The last time Campbell Scott was in “Our Town,” the Westchester native was just starting out in the profession, playing George Gibbs at Seattle Rep. Now, more than 20 years later, he has graduated from groom-to-be to the Stage Manager, a role played in that long-ago production by Biff McGuire…. Read More →
Chris Botti’s instrument — a 1939 Martin Committee large-bore handcrafted trumpet — may be the best thing ever designed by a committee. It’s the horn on which Botti (pronounced “BOAT-tee”) has recorded Grammy-winning music. And it really was designed by a committee. It’s the horn that has defied record-store pigeonholers…. Read More →
Fort Hill Players in White Plains is still seeking a male actor for the part of George in “Don’t Dress For Dinner.” Here’s their notice: “Don’t Dress for Dinner” is a frenetic case of mistaken identity with more twists than a corkscrew. From the author of “Boeing, Boeing,” this expert… Read More →
Most Mondays are dark at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, but the popularity of this summer’s season — “The Bombitty of Errors,” “Troilus and Cressida” and “The Taming of the Shrew” — has led them to add two extra performances of “Shrew” — Aug. 16 and 30. The Boscobel grounds will… Read More →
She may be half fish, but Ariel, Disney’s little mermaid, has had nearly as many lives as a cat. She was the focus of a 1989 feature film, a TV series, a 2008 Broadway musical and enough merchandising to make Miley Cyrus blush. The story of the mermaid who dreams… Read More →
This is a busy weekend for summer-theater festivals, those shows that appear every late summer, populated by youngsters home from college or awaiting another school year. Below this is a sampling of theater offerings across the Lower Hudson Valley in the next few weekends, in Rockland, Putnam and Westchester counties…... Read More →
Are you a budding Loesser? Is there a Hammerstein to your Rodgers? If you’ve written an original musical, Pleasantville’s Little Village Playhouse wants to see it — and maybe produce it one day. I got an email from LVP’s Patrick Gallagher, a musical scribe himself, who wrote that LVP is… Read More →
The Hope Players, the theatrical arm of the Hope for Change Foundation — a group committed to raising awareness and money to fight breast cancer — presents “Seussical” at Kennedy Catholic High School in Somers on Aug. 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Aug. 15 at 2 p.m. Advance-purchase… Read More →
Nice to hear that New Rochelle’s Andrea McArdle and North Salem’s Robert Newman are spending part of their summer in North Carolina in a production of “Annie.” McArdle, who burst onto the theatrical scene as the curly-haired redheaded orphan in the original Broadway production, made an appearance as the NYC… Read More →
Bedford Community Theatre will hold auditions for “Gypsy”—with all roles open—on Sept. 7 (from 4 to 9 p.m.) and Sept. 9 (from 4 p.m. to completion). Director Carin Zakes will be casting Mama Rose, June, Louise, Herbie, Tulsa, and those funny strippers. There are also several roles for young actors,... Read More →
A few months back, I wrote about North Salem’s longtime Broadway standby and understudy Merwin Foard when “The Addams Family” opened on Broadway. Read that “Addams Family” story here. Merwin emailed me that he’s finally going on, as a vacation cover, for Terrence Mann (as Mal Beineke), through Aug. 1…. Read More →
As it wraps up “Shooting Star” (which stars Broadway vets Karen Ziemba and Gregg Edelman) at the end of this week, Penguin Rep Theatre is about to turn to Verne, Jules Verne, with the comic adventure “Around the World in 80 Days.” The run for the Mark Brown adaptation is… Read More →
Pleasantville’s Axial Theatre has made a name for itself presenting new works for more than a decade. And Artistic Director Howard Meyer (inset, photo by Mark Vergari/The Journal News) has been helping to present new actors through his HMActing Program. In a few weeks—on Aug. 20 and 21—some of his… Read More →
As a poor salesman, Dick Smith of Somers is a good actor. Smith, a fixture of Westchester community theater for more than a generation, took home two acting awards playing Ralph in Hastings playwright Albi Gorn’s “Dearth of a Salesman” at the Eastern States Theatre Association Festival in Newark, Del.,... Read More →
Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack is about to open Rebecca Gilman’s “Boy Gets Girl,” directed by Kathy Gnazzo. Performances run July 16 through Aug. 7 Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 2 and Thursday, Aug. 5 at 8. The play involves a man and a woman and when no means no…. Read More →
C&K Productions International is holding casting audition for the play “Slow Dance On A Killing Ground,” from 5 to 9 p.m. on July 8 and 9 at the Residence Inn in Yonkers. C&K is casting the following parts: Randall, an 18- to 21-year-old African American; Mr. Glas, a 53- to… Read More →
If you’re willing, you can go Will-ing — as in finding Will Shakespeare — across the Lower Hudson Valley this summer. First to the ones that won’t last long: Rockland Shakespeare Company presents “Much Ado About Nothing” outdoors at SUNY Rockland July 9, 10, 16, 17 and 18. One of… Read More →
If you find yourself in Elmsford the next few weeks, don’t be surprised to hear crowing coming from the Westchester Broadway Theatre. “Peter Pan” is in town for a six-week run at the dinner theater. Check out the Westchester Broadway Theatre Website. The boy who’ll never grow up is played… Read More →
For 24 summers, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival has developed a devoted following who’ll sit through rain, fog and oppressive heat. But artistic director Terrence O’Brien knew he couldn’t compete with Independence Day fireworks across the Hudson at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. When the bombs began bursting in… Read More →
