Original “Titanic” Broadway cast member Drew McVety will again set sail in the Tony Award-winning musical, which begins performances at WBT on January 16. The production, which is a new intimate adaptation of Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s lushly scored musical about the doomed ocean liner, will run through February 23. Original cast member Don […]
Yes, that’s a painting of a stork on the belly of expecting mother, Stephanie Vitale. Vitale, best known for her singing and acting exploits in local theaters such as Antrim, is a lifelong Rocklander and is due to give birth to her first child any day now. The big belly artwork was rendered by her […]
To the Editor, “Handling.” Remember when you ordered something and you were told the shipping charge, and you had a sense of whether or not it was reasonable? Well, some weasel got the idea to add “handling”–the billion dollar word–that increased the bottom line profits by at least 15-20 percent. Now we all know the […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Super Bowl XLVIII is the biggest sporting event in the United States this year and will draw hundreds of thousands of fans to MetLife Stadium on February 2. In anticipation of the Super Bowl, Rockland County has braced itself for a surge as visitors who will spend money on food, hotels and […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Shades Repertory Theatre of Haverstraw will show “Thurgood,” a film by George Stevens Jr. and starring Lawrence Fishburne, February 1. “Freedom Summer Part 2” by William Tucker, with Sam Wayman of Nyack as musical director will be presented February 7 and 8. August Wilson’s “Radio Golf” is on stage weekends […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Did the Department of Justice dictate last week that educators base discipline on racial quotas, as Foxnews and other outlets suggested, or didn’t they? As supporters of the controversial memo would have it, in an effort to reduce drop-out rates, recidivism and long-term legal problems experienced disproportionately by minority students nationwide, the […]