A new age in Westchester
-
- October
- 1
Consider this the dawning of a new age in Westchester theater with two venues getting big-time artistic directors who are committed to putting their theaters on the map.
First is Michael Bush at the Emelin, a tiny theater with big dreams. Bush comes from Manhattan Theater Club, where he was right-hand-man to legendary artistic director Lynne Meadow. He comes to an Emelin that is just starting a $10 million capital campaign to turn a sleepy 9,000-sq.-foot space into a 36,000-sq.-foot space, with a dedicated movie theater, a black-box experimental space and an expanded main hall with more seats. Bush will introduce himself to his subscribers at an Oct. 11 gala in New Rochelle and then they’ll get to see what kind of shows he’s been working on  and a taste of what to expect  during his 20-day “Theatre in Concert Festival,” Nov. 17-Dec. 6. The festival includes two shows about Tennessee Williams (a Bush favorite), a good sampling of cabaret (a Bush strength), and a little bit of country music (a new Bush obsession).
In White Plains, executive producer Jack W. Batman (pronounced BATmin) is turning the ill-fated White Plains Performing Arts Center, which had limped along after its management team lost the Helen Hayes Theater Company, into an Equity house to produce musical theater spectaculars.
On the season schedule is “Man of La Mancha” Nov. 29-Dec. 16, “Ragtime,” in a concert version Feb. 1-3, “Ain’t Misbehavin’” Feb. 28-March 16, and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” April 24-May 11.
Very exciting news.
This entry was posted
on Monday, October 1st, 2007 at 4:24 pm by Peter D. Kramer.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Print
| 
Email
Peter D. Kramer
