By Vincent Abbatecola 10) Marjorie Prime – The rapid advancement of technology is something that’s been examined a few times in film in recent years, and writer-director Michael Almereyda approaches it from a new angle in “Marjorie Prime.” Based on the play by Jordan Harrison, the film tells the story of an elderly woman named Marjorie (Lois Smith) who […]
BY BJ GRECO Members of Tappan Zee High School’s Concert Choir and Chorale performed a special holiday arrangement by music teacher Dr. Russell Wagoner in “The Sounds of Christmas” opening of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular on December 15. Among the audience members were 45 South Orangetown Middle School seventh and eighth-grade chorus […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Nyack’s Neil Berg is presenting 100 Years Of Broadway from December 18th to December 31st at the Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford with a cast of several Broadway stars, including Rita Harvey, Craig Schulman, Lawrence Clayton, Catherine Brunell, William Michale, Rebecca Pitcher and Danny Zolli. The show on New Years Eve will be a celebration of 2018. Contact […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The play “Stick Fly” written by Lydia R. Diamond and directed by Joe Albert Lima to show at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack, weekends March 9 through April 7. A ‘dramedy’ that explores complex and intertwining issues of family, trust and class in an affluent African-American family. Info: 845-353-1313 or www.elmwoodplayhouse.com. Orangeburg […]
By Vincent Abbatecola *Spoiler-free review* While any installment in a trilogy carries its own degree of importance, it’s the second film that acts as a turning point. It expands upon what we saw in the first film and offers a few surprises, all of which propels events for the final installment. I think we can all agree […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT The third and final holiday weekend at the Orangetown Historical Museum and Archives will be held this Sunday, December 17, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the Dutch sandstone DePew House at 196 Chief Bill Harris Way (Formerly Blaisdell Road) in Orangeburg. The program, which is open to the public free of charge, is entitled “Sunday in […]