Port Chester’s storied theater aims to attract top rock acts (Photo by Mark Vergari: Peter Shapiro, left, and Jon Dindas at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, which reopens next week with a performance by Bob Dylan.) Here, Janis Joplin wrote “Mercedes Benz” at a neighborhood bar between the sound… Read More →
Returning this morning from a week off, I got a call from Marcia Clark, the shameless promoter of all things Hudson Valley Shakespeare, who tells me that HV Shakes’ poobah Terry O’Brien has announced two-thirds of the festival’s season for next year.
Artist returns to Nyack in multimedia festival (Photo by Seth Harrison/The Journal News: Kris Burns, artist in residence at the Hopper House, on the porch at the birthplace of Edward Hopper. Burns has devised the second annual “Hopper Happens” multimedia festival, Aug. 17-24, throughout Nyack. Learn 10 things about Kris… Read More →
Palminteri will do benefit Q&A for Lighthouse Youth Theatre (Journal News file photo: Chazz Palminteri in his Bedford home office.) Bedford resident Chazz Palminteri, whose autobiographical “Bronx Tale” story led to roles in “The Usual Suspects” and an Oscar nomination for “Bullets over Broadway,” believes in giving back. He created… Read More →
Update 10:11 a.m. on 8/17: Dylan tickets sold out in 10 minutes. Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre, which is about to reopen with Bob Dylan launching things on Sept. 4, announce that Deborah Harry and Blondie will play Oct. 7, the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend. Doors open at 6:30… Read More →
Touring company sets its sights on lakeside spot at Pace University (Photo by Simon Annand: Michael Benz is the doomed Dane in the Shakespeare’s Globe touring production of “Hamlet,” which will play three outdoor performances Sept. 28-30 at Pace University in Pleasantville.) Twice since 2009, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre has had… Read More →
White Plains PAC has just announced its 2012-13 season, which will include three mainstage productions: “August: Osage County” and “The Color Purple” (in New York regional premieres) and “The Importance of Being Earnest.” The 410-seat venue, next to the multiplex in the City Center mall in downtown White Plains, will… Read More →
Learned this afternoon of the death of actor Ron Paolillo at age 63. He was Horshack on “Welcome Back, Kotter.” Here’s my 2005 interview with him, when he was in Nyack with the play he wrote, “The Lost Boy,” a “Peter Pan” prequel long before “Peter and the Starcatcher” came… Read More →
The creative mind behind “Hopper Happens” (Photo by Seth Harrison: Kris Burns, in the tiny office upstairs at Hopper House in Nyack, from which she has been coordinating this week’s “Hopper Happens” multimedia festival.) Kris Burns’ office, up a narrow flight of stairs at the Hopper House in Nyack, was… Read More →
Bob Dylan will officially reopen Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre. Yes, his whereabouts on Sept. 4 will be positively Port Chester. His website announced just now that he will play the first show at the newly refurbished Port Chester landmark on Sept. 4. Bobdylan.com has announced that tickets to the performance… Read More →
Hudson Valley Shakespeare veteran brings one-man show to Depot Theater (Photo by William Marsh: Jason O’Connell relates his shared history with the Batman films in his one-man show, “The Dork Knight,” which plays the Depot Theater as part of Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s “In Process” series.) Actor Jason O’Connell has… Read More →
They have spent the summer toiling on “The 39 Steps,” “Love’s Labours Lost” and “Romeo & Juliet,” but on Aug. 20, the eight Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival apprentices will step front and center with their own production, of “Measure for Measure,” directed by festival long-timer Stephen Paul Johnson. 7 p.m…. Read More →
Larson musical among weekend’s offerings (The cast of Hudson Valley Teen Summer Theatre’s ‘Rent: School Edition’ at Clarkstown South High School this weekend is led by Craig Long, left, as Mark and Andrew Shepart, as Roger. Photo by Stacie Moye.)
Hudson Stage Company announced today that its fall mainstage production will be Marie Jones’ “Stones in His Pockets,” the dramedy about two Irish extras on a movie set. Dan Foster will direct and his co-founding partners, Denise Bessette and Olivia Sklar, will produce.The show will run weekends, Nov. 2 to… Read More →
A few new things to consider this weekend. Photo by Aaron Pepis: The cast of Penguin Rep Theatre’s production of “Don’t Talk to the Actors” by Nyack playwright Tom Dudzick includes, from left: Alexandra Turshen (Arlene), David Arkema (Jerry), Claire Karpen (Lucinda), Wilbur Henry (Mike), Beth Fowler (Beatrice) and Richard… Read More →
