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The 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Direction are: Archbishop Stepinac: “Mary Poppins,” Frank Portanova Hackensack: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,…
The 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Choreography are: Archbishop Stepinac: “Mary Poppins,” Charlotte Newman Don Bosco: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,&#…
The 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role are: Fair Lawn: “Cabaret,” Matthew Mucha (Emcee) Pascack Valley: “Cabaret,” Calvin …
The 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…
The 2014 Metros nominees for Outstanding Student Orchestra are: Bergen County Academies: “Bat Boy: The Musical” Fair Lawn: “Cabaret” North Rockland: “Cats”…
The 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 &#…
Harrison 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…
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…
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…
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…
The 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…
Seven productions are in the running for outstanding overall production at the 2014 Metro Awards honoring achievements in high-school musicals from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties.…
Here’s a look at Monday’s announcement of the nominees for the 2014 Metros, by the numbers. Pictured above are Stepinac’s Christine Turturro, Avery Avellino and Dahlia Whit…
Here are the nominees for the 2014 Metropolitan High School Theater Awards. The honors will be handed out at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains on June 2. Pictured above, Harris…
Nominees for the 2014 Metropolitan High School Theater Awards will be announced Monday, May 12 at 7 p.m. in a live lohud.com webcast from The Journal News studio in White Plains. There are 3…
The Metros are moving. After several years at Peekskill’s Paramount Hudson Valley, the Metro Awards—honoring the best in participating musicals at high schools from Rockland, Wes…
OK, there’s just one show remaining on the high-school-musical calendar, the final weekend of Stepinac’s “Mary Poppins,” so the attention shifts to a little event on …
Christine Turturro lives in Croton-on-Hudson and attends Croton-Harmon High School, but for months, she has been a fixture at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, rehearsing to p…
Sometimes, size matters. Last spring, diminutive Walter Panas sophomore Elizabeth Trifone was cast as Marta von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,” answering to her father’s whi…
Having survived a winter of discontent that stretched well into spring, theatergoers can be forgiven if they’d rather not spend more time indoors. But theater companies across the Lowe…
This weekend, Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains open a two-weekend run of Disney’s “Mary Poppins,” a clever update to the P.L. Travers-based 1964 film starrin…
Joe Brancato, Penguin Rep’s artistic director, has had it with people not talking to each other. Accordingly, Brancato and executive director Andrew Horn have set a season that will pr…
When you run a theater company, your radar is always on. Dan Foster’s radar found British playwright Caryl Churchill’s play “A Number” a while back. One of his Hudson…
I’ve been shooting Running Lines videos for years. Before there was Running Lines, we did a series called “Sixteen Bars,” in which one actor from each show sang about 16 ba…
In Rockland Country Day School’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” this weekend, the role of the nebbishy Seymour Krelborn is shared by junior Chris Kim and sophomore …
