Brewster Theater Company sent the following. Sounds like they’re onto something.

PMT Productions presents “Urinetown, The Musical”  at The Richard Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester located at 600 Bear Ridge Road in Pleasantville June 12 and 13 at 8 and June 14 at 7, June 19 and 20 at 8 and June 21 at 3.

Fort Hill Players is holding auditions for an adult cast of the children’s classic, THE SWORD IN THE STONE, their Free Summer Theater in the Parks production.

Special talents  juggling, acrobatics, stilt walking a plus but not required. Be prepared to demonstrate your talent.  Musicianship a plus but not a required. If you play Guitar, Harmonica, Flute, Recorder, Percussion,
Accordion or Violin – please bring it to the audition.  Dan Held directs.

Auditions May 19 and 21 at 7 p.m. at Rochambeau School, 228 Fisher Ave., White Plains.
Information at 914-946-5143 or at www.FortHillPlayers.com

Performances dates:
WHITE PLAINS PARKS
July 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 16, 21

More details about The Metropolitan Awards, to be handed out June 8 at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill. (Nominations will be announced LIVE on Lohud.com at 7 p.m. Monday May 18.)

Adam and Todd Stone, aka Stone and Stone, will be the emcees for the awards. The identical twins were seen on “Last Comic Standing” and have some pretty funny videos on Youtube and on their Web site—www.stoneandstone.org.

They were involved with Pelham High School’s theater productions and performed onstage at “The Helens” when their productions were nominated for overall outstanding production. In 2001, Adam Stone, played Zach (the director), in Pelham High School’s production of “A Chorus Line,” which won for Outstanding Overall Production.

Should make for an entertaining evening in Peekskill.

Photo from the StoneandStone.org Web Site.

I was planning to interview Nyack playwright Tom Dudzick today about his new play, “Our Lady of South Division Street,” which will open the season at Penguin Rep in Stony Point next week. But Tom’s brother, Mike, died Wednesday in Buffalo and Tom headed up to take care of things.

I spoke with Danielle Rudess, the honcho at the Helen Hayes Youth Theater, this morning and she’s got some news about the 11th annual high school theater awards.

Students from Saint Joseph Regional High School — and girls from neighboring schools — will perform Ken Ludwig’s Tony award-winning farce “Lend Me a Tenor” May 14-17 at the school in Montvale, N.J., a stone’s throw from Rockland County.

The Port Chester Council for the Arts announces auditions for its Summer 2009 Theatre Season — Urinetown, The Wiz, High School Musical and Twelfth Night.

Auditions are open to both residents and non-residents of Port Chester. For questions or more information, contact the PCCFA at 914-939-3183.
Young Adult Theatre
“Urinetown:” Open to those entering their junior year of college in September or older.  Auditions will be held on  May 13 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and  Thursday, May 14 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at  Crawford Park Mansion, Ridge Street, Rye Brook. “Urinetown” is directed by Christina Colangelo, with musical direction by Cindy Moore. Performance dates are July 9, 10, 11 at 8 p.m. at Crawford Park Mansion. 
Actors should be prepared to sing 16-24 bars of music in similar style and provide sheet music if selection is not from Urinetown.
Sides will be provided at auditions. There is a $50 participation fee which can be subsidized with program advertising sales. For more information, email cmcolange@aol.com

Teen Theatre
“The Wiz:” For teens entering grade 9 through sophomore year of college in September. Auditions will be held May 18 and 19 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at  Crawford Park Mansion, Ridge St., Rye Brook. The  Wiz is directed by Julie Colangelo with musical direction by Cindy Moore. Performance dates are July 24 and 25 at the Rye Country Day School Performing Arts Center, Rye. Actors should be prepared to sing, dance and read, and provide sheet music if selection is not from  The Wiz. There is a participation fee of $85 for Port Chester residents and $125 for non-Port Chester residents. Scholarships are available upon request.

Children’s Theatre
“High School Musical — The One Act:” For children entering grades 2 through 8 in September.  Auditions will be held June 15 and  16 from  3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at  Crawford Park Mansion, Ridge St., Rye Brook. High School Musical is directed by Kelly Budde with musical direction by Cindy Moore. Performance dates are July 31 and Aug. 1 at Rye Country Day School Performing Arts Center, Rye. Actors should be prepared to sing, dance and read. There is a participation fee of $85 for Port Chester-residents and $125 for non-residents. Scholarships are available upon request.

Lawn Chair Theatre
“Twelfth Night:” For young adults entering grade 9 in September and older.  Auditions will be held June 10 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and June 12 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Girl Scout House, Lyon Park, Port Chester. Twelfth Night is directed by Tal Aviezer. Performance dates are August 13, 14, 15 in Lyon Park. Actors should come prepared to read selections from the script, which will be provided by the director. Actors will find it helpful to read the play before auditioning. For an advance look at the audition selections, please visit portchestershakespeare.org. There is a participation fee for students of $85 for Port Chester residents and $125 for non-residents. The adult participation fee is $50.

White Plains’ native Jennifer Damiano has been nominated for a Tony as best-featured-actress in a musical for her portrayal of Natalie in “Next to Normal.”

 I talked with fellow nominee, composer Tom Kitt of Armonk, who called Jenn’s nomination, at age 17, “staggering.”

Jenn called me a bit ago and we talked about her momentous morning, which started with her oversleeping the announcement by 40 minutes.

She woke to a phone call from her manager, Emily Gerson-Saines.

Well, the high-school-musical season is all but over — Byram Hills is doing “Zombie Prom” later this month—and I thought we’d wrap it up with a little feature on where you guys go after opening night? Last Friday, Walter Panas High School’s Panas Players opened “South Pacific” and then went to the Mohegan Diner to unwind.

They had a cast party, too, but the diner after Opening Night is a must for most high-schoolers. (I know it was when I did theater, at a time right after the Greeks. Fifty of us would go to Denny’s for burgers and fries. Some of us would even drink coffee.)

Where is your theater eatery? What do you guys order? How late did you stay? Did you pretty much take over the whole place?

As for Panas, see Angie Gaul’s great photos here. And check out Angie’s video at www.lohud.com/highschoolmusicals

The summer show in Briarcliff Manor needn’t be a secret. It’s “The Secret Garden,” with a book and lyrics by Marsha Norman and music by Lucy Simon, based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Carol de Giere wrote “Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked” — and she’ll be at Tarrytown’s Warner Library on Saturday, dishing about the composer.

As part of the 2009 Meet The Authors event at Warner Library, de Giere will be joined by vocalists Carole Demas and Lara Janine, and pianist David Pepin, to perform some of the songs from “The Baker’s Wife,” “Wicked” and “Pippin.”

The event is 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the library’s upstairs event room. Warner Library is at 121 N. Broadway in Tarrytown.

Yorktown Stage announces director Greg Baccarini will hold auditions May 17 and 18 for “Footloose.”

Auditions will be held by appointment only on May 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and May 18 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Callbacks will be May 20, from 7 to 10 p.m.) To arrange a time, call 914-962-0606 or email YorktownStage@aol.com.

Jennifer Ricci is looking for two young people to fill out the top of her cast for a youth version of “Godspell” at St. Gregory the Great Church this summer.

She writes: “I am looking for two people who are willing to play Jesus and John the Baptist in a youth version of GODSPELL in Harrison, at the end of June.  The rest of the cast is ages 9-18, but these two roles can be played by young adults or even adults, if needed.

The show is being put on by St. Gregory the Great Church, and if you or someone you know is interested, please contact Ricci at harrisonplayers@yahoo.com or Maria Gaudelli, at mariarelig@aol.com.”

Tonight, Westchester Broadway Theatre hosts the 2009 Cab Calloway Lifetime Achievement Awards.