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Decades after her death, Helen Hayes may be making her final Broadway exit. The Jan. 18 closing of the musical “Rock of Ages” heralds what could be the end of an honor bestowed o…
Dozens of little girls in holiday dresses will tug their parents into White Plains PAC starting this weekend, keen to see Ariel in the New York regional premiere of “The Little Mermaid…
The calendar may say December, but the Armonk Players are out to convince us its ‘Midsummer.” The group presents one of Shakespeare’s most accessible works—“A M…
Nyack’s Elliott Forrest will never forget how Mike Nichols — who died in New York on Wednesday at age 83 — saved his life one night. OK, his professional life. It was Feb. …
Wednesday night at Mamaroneck High School’s PACE Theater, five girls will take to a darkened stage and, when the lights come up, perform a dance they learned by the book. It’s ca…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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,…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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&#…
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…
The 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Vocal Performance are: Bergen County Academies: “Bat Boy,” Caitlin Connolly (Meredith Parker) Clarkstown South: “The Mystery of Edw…
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 —…
The 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…
The 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role are: Alexander Hamilton: “All Shook Up,” Heather Rubin Cabrera (Natalie) Archbishop Stepinac: “Mary Poppi…
The final award of the evening. The 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Overall Production are: Outstanding Overall Production Archbishop Stepinac: “Mary Poppins” Don Bosco: …
