BY GEORGE J. DACRE This play is a work of fiction, created by writers that looked at Georges Seurat’s painting of people in a park on an island in the Seine River, Paris. It is about their relationships with the artist, George, or “Georges” if you will. The Elmwood Players with some rejuvenated actors and […]
Four-star review!! BY GEORGE J. DACRE William Shakespeare’s classic comedy “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596, got the director Joseph J. Egan treatment at Nyack High School and their Drama Club. The players come through brilliantly portraying the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus and […]
Monster Mini Golf, located at 33 Route 304 in Nanuet, has put its glow in the dark wishing well to good use for the holidays! They will be collecting canned goods for People to People all during the month of November and pajamas and books during December. On December 18 Monster Mini Golf will host […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA Director Damien Chazelle’s musical-arts drama, “Whiplash,” opens with a black screen. We begin to hear a snare drum playing slowly and softly. As the seconds tick by, the sound crescendos and becomes faster. It’s a way of preparing the audience for how the relationship between the student and teacher at the center […]
BY ALEXANDRA KEZEK Rockland native Chris Krasniqi and partners Neil Blutig and Mike Gjiel recently opened Karma-Restaurant, Bar, and Lounge, located on 100 Main Street in downtown Nyack. The Rockland County Times visited Karma last week for a bite to eat and a look around. The restaurant has a family oriented feel to it and […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” show dates are March 12,13,14, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. and matinee on March 21 at 2 p.m. at Nyack High School. Presented by the Nyack High School Drama Club. In Tomkins Cove at St. John The Divine Episcopal Church on Saturday, November 29 at […]