BY GEORGE J. DACRE Photos by John Vecchiolla Darien Crago as Ginger Rogers makes this Ginger Rogers musical move, and the music brings back the memories of those years ago when Ginger and Fred Astaire lit up the movie screen with their wonderful song and dance numbers. Crago and Jeremy Benton, as Astaire, recreate it […]
Corner Bakery Cafe is returning to Nanuet, hosting a grand re-opening of the cafe on Monday, August 24. The Nanuet cafe is under new ownership whom owns one other Corner Bakery and over a dozen Buffalo Wild Wings. It is located at 9101 Fashion Drive within The Shops at Nanuet. To celebrate the cafe’s grand re-opening, […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE ArtsRock sixth season will bring, “An Evening Of Presidential Politics” on Saturday, October 7 at the Nyack Center at 8 p.m. with John Hockenberry of NPR on WNYC, Nancy Giles of CBS Sunday Morning, Hendrick Hertzberg of The New Yorker, and Frances Wilkinson of Bloomberg View all hosted by Elliott Forrest […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Nyack Village Theatre and Richard Quinn present the 4th Annual Film Festival August 13, 14, 15 and 16 at 88 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Nyack. Call 201-694-0610 for information and tickets. – “Becoming Dr. Ruth” opens Friday, August 14 at Penguin Repertory Theatre, Crickettown Road, Stony Point. Tickets and information […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Westchester Broadway Theatre will be showcasing “Backwards and in Heels,” a musical about Ginger Roger’s public and private life, from August 13 – September 20. The musical first premiered at Florida Stage in 2007 and sold out its entire run. What makes this adaption so remarkable is Jeremy Benton. Benton, who […]
BY THE SPECTATOR, JOHN MALONEY It’s been a while since I appeared in print but I’ve been busy doing other things – like trying to come up with an idea for a column. I watched the Tony Award not too long ago and what struck me was the lack of original stories or plays. Where […]