John Anthony Lopez is King Arthur and Peter Turo is his trusty squire Patsy, coconuts at the ready, in rehearsal for the Westchester premiere of “Spamalot” at Yorktown Stage. The show, directed by Augie Abatecola, runs April 13 to 21. Photo by Joe Larese/The Journal News. If someone says “shrubbery”... Read More →
There is “American Idol” and “The X Factor”—with Mamaroneck’s phenom Carly Rose Sonenclar—but Westchester has its own singing competition: Westchester Teen Idol, held for the Saturday after Thanksgiving at Irvington’s Town Hall Theater. A fundraiser for PMT Productions, a Pleasantville-based community theater, Westchester Teen Idol this year winnowed down a… Read More →
Pleasantville Music Theater (PMT), a Westchester-based community theater group, will hold auditions on Sept. 10 and 11 for its popular Westchester Teen Idol competition.
Nice to learn about two community-theater groups coming together to put on a big, whopping show. Pleasantville Music Theatre (PMT) and The Armonk Players will hold auditions June 6 an 7 at Whippoorwill Hall in Armonk (next to the North Castle Public Library) for the Westchester community-theater premiere of “The… Read More →
PMT Productions, which started life as Pleasantville Music Theater in 1940, marks 60 years of community at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Richard Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester in Pleasantville. Among those scheduled to appear: Miguel Acevedo, Ray Arrucci, Rebecca Axelrod, Jim Coakley, Doug DeMarco, Dorina DiLullo, Jim… Read More →
Through the years, Dr. Laurence Baker has received his share of awards. “Recently, I was honored by the Psychological Association,” he says, “but I told my wife, Joy: ‘This one makes me happier.’” “This one” is the 2010 Cab Calloway Lifetime Achievement Award honoring work in the performing arts in… Read More →
