Monday, November 17, 2014
You’ve got tickets to take the kids to see “Aladdin” on Broadway tonight and the kid’s got the flu this morning. Disney Theatricals feels your pain and today announce…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:50AMWednesday, November 12, 2014
When high schools put on plays or musicals — as they will across the Lower Hudson Valley this weekend and next — friends and family will flock to the theater armed with flowers a…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 02:53PMWednesday, September 17, 2014
Walter Anderson knows how to put words on the page. For 32 years, he worked at Parade Magazine, the Sunday newspaper staple. Before that, he worked at the predecessor of The Journal News. He…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:39PMWednesday, September 10, 2014
When documentary filmmakers show a still photo and pan and zoom across it, it’s known as “The Ken Burns Effect,” championed by the man behind the PBS juggernaut “The …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:46AMMonday, September 8, 2014
When Robin Williams sat for an interview for the PBS series “Pioneers of Television,” the conversation covered everything from Mork from Ork to Method Acting. He was used in one …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:14PMThursday, August 28, 2014
Jim Brochu calls it “the curse of the character person.” In his musical memoir, “Character Man” — which Brochu brings to Rockland Community College on Sept. 13,…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:31PMSaturday, August 23, 2014
Hudson Valley Shakespeare’s 29th season will have a little summer and a little winter in it when it kicks off next June. First-year artistic director Davis McCallum told a select group…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 07:07PMWednesday, August 13, 2014
There is a time and place for serious theater, but the month of August is not that time and Stony Point’s Penguin Rep is not that place. Penguin turns its stage over to the New York pr…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:43PMFriday, August 1, 2014
Bedford filmmaker Dori Berinstein’s love letter to a lost friend, “Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love,” is up for a 2014 Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or series when …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:54AMTuesday, July 29, 2014
If Bill T. Jones wore all his honorary ribbons and medals at one time, the choreographer—who seems to glide rather than walk—would likely walk hunched over. Jones’ ceremoni…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 05:35PMThursday, July 24, 2014
For 44 summers, Rose Cremonese Norton and her happy band of co-conspirators have taken to the stage at Westlake High School to put on a show. This summer’s 44th production, Frank Loess…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:56AMThursday, July 17, 2014
Director Eric Tucker likes his Shakespeare pared down, putting an emphasis on the ensemble. Theatergoers at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, in its 28th season on a bluff overlooking …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:00PMTuesday, June 10, 2014
Long before she wowed Broadway audiences as an Iowa librarian who falls in love with a traveling salesman, Tony-winner Barbara Cook played for an audience of one. One traveling salesman. Her…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:48AMMonday, June 9, 2014
I guess giving Clint Eastwood’s 4 minutes of hemming and hawing and inability to read the TelePrompTer prompted Tonys producers to do the unthinkable: Omitting the “In Memoriam&#…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 04:23PMThursday, June 5, 2014
Every year, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival re-creates itself. The season is chosen, the directors hired, the shows cast. Then the tent goes up at Boscobel and theater lovers from acr…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:35PMThe 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Vocal Performance are: Bergen County Academies: “Bat Boy,” Caitlin Connolly (Meredith Parker) Clarkstown South: “The Mystery of Edw…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 02:01PMMonday, June 2, 2014
Life, it turns out, is a cabaret. Fair Lawn High School’s production of “Cabaret” won three honors — including the coveted outstanding overall production award —…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:43PMThe 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role are: Academy of the Holy Angels: “Seussical the Musical,” Sheena Santos (Jojo) Archbishop Stepinac: “M…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:17PMThe 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role are: Alexander Hamilton: “All Shook Up,” Heather Rubin Cabrera (Natalie) Archbishop Stepinac: “Mary Poppi…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:16PMThe final award of the evening. The 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Overall Production are: Outstanding Overall Production Archbishop Stepinac: “Mary Poppins” Don Bosco: …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:03PMThe 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Direction are: Archbishop Stepinac: “Mary Poppins,” Frank Portanova Hackensack: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:01PMThe 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Choreography are: Archbishop Stepinac: “Mary Poppins,” Charlotte Newman Don Bosco: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,&#…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:58PMThe 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role are: Fair Lawn: “Cabaret,” Matthew Mucha (Emcee) Pascack Valley: “Cabaret,” Calvin …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:55PMThe 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role are: Archbishop Stepinac: “Mary Poppins,” Chris Guzman (George Banks) Don Bosco: “Joseph and the Amazing…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:53PMThe 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Student Orchestra are: Bergen County Academies: “Bat Boy: The Musical” Fair Lawn: “Cabaret” North Rockland: “Cats”…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:48PMThe Seabees of Pleasantville start their medley with “Bloody Mary,” prompting Bloody Mary herself to appear. She makes a deal then leaves. Then Luther Billis and the boys sing &#…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:46PMHarrison is on stage rehearsing their medley from A CHORUS LINE, following Harrison’s from SOUTH PACIFIC. Next up is Spring Valley, rehearsing IN THE HEIGHTS.The post 2014 Metros: T-mi…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 05:25PMSunday, June 1, 2014
Here’s a look at the order of show for Monday night’s Metro Awards, which we’ll bring you LIVE from Archbishop Stepinac High School—at www.lohud.com. We’ll star…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:31PMThursday, May 29, 2014
There’s a reason Broadway’s John Treacy Egan will be stepping up to the mic on Monday night at Stepinac High School to host the 2014 Metropolitan High School Theater Awards. R…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:15PMMonday, May 12, 2014
Thanks to speedy Pete Carr and Matt Brown for turning around the announcement video so quickly. And to Danielle Rudess for coming over from Rockland. And to Chris Vaughan for his fleet finge…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 08:47PMThe Technical Merit nominees for the 2014 Metro Awards were nominated by teachers who submit a portfolio of student work. (Pictured: Rockland Country Day’s “Little Shop of Horror…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 08:35PM 
