Harrison’s Sophia Gennusa will share role Just announced today that the much-anticipated Broadway production of “Matilda” will alternate the demanding lead role among four young actresses, one of whom is from Westchester. Sophia Gennusa, 9, from Harrison, is a veteran of Purchase College’s famed “Nutcracker.” (That’s her, inset, when she… Read More →
For Cole Porter fans, the Lower Hudson Valley is the place to be this weekend, with four — count ’em, four — productions of “Anything Goes.” North Rockland ends its two-weekend run of the shipboard story of Reno Sweeney and Billy Crocker while Bronxville, Clarkstown North and Somers add their… Read More →
Devon James has been in so many productions of “Footloose,” the musical on stage at Harrison High School this weekend and next, that Kevin Bacon might be able to play Six Degrees of Devon James. He was in the ensemble of a Westchester Broadway Theatre teen troupe production, and?“understudied everyone”... Read More →
In a winter of shoveling discontent, there are at least nine reasons to see “Nine” at the Westchester Broadway Theatre. Reason 1: Robert Cuccioli’s performance is just the thing to soothe nerves frazzled by winter-storm warnings and power outages. Cuccioli, a WBT favorite in past productions of “Phantom” — also… Read More →
For Marisa Urgo, life is imitating art a bit. She’s cast as the coach’s wife in “Footloose” at Harrison. “Footloose” is, of course, about a town where kids are forbidden to dance. Because she plays one of the dance-forbidding adults, Marisa doesn’t get to dance a lot in the show…. Read More →
Here’s a look at a very busy spring on local stages, in both professional and community theater. Professional Axial Theatre Company: Axial presents “For The Love of Money,” an evening of monologues about people’s romance with money, May 13 through 23. At St. John’s Episcopal Church, 8 Sunnyside Ave., Pleasantville. 914-286-7680…. Read More →
When the curtain opens at the Tarrytown Music Hall at 1 p.m. tomorrow, Max Levy will do something that nobody thought he’d be able to do just a few weeks ago: He’ll play The Beast in Random Farms Kids’ Theater’s production of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.” When he was… Read More →
The Harrison Players are holding a Mardi Gras/Valentine’s Day function Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Veteran’s Memorial Building, 210 Halstead Ave., Harrison. Tickets are $15 per person (in advance, by Feb. 5) or $20 at the door and includes: dinner, dessert, beverages, dancing and entertainment. The evening includes a Mardi Gras Costume… Read More →
I had an earlier post about a fund-raising concert at Westchester Sandbox Theatre in Mamaroneck. Jason Summers, inset, followed up with details. The venue is a new non-profit youth theater Summers is co-managing. They’ll be holding auditions in coming days. For seventh-graders and older, it’s the Jason Robert Brown show,... Read More →
A new year brings a host of opportunities for theater lovers who want to take a more active role. Here’s a sampling of upcoming auditions across the Lower Hudson Valley: “Major Barbara” What: Bedford Community Theater auditions for George Bernard Shaw’s play, directed by John Thompson. When: 7 p.m., Jan…. Read More →
