Here’s a look at my picks for the top moments on local stages across the Lower Hudson Valley in 2007.

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These are my top moments from 2007. If you’d like to catch their next great moments, check out their Web sites, listed below.

At the Schoolhouse in Croton Falls, Todd Susman and Reed Birney contemplated death and the quality of life in one of the strangest hotel rooms you’ll ever see – in Susman’s play “Locked and Loaded.” (www.schoolhousetheater.org)

At Hudson Stage, Matthew Arkin was an urbane killer in “Murderers,” playing dozens of different people – without changing makeup or costumes – on sheer talent alone. (www.hudsonstage.com)

At the White Plains Performing Arts Center, Broadway star Robert Cuccioli leaned on his lance and turned a senile old man into a noble knight in “Man of La Mancha.” (www.wppac.com)

Penguin Rep marked its 30th year with “Orphans.” It was a joy to watch John Magaro and P.J. Sosko as brothers whose relationship became more equal and yet more complicated. (www.penguinrep.org)

And there was Karen Mason, a Broadway star, who put her own spin on one of the great moments in theater history – the song “Rose’s Turn” in “Gypsy” – at Westchester Broadway Theater. (www.broadwaytheatre.com)

I’ll never forget Chris Edwards as the hunchbacked villain in “Richard III” – scheming, conniving and charming – at the sparkling Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Garrison. (www.hvshakespeare. org)

But one of my top moments this year was in a theater few could get to. It was deep inside Sing Sing prison in Ossining, where dozens of inmates performed “West Side Story” for an invited audience. When Johnny Hincapie, as Tony, lay dying, the audience sat rapt, many with tears in their eyes. It’s a moment I’ll never forget. (www.p-c-i.org/rta.php)