just hours after the nomination was announced. 'It was very embarrassing for me. I did a little bit of the tap number from the beginning and I just couldn't pick up the pattern.' It sounded 'like somebody dropped a handful of silverware in the kitchen,' according to Jerry Mitchell, the musical's choreographer and director. But, he added in a phone interview, 'she went away, she worked on it, she came back and she was better.' And she got the job. The dance award nomination came late last month. A Tony nomination for best leading actress in a musical followed shortly after that. In his review, the New York Times's chief theater critic called Rogers 'immensely likable,' adding that 'she sings fabulously,' and 'nails all the Boop mannerisms and has a fetching way with a tossed-off line.' Not bad for a Broadway debut. In between sips from a chai latte at Manhattan's Chelsea Market, Rogers, 26, could not quite seem to shake a sense of awe at the turns her career has taken in such a short time. The young actress, who had earlier indulged in some shopping (including a collage that featured a boxer that reminded her of her dog), often laughed in slight disbelief, and admitted to feeling a little out of step over the years: sometimes literally, in reference to her dancing, but also more generally, like when she was a finalist at the 2017 Jimmy Awards, which honor outstanding high school musical-theater performers in the country. 'I felt like a fish out of water a little bit because I was like, these kids know more than I do about musical theater and they're so talented,' said Rogers, who represented her high school in the Houston area, where her family had moved in 2010. 'For a long time, and even still now, I have this impostor syndrome kind of thing where I'm like, 'Do I belong here?'' Rogers grew up in Massachusetts, the kind of kid who would put on a purple wig her grandmother had given her and 'sing to myself these sad songs, like 'Reflection' from 'Mulan,'' she said. She appeared in her first musical when she was 7, playing a member of Tiger Lily's crew in a production of 'Peter Pan' ('We were actually like a tribe of hippie Native Americans, which was nice') in Milford. From her spot in the ensemble, she somehow managed to sing over Tiger Lily. 'I just wanted to be as loud as possible, just singing and dancing my little heart out,' Rogers said, laughing. After high school, she moved again, this time to New York, where she attended the Manhattan School of Music. She dropped out after two years, having reached what she called 'a stagnant point.' It wasn't long before Mitchell cast her as the best friend of the main character in 'Becoming Nancy,' a new musical he was choreographing and directing at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta in 2019. Old habits resurfaced during that run, she said. 'There were a lot of moments where I was pushing myself a little too hard and the older cast members were like, 'You don't need to do this, you don't need to prove anything — you already have the role.'' Yet while Rogers could occasionally give in to her insecurities, she had a clear need to get out there and make herself heard. The next big gig after 'Becoming Nancy,' was the 'Mean Girls' tour, where she played Gretchen Wieners. Then Mitchell came calling again, in 2023, for the Chicago production of 'Boop!' 'I knew from having worked with her in Atlanta that she is a money player,' he said. 'From my experience with people like Norbert Leo Butz and Marissa Jaret Winokur, Laura Bell Bundy, Annaleigh Ashford — all the people I consider stars that I've had the opportunity to work with at a very young age — she's one of those people who never steps onstage without being absolutely certain of every move she's going to make.' While 'Boop!' was being retooled between its Chicago run and the Broadway transfer, Rogers had an experience that would prove transformational: The director Kent Gash cast her as Anita, a sultry singer and Jelly Roll Morton's lover, in his 2024 revival of 'Jelly's Last Jam' at the Pasadena Playhouse. Anita is, as Gash put it, 'a sort of bucket-list role for Black actresses in the musical theater.' (Tonya Pinkins won a Tony for playing her in the 1992 Broadway production.) He had seen footage of Rogers doing 'Boop!' in Chicago and arranged for a virtual meeting. 'About 30 seconds into the conversation, I thought, 'She's it,'' Gash said in a phone interview. 'She was talking like someone far beyond her years. I thought, she may be a little on the young side for it, but there's complexity in that soul.' Betty has her allure, but Anita was a different kind of sultry, and it proved to be another learning curve for Rogers. 'Anita is a sexy kind of woman, and she's very confident and cool,' Rogers said. 'And I just kind of felt like, How do I not come across as this weird little girl who's so awkward and strange? I had to work with an intimacy coordinator — not just on the intimacy of the show but on being. I think it's carried on to Betty, because she's a lot of things, but one of those things is she's sexy, and suave and cool,' she continued. 'I had to reframe the way I looked at myself completely, and it was really hard.' Widening the scope, Rogers said there was also the thrill of simply being in 'Jelly's Last Jam.' 'It was my first time being in an all-Black cast, which was so exciting, and our creative team was all Black as well, and it was very liberating,' she said. Being a part of 'Jelly's Last Jam' likely helped strengthen Rogers's performance of Betty, making it simultaneously more personal and more universal. 'What I love about being playing Betty is I am Black and I'm playing her, and there's a lot of pride in that,' Rogers said. 'But a lot of people come and watch the show, but they're not thinking about the fact that I'm Black. And I think that's really nice and exciting and refreshing.' Her performance connects with theatergoers because Rogers takes them along on Betty's evolution from a denizen of a two-dimensional black-and-white world to a full-fledged human in the strange land of 21st-century New York City. 'She was able to go even deeper the second time around and really flesh out this character,' Ainsley Melham, who plays Dwayne, a jazz musician and Betty's love interest, said over the phone. 'Breathe into all of Betty's dynamic, cartoonish qualities but also bring it down and ground it in reality.' Now, Rogers can maybe let herself enjoy the ride. 'Kent Gash came to see the show the other day, and it made me so happy,' she said. 'It was just so special. I was like, 'Oh my goodness — I'm an actress.'' It hasn't been that long since that messy tap audition, but these days, Rogers has definitely picked up the pattern.
