Gay Marriage Explored in “Daniel’s Husband” at Penguin Rep, Stony Point

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Daniel wants marriage and a husband. Mitchell, his longtime lover, doesn’t want to be categorized and this leads to relationship tension. This is the plot of an interesting look into marriage and the gay community. It gets intense as Daniel and Mitchell delve into an unhappy childhood memories as Daniel remembers his mother demeaning his father […]

PENGUIN REP THEATRE FUNDRAISER FEATURES STONY POINTER STEPHANIE COURTNEY, ACTRESS BEHIND PROGRESSIVE’S “FLO”

PENGUIN REP THEATRE FUNDRAISER FEATURES STONY POINTER STEPHANIE COURTNEY, ACTRESS BEHIND PROGRESSIVE’S “FLO”

Progressive Insurance’s omnipresent advertisement icon Flo is known to most Americans by now, but did you know the actress behind Flo is a native of Rockland County? On Monday, October 10, the woman behind Flo, Stony Point’s Stephanie Courtney, will come back home, appearing at a fundraiser for Penguin Repertory Theatre in Stony Point. An […]

New Dance Teacher in Rockland Pursues her Dream

BY VICTORIA TANNER Dancing is a hobby for many people, but only some turn it into their lifestyle. For Rebekka Nodhturft, dance became a part of her life at 3-years-old and now she is following her dream of owning a studio. Nodhturft opened Upstage Dance Academy in Suffern, New York at the end of the […]

REVIEW OF “THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN:” From the Window of a Train, a Look into Someone Else’s Life

By Vincent Abbatecola  At the start of director Tate Taylor’s mystery thriller, “The Girl on the Train,” Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt), reflects the act of watching people from the seat of her train, wondering about the lives of those she sees, thinking about who they are, what they do, where they are going.  Just like […]

WHAT’S BREWIN’ AT ANTRIM FOR HALLOWEEN?

“A Shot in the Dark” opens at the Antrim Playhouse on 15 Spook Rock Road in Wesley Hills, October 7 and runs for the month of October, conjuring up the “Spirit of Halloween.” Randy Accardi’s original comedy murder mystery is appropriate for all generations. The story unfolds at the Infamous Bedside Manor circa 1945. It’s […]

Dinner Is Served – Eating Out Around the County: Finn’s Paradise Pizza in Stony Point

Dinner Is Served – Eating Out Around the County: Finn’s Paradise Pizza in Stony Point

BY COL. ANDREW J. SMITH    I have been hearing about “Finn’s Paradise Pizza” in Stony Point. At first I thought, “Hmm, Irish pizza…sounds novel,” but maybe not so novel because I once went to a place called, “Haus Murphy,” a genuine Bavarian bier hall owned by an Irishman in Glendale, Arizona. Even the geography was […]