Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival will run three shows in repertory this summer: “Romeo & Juliet,” “Love’s Labours Lost” and a third small-ensemble show that hadn’t been named till today. It’ll be “The 39 Steps,” the wildly successful four-hander that ran on Broadway and move Off-Broadway. A wickedly clever homage to… Read More →
How’d you like to get two Broadway tickets for the price of one? The city’s tourism office today announced Broadway Week will take place from Jan. 17-Feb. 4. Tickets go on sale January 4. This year’s participating shows are: “Anything Goes,” “Chicago,” “Chinglish,” “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess,” “Godspell,” “Jersey… Read More →
Was delighted to be in the audience for yesterday’s “A Christmas Carol: Radio Play” at the Jerome L. Greene Space in Lower Manhattan. A perfect way to get in the holiday spirit, with F. Murray Abraham as Scrooge and the on-air talent from WNYC and WQXR as the ensemble. Directed… Read More →
For the past three years, Terry O’Brien has been summering with Shakespeare and wintering with the Fezziwigs. The artistic director of the celebrated Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival began a journey with Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in 2009, when four festival actors performed the section of the holiday classic involving… Read More →
There’s a host of Ebenezers roaming the Lower Hudson Valley this season. Here’s a sampling. “A Christmas Carol” — Jonathan Kruk tells the tale in Sleepy Hollow’s Old Dutch Church. Dec. 3, 10, 17. On the hour from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. $16, $12 for those under 18. Reservations… Read More →
