607 stories by "Peter D. Kramer"
OK, so Rosanna Scotto got her name wrong in the intro and said she was from Rye (not Mamaroneck) at the end, but Carly ROSE Sonenclar of “The X Factor” was on Good Day New York t…
Spring Valley High School’s award-winning director-choreographer Stacey Roth Tirro will meet with East Ramapo CSD Superintendent Joel Klein today, hoping that a wellspring of support, …
TCM host Osborne to help ArtsRock mark Gene Kelly’s 100th Robert Osborne, the host of Turner Classic Movies, is a walking encyclopedia of movie history, able to speak extemporaneously …
2 Yonkers High seniors channel emotions into art Stephanie Osorio, left, and Ywlianna Dominquez are art students at Yonkers Middle High School. Phot…
Kicking off the our new High School Arts beat on Monday—expanding on the musicals franchise we’ve built—with profiles of two thoughtful young girls: Ywlianna Dominquez and …
Barring a reversal or the appearance of a heretofore hidden benefactor, students won’t be going “Up the Down Staircase” at Spring Valley High School this fall, as the distr…
Sternhagen, Cunningham to read comic miscues at The Osborn (John Cunningham and Frances Sternhagen talk about “Comic Miscommunications,” the one-night-only show they’ll per…
Kind of addicted to this video from the cast of “Pitch Perfect,” which hits theaters in New York next weekend and wider the week after. New City’s Skylar Astin, who was in …
Director Dan Foster has his cast for Hudson Stage’s fall mainstage production: the two-man, many-character “Stones in His Pockets.” The Tony-nominee for best comedy won two…
Broadway’s John Treacy Egan directs Tony-winner On Friday, the newly expanded Westchester Sandbox Theatre—with more seats and a bigger lobby—opens the Tony-winning best mus…
Mamaroneck teen on a ‘wild ride’ Carly Rose Sonenclar singing Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good.” Got a few minutes with Carly Rose Sonenclar, the Rye Neck eighth-gra…
Fans of “Les Miserables,” the film starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Ann Hathaway, will have to wait a bit longer. Variety reports that the Dec. 14 release date has been c…
Toast of West End seeks Broadway lede “I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” —“…
A newspaper’s archives are a wonderful thing. As Carly Rose Sonenclar’s hometown paper, we’ve watched “The X Factor” star grow up, following her growth as a per…
Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar, who took “The X Factor” by storm when her audition aired last week, is getting more airtime. Her mom tells me Carly will be on NBC’…
Sternhagen, Cunningham to read comic miscues (John Cunningham and Frances Sternhagen talk about “Comic Miscommunications,” the one-night-only show they’ll perform at The Os…
Pelham natives, up-and-coming singers, play Mamaroneck Oct. 20 (Will, left, and Anthony Nunziata will be close to their Pelham Manor roots on Oct. 20, when they play Mamaroneck’s Emeli…
Westchester Broadway Theatre this morning announced its 2013 season, a mix of new and classic musicals. Now on stage is “Can Can,” the Cole Porter musical about, well, dirty danc…
The notes keep coming in from directors seeking actors. The latest is from Jeremy Quinn at White Plains PAC, who has cast “AUGUST: Osage County” with a mix of Equity and non-Equi…
Got a note from Jason Summers, who wears many hats these days. He’s artistic director at the Westchester Sandbox Theatre in Mamaroneck and still drives things at the cancer-fighting Th…
Carol Arrucci, longtime teacher, musical director, opens studio (Photo by Ricky Flores/The Journal News: Carol Arrucci is accepting students at her new studio, Cortlandt School of Performing…
From the it’s-never-too-early department, Pound Ridge Theater Company is hold auditions next week for its production next May. Here’s the announcement: The Pound Ridge Theatre Co…
Two stars from the 1920s — movie icon Charlie Chaplin (Rob McClure, right) and radio evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson — have something to sing about this fall. So does a redhead…
An actor’s life, with lessons from Tommy Nick Wyman has played roles romantic, comedic and ruthless in his actor’s life. He was Eliza Doolittle’s love interest in a 1981 re…
Here’s a look at what’s coming to Broadway in the foreseeable future. “Chaplin” — Rob McClure, right, is the man who became The Little Tramp, with Jenn Colella …
