In the Wings http://theater.lohudblogs.com All things theatrical Tue, 21 May 2013 15:08:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Quite a weekend for Harrison’s Mastroberardino http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/21/quite-a-weekend-for-harrisons-mastroberardino/ http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/21/quite-a-weekend-for-harrisons-mastroberardino/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:28 +0000 Peter D. Kramer http://theater.lohudblogs.com/?p=11635 On Friday, Harrison junior Halle Mastroberardino was nominated for a Metro Award for playing Polly Baker in Harrison’s “Crazy for You.” She didn’t have much time to savor the nomination, as she was expected at the Gershwin Awards bright and early on Saturday. The Gershwinds, at NYU’s CAP 21 Studios,... Read More →

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]]> http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/21/quite-a-weekend-for-harrisons-mastroberardino/feed/ 0 HSMs: 2013 Metro Awards nominees http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/17/hsms-2013-metro-award-nominees/ http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/17/hsms-2013-metro-award-nominees/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 20:03:53 +0000 Peter D. Kramer http://theater.lohudblogs.com/?p=11619 Ramsey High School in Bergen County leads the list of nominees for the 16th annual Metropolitan High School Theater Awards announced Friday. The awards will be presented June 3 at the newly reopened Paramount Hudson Valley theater in Peekskill. Ramsey’s production of “Crazy for You” racked up an impressive 18... Read More →

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]]> http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/17/hsms-2013-metro-award-nominees/feed/ 7 HSMs: Metro Awards nominations today http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/17/hsms-metro-awards-nomination-morning/ http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/17/hsms-metro-awards-nomination-morning/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 13:09:17 +0000 Peter D. Kramer http://theater.lohudblogs.com/?p=11612 A lot of excitement for high-school-musical kids across the Lower Hudson Valley this morning as the nominations for the 2013 Metropolitan High School Theater Awards are just a few hours away. At 4 p.m., producer Danielle Rudess and I will sit down in the rehearsal studio at Helen Hayes Youth... Read More →

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]]> http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/17/hsms-metro-awards-nomination-morning/feed/ 0 Exclusive: Friday at 4, the Metro Awards nominations http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/15/exclusive-friday-at-4-the-metro-nominations/ http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/15/exclusive-friday-at-4-the-metro-nominations/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 21:15:53 +0000 Peter D. Kramer http://theater.lohudblogs.com/?p=11601 Happy to announce that I’ll be joining producer Danielle Rudess at 4 p.m. on Friday in the rehearsal studios of her Helen Hayes Youth Theater in Nyack to announce – live via a lohud.com exclusive webcast – the nominees for the 16th annual Metropolitan High School Theater Awards. There are... Read More →

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]]> http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/15/exclusive-friday-at-4-the-metro-nominations/feed/ 0 Carly Rose Sonenclar to debut at Playland June 29 http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/14/carly-rose-sonenclar-to-debut-at-playland-june-29/ http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/14/carly-rose-sonenclar-to-debut-at-playland-june-29/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 19:30:35 +0000 Peter D. Kramer http://theater.lohudblogs.com/?p=11599 Just learned that Mamaroneck phenom Carly Rose Sonenclar, who just turned 14, will make her concert debut right here in Westchester, with a 7 p.m. concert at Rye Playland on June 29. Tickets – $75 reserved – will go on sale tomorrow, May 15 at 3 p.m. at Ticketmaster.com. General-admission... Read More →

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]]> http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/14/carly-rose-sonenclar-to-debut-at-playland-june-29/feed/ 0 Metro Awards tap emcee: Broadway’s John Treacy Egan http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/10/metro-awards-have-a-host-broadways-john-treacy-egan/ http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/10/metro-awards-have-a-host-broadways-john-treacy-egan/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 20:01:40 +0000 Peter D. Kramer http://theater.lohudblogs.com/?p=11583 The 16th annual Metropolitan High School Theater Awards are just around the corner and there’s news to report. Producer Danielle Rudess tells me the evening (June 3 in Peekskill) will be hosted by Westchester’s Broadway star, John Treacy Egan of Larchmont, who is currently in the final weeks playing Chief... Read More →

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]]> http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/10/metro-awards-have-a-host-broadways-john-treacy-egan/feed/ 0 Penguin Rep leads off 36th season with ‘Class’ http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/09/penguin-rep-leads-off-36th-season-with-class/ http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/09/penguin-rep-leads-off-36th-season-with-class/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 16:38:19 +0000 Peter D. Kramer http://theater.lohudblogs.com/?p=11567 Joe Brancato is fond of saying he likes plays that entertain while “stirring the gray matter.” In 35 years as founding artistic director at Stony Point’s Penguin Rep, he has presented new works that have done both. Season 36 looks like more of the same in the 108-seat barn theater... Read More →

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]]> http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/09/penguin-rep-leads-off-36th-season-with-class/feed/ 0 Old-school photographer is on a roll http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/02/old-school-photographer-is-on-a-roll/ http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/02/old-school-photographer-is-on-a-roll/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 16:56:11 +0000 Peter D. Kramer http://theater.lohudblogs.com/?p=11555 Victoria Fried has only been at photography for three years, but the 18-year-old Ossining High School senior is certainly making up for lost time, compiling an award-winning portfolio of images that dare you to look away. In an age where digital photography promises the immediate payback of rapid-fire shutters delivering... Read More →

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]]> http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/02/old-school-photographer-is-on-a-roll/feed/ 0 Preparts: Ossining High School photographer Tori Fried http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/02/preparts-ossining-high-school-photographer-tori-fried/ http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/02/preparts-ossining-high-school-photographer-tori-fried/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 12:41:39 +0000 Peter D. Kramer http://theater.lohudblogs.com/?p=11551 Changing my musicals hat into my high-school-arts hat (a top hat for a fedora) to chat with Tori Fried, a senior at Ossining High School who is old school when it comes to photography. She shoots on actual film. Remember film? Tori does, and prefers it to digital photography for... Read More →

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]]> http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/02/preparts-ossining-high-school-photographer-tori-fried/feed/ 0 Eastchester’s Posner lands 3 of 4 musical-lighting Tony nods http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/30/eastchesters-posner-lands-3-of-4-musical-lighting-tony-nods/ http://theater.lohudblogs.com/2013/04/30/eastchesters-posner-lands-3-of-4-musical-lighting-tony-nods/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:47:47 +0000 Peter D. Kramer http://theater.lohudblogs.com/?p=11537 Jesse Tyler Ferguson sounded like a broken record this morning as he announced the 2013 Tony nominees for best lighting design for a musical. “Kenneth Posner for ‘Kinky Boots,’” the “Modern Family” star read. “Kenneth Posner for ‘Pippin,’” he continued. “Kenneth Posner for “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” Ferguson said, with... Read More →

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