BY GEORGE J. DACRE
Syncopation, a romantic comedy by Allan Knee, opens Friday, August 11, at Penguin Repertory Theatre in Stony Point. It is the story of an unlikely couple, a middle-aged Jewish butcher and a young Italian garment worker, taking dance lessons in a sixth-floor walkup and dreaming of a better life. It is set in New York’s Lower EastSside in the year 1911. It runs weekends through Sunday, September 3. Visit penguinrep.org or call 845-786-2873 for more info.
More than 1,000 items, drawings and mementoes are set for display at the Edward Hopper House Museum in Nyack. It is the first time so many of the painters’ personal things related to Hopper’s life have been on display. Visit www.edwardshopperhouse.org or call 845-358-0774 for more info.
Ice Bucket Challenge to be held Saturday, August 5 at Empire City Casino in Yonkers. Starting at 1 p.m., there will be free festivities and family-friendly entertainment, plus and hundreds of participants simultaneously dumping ice water over their heads. Tim Rooney, president of Empire City, and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano say they’re proud and excited to be involved such an important event. Visit empirecity.com or yonkersny.gov.
Blues legend Popa Chubby will perform at the Turning Point Café in Piermont Saturday, August 12. The Chubster will be playing selections from his latest release “The Catfish.” Chubby will be at BB Kings in New York City on August 30. Contact Turning Point Café at 845-359-1089.
Forever Motown will be grooving at Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford on Saturday, August 12. “Annie” continues on main stage. Contact broadwaytheatre.com or 914-592-2222.
“In The Christmas Mood” with the Glenn Miller Orchestra to be held Monday, December 11, both matinee and evening shows.
Auditions for roles in “The Bridges of Madison County” at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack to be held August 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. Performances in November and December. Contact elmwoodplayhouse.com or 845-353-1313.
The Taming of the Shrew will be presented by the Babbling Brook Players on August 4, 5 and 6 on the lawn of the Montebello Village Hall. Call 917-747-9844.
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