Wow! in White Plains
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- September
- 26
Just got back from an interview with Jack W. Batman and Bruce Harris, the minds behind the newly revived White Plains Performing Arts Center in City Center, downtown.
They have some amazing things cooking at the new Equity regional theater next to the movie theater on the top floor of the City Center mall. “Equity” means professional actors in the intimate 410-seat space.
Things kick off Oct. 19 at 8 and Oct. 20 at 2 and 8 with “Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano,” a national tour on its way to Broadway.
Then the mainstage season begins:
“Man of La Mancha” — Don Quixote, Dulcinea and Sancho Panza. Nov. 29 through Dec. 16. Directed by Luke Yankee and sponsored by HSBC Premier.
“Ain’t Misbehavin’â€? — Fats Wallers’ great music kicks off at the end of Black History Month. Feb. 28 through March 16, directed by Jerry Dixon.
“How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” — Oh, I believe in you…. April 24 through May 11. Directed by Joe Leonardo and sponsored by Westchester County Business Journal.
Added in is a three-night concert version of “Ragtime,” Feb. 1-3, directed by Sidney J. Burgoyne. If this concert version goes well, and Harris and Batman think it will, they’re already thinking of doing a series of concert versions, like the “Encores!” series at that other City Center, in Midtown Manhattan.
More on this later. For now, go to their sleek new Web site, here.
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