The lights will come down on Broadway’s “Next to Normal” next month, an eventuality that has its composer looking ahead and one of its stars looking at his feet. Adam Chanler-Berat, the New City native who plays the lovable stoner Henry in the musical — about a woman’s mental illness… Read More →
I think I first met Robi Hager more than five years ago, when he was in an Off-Broadway production of “Orphan Train,” about the founding of the Children’s Aid Society. Then we talked when he played Joe Cable in “South Pacific” at Rye Country Day School. Then, the kid from… Read More →
Theater’s fleeting nature makes it difficult, but not impossible, to compile a list of 2010’s memorable stage moments across the Lower Hudson Valley. There are plenty of moments that linger in the mind long after the set has been struck. Here, in no particular order, is a list of memorable… Read More →
Clarkstown Summer Theatre Festival is planning its 39th summer and a production of “Bye Bye Birdie.” Auditions will be June 27 and 28 at Clarkstown High School South for students who will be entering grades 8 or just finishing their senior year. (Crew and orchestra require no audition and can… Read More →
I’ve been kind of out of the blog loop of late, working on projects for the new local-local Sunday LIFE section. Have you seen it? Anyway, I was lucky enough to be in the audience when Elliott Forrest, of Nyack and ARTSRock fame, directed a radio adaptation of A CHRISTMAS… Read More →
If there’s a menorah in your window and a Christmas tree in your living room, has White Plains Performing Arts Center got a musical for you! Actually, “That Time of the Year” — the Christmas-Hanukkah-New Year’s musical now getting its Westchester premiere at the White Plains PAC — works just… Read More →
And now for something completely different…. The 10-year-old Brewster Theater Company is diverting from its string of contemporary plays to present Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” a classic about religious hypocrisy, directed by Stephen DiRocco and produced by Daniel Bayer. “This play was originally written in French, so there are many translations out… Read More →
“King John,” one of Shakespeare’s rarely performed history plays, lacks some of the punch and fire of other more popular works in the canon. It doesn’t have the humped, snarling central character of “Richard III” — but it does have a usurper who clings to power amid political turmoil. It… Read More →
If Broadway leading ladies are your thing, Westchester is the place to be this weekend, as two stars of that firmament — Kelli O’Hara and Sutton Foster — fall to earth in the Lower Hudson Valley for cabaret performances. On Dec. 11, three-time Tony nominee O’Hara (“The Light in the… Read More →
Sutton Foster has made a career originating characters in Broadway musicals: Millie in “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” Jo in “Little Women,” Inga in “Young Frankenstein,” Janet in “The Drowsy Chaperone,” Fiona in “Shrek.” Next month, she’ll step into some well-worn shoes, preparing to play Reno Sweeney — a part owned by… Read More →
Kelli O’Hara, so memorable as nurse Nellie Forbush in the recent revival “South Pacific” at Lincoln Center, admits to still riding the high of that production. “I’m trying to soak it for all it’s worth,” she says with a laugh. “It was an uplifting and positive experience the whole time,... Read More →
OK, all of these people have been going to see previews of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” and reviewing it like it’s the final product, which is bogus. Thanks to Coco, you can see the real thing and judge for yourself:
Playbill reports that Rob Reiner (“A Few Good Men,” “The Princess Bride”) is itching to turn “Next to Normal,” the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning musical by Armonk’s Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, into a movie musical. Great news for Kitt, whose star has been steadily ascendent for years. Chances are, Hollywood… Read More →
They call it a “fall drama,” because it’s not a musical, but Putnam Valley High School’s TheatreWorks is not presenting a drama next weekend. It’s Michael Frayn’s hilarious comedy “Noises Off,” about a doomed troupe of touring players acting in a turkey of a show on a revolving set. We… Read More →
The Children’s Shakespeare Theatre — the gem of a children’s theater program — presents “Julius Caesar” at The Palisades Presbyterian Church 117 Washington Spring Road, Palisades. Opening gala is tomorrow, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m., with a post-show reception. $20, $10 for students. The remainder of the run is Dec. 4,... Read More →
