Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains has a tradition of great theater and a tradition of alumni doing their part—and then some. Case in point: Stepinac’s 6th Annual Alumni Cabaret on Jan. 9. Here are the details, from an email: “Join Stepinac Alumni in the 6th Annual Alumni Cabaret… Read More →
The Westchester Concert Singers along their notice of “friendly” auditions. Gotta love a “friendly” audition. Here’s the info: “Currently in its 55th season, the Westchester Concert Singers is extending an invitation to singers in all voice parts (S, A, T, B) to become members. In preparation for May 1 an… Read More →
Just got off the phone with Terry O’Brien (inset), who has set two of the three shows that will make up the Hudson Valley Shakespeare’s 24th season at the Boscobel Restoration in Garrison. The festival’s artistic director is still after the rights to a too-soon-to-tell contemporary play, but he did… Read More →
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s artistic director Terrence O’Brien is about to announce the lineup for next summer. It’s welcome news, particularly with snow in the forecast. It holds the promise of warm, summer evenings overlooking the Hudson in Garrison and a talented band of players in service of Shakespeare. Terry… Read More →
City Island Theater Group is holding auditions for Frederick Knott’s “Wait Until Dark,” Dec. 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Church Hall, 116 City Island, Ave., on City Island. Performances are Feb. 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 at 8. Feb. 21 at 3. Directed by Eileen Marcus, here’s… Read More →
Fort Hill Players and director Melinda O’Brien announce Jan. 6 and 7 auditions for “FOR BETTER,” dubbed “a bright new comedy about love in the age of Twitter.” Performances are March 12, 13, 19, 20. Here’s a synopsis, from the press release: “Max and Karen are engaged to be married,... Read More →
The holidays are right around the corner and high-school directors and producers already know what awaits them in the new year. I sent out my annual let-me-know email and responses have been trickling in.
Nyack’s Joe Egan, to whom I always refer as “a set designer by trade,” writes: “If anyone is doing ”42nd Street” and wants to rent for a small fee all the dressing room mirrors with lights, I got em!”
Gail Persad at Sleepy Hollow has a newsstand cart you can use. “It’s red and big!” she writes. Jack Gremli at Nanuet is doing “Once Upon a Mattress” and would love it if someone still had their “mattresses” from past productions. Seems to me someone found some on the ol’... Read More →
Follow me on Twitter and you’ll get tweets about HSMs as soon as I get them. Working on THE BIG CHART to run in January….. www.twitter.com/peterkramer
I sent out the annual what-are-you-doing-when note to high-school-musical directors across LoHudland and have already started to hear back from some of them. I’ll begin posting their responses and continue to update—via Twitter, I think—as I get more details. We’ll run the entire list of shows in early January…. You… Read More →
Photographer Seth Harrison and I took a tour of Play Group Theatre’s new, still-under-construction home at One North Broadway in downtown White Plains this morning and all I can say is “Wow!” Co-founders Jill and Steven Abusch showed us around the work in progress, a 20,000-square-foot, jaw-dropping space, with two… Read More →
The kids at Hendrick Hudson High School are putting on their thinking caps when it comes to raising money. I love this idea! Here’s the pitch: “Do you have someone on your holiday gift list that is impossible to buy for? Well if you do, Hen Hud’s Band and Chorus… Read More →
What do you do when the director who revived your theater program takes a job elsewhere? If you’re students at Peekskill High School, you try your hand at Shakespeare. This weekend, students will present “An Evening With Shakespeare,” some of the bard’s most famous scenes. There’s Hamlet’s soliloquy and the… Read More →
