BY GEORGE J. DACRE ArtsRock and Temple Beth El in Nyack present Swingtime Big Band Home For Holidays on Saturday, December 13 at 8 p.m., at the Temple. Music of Goodman and Miller, Duke Ellington and Les Brown and some swinging Chanukah tunes along with vocalists doing Ella, Eartha Kitt, Judy Garland and more. Contact […]
Elmwood Playhouse’s “Sunday in the Park with George” music director, ASSAF GLEIZNER, and lead actress, KIMBERLY HAWKEY (Dot) will be doing double-duty on Sunday, December 7th. First, they’ll perform the Sunday matinee of Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musical at 2 p.m., and when the curtain comes down they’ll immediately start setting up for a “Sundays at […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA Bennett Miller is a filmmaker who seems to specialize in deep studies of American figures. He has focused on underdog Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane in “Moneyball,” acclaimed author Truman Capote in “Capote” and famous New York City bus tour-guide Timothy “Speed” Levitch in his documentary, “The Cruise.” With these films, […]
FOUR STARS! BY GEORGE J. DACRE The collaboration of the Antrim Players and the Helen Hayes Youth Theatre brought to the stage at the Tom France Theatre in Wesley Hills a remarkable presentation of Charles Dicken’s famous “A Christmas Carol – The Musical.” The tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the miserable tightwad who was frugal with […]
BY ALEXANDRA KEZEK According to the National Retail Federation the result of online shopping, the improving results of the economy, and the early holiday promotions from major department stores changed the outcome of the biggest shopping weekend of the year. Approximately 55.1 percent of shoppers participated in the weekend rush, which is down from last […]
Puddin’ Don’t is a creation of Jake Barlow, inspired by all manner of silliness, like Berkeley Breathed’s Bill the Cat, Chuck Norris Facts, The movie Machete, and the great Marty Feldman. Puddin’ Don’t can be found daily online at www.puddindont.com.