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 →
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 →
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 →
Just got word from producer Danielle Rudess that the Metropolitan High School Theater Awards will return to Peekskill’s Paramount Center for the Arts on June 3. It’s an outcome that was put in doubt last October when the former moviehoise was shuttered abruptly, a $300,000 deficit cited. Since then, the… Read More →
Thirty-four schools, so far, are in the mix for the 15th annual Metropolitan High School Theater Awards, the Lower Hudson Valley’s equivalent of the high-school-musical Tony Awards, slated for June at a location to be named later. Producer Danielle Rudess reports that 17 schools from Westchester, four from Rockland and… Read More →
Paramount’s closure could send theater awards to Stepinac — or Jersey Albert Stanaj and Nicole Heney lead the cast of Stepinac’s “The Phantom of the Opera” at the 2012 Metropolitan High School Theatre Awards at Peekskill’s Paramount Center for the Arts last June. With the Paramount shuttered, Stepinac has offered… Read More →
Thought you’d like to know a bit about the emcee for tomorrow’s Metro Awards, the high-school equivalent of the Tony Awards for the Lower Hudson Valley. He’s Adam Seitz, a Broadway veteran (“The Ritz,” “Talk Radio,” “Barefoot in the Park”) who has appeared in two Woody Allen films, “Sweet and… Read More →
Now that the nominations are out, it’s time to think about getting to the Paramount on June 4. The show runs from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Producer Danielle Rudess has added an online-ordering component to the ticket-buying process. File photo by Vinnie DiSalvio: The crowd outside last year’s Metropolitan… Read More →
Here are the nomination tallies for 2012 Metro Awards, excluding those for technical merit, for which a school may be a multiple nominee. THE NOMINEES: ARTISTIC | PRODUCTION | RUNNING LINES VIDEOS
Archbishop Stepinac High School’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” leads the field with 15 nominations for the 14th annual Metropolitan High School Theater Awards, to be handed out June 4 at Peekskill’s Paramount Center for the Arts. The all-boys Catholic high school in White Plains… Read More →
Here, from producer Danielle Rudess, are the nominees in the Production (Technical) Categories for the 14th annual Metropolitan High School Theater Awards, to be handed out June 4, 2012 at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill. THE NOMINEES: ARTISTIC | PRODUCTION | BY THE NUMBERS | RUNNING LINES… Read More →
Here, from producer Danielle Rudess, are the nominees in the Artistic (Performance) Categories for the 14th annual Metropolitan High School Theater Awards, to be handed out June 4, 2012 at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill. Photo by Barry Sabino/The Photo Shoppe: Nominees Nicole Heney and Albert Stanaj… Read More →
I don’t know that I fully understand choreographers. They see things differently, I think, and are so far ahead of the rest of us that they start counting at the number 5. Lexie Frare is one of those people.
When the curtain opens on Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” at Clarkstown South High School this week, it will reveal a cast of triple threats: singers, dancers and actors trained by director-choreographer Justin Boccitto to tackle a tricky musical. In that crowd going “into the woods” will be senior Samantha… Read More →
The calendar may say January, but in the world of Danielle Rudess, the founder and sole proprietor of the loudest, proudest moment on the high-school-musical calendar — the annual Metropolitan Awards held each June — it might as well be spring. Rudess, the Metros producer, is looking for judges for… Read More →
Last week’s torrential downpour created a tsunami of sorts, a six-foot wall of water than raged down the Main Street hill in Nyack and right into Riverspace in Nyack, causing extensive damage that might take months to fix. Producer Danielle Rudess of the Helen Hayes Youth Theater tells me she… Read More →
Now we know who’s Who. Northern Highlands High School’s production of “Seussical: The Musical” was named outstanding overall production, and its Horton the Elephant was named outstanding leading actor, at the 13th annual Metropolitan High School Theater Awards at Peekskill’s Paramount Center for the Arts last night. The Metros —... Read More →
Looks like we’re all set to webcast the Helen Hayes Youth Theatre’s Metropolitan Awards live from the Paramount Center for the Arts on Monday night. Tune in to www.lohud.com at 7 p.m. for live backstage interviews and at 7:30 p.m., we’ll be webcasting the event that has been circled on… Read More →
After 37 straight years presenting big musicals at Clarkstown High School South, the venerable Clarkstown Summer Theater Festival is taking the summer off. The board of trustess of the festival, known simply as “summer theater” for generations, posted a terse note yesterday on the Clarkstown Summer Theater website. It read:... Read More →
Here are the nominees in the Artistic (Performance) Categories for the 2011 Metropolitan High School Theater Awards, announced by producer Danielle Rudess: Outstanding Overall Production Archbishop Stepinac H.S. – Beauty and the Beast Bergen County Academies – 42nd Street Don Bosco Prep – Jekyll and Hyde Hastings H.S. – Oklahoma!... Read More →
Here are the nominees in the Production categories for the 2011 Metropolitan High School Theater Awards, announced by Danielle Rudess, the event’s founder and producer. Outstanding Stage Crew Archbishop Stepinac H.S. – Beauty and the Beast Blind Brook H.S. – Urinetown Fair Lawn H.S. – Bye Bye Birdie Hendrick Hudson… Read More →
The nominations are out, and will be posted here at noon. I’ll post the production (technical) nominations and then the artistic (performance) nominations in two separate posts. Producer Danielle Rudess says they’ll be getting rid of celebrity presenters to focus the show on performance, and the kids.
