HUMOR BY ELLA STEINBECK New York City is the hardest place I have ever lived and I have lived in 8 different states and countless towns. New Yorkers fight and struggle all day for everything and then pay top dollar for it. NYC is like living in a very expensive third world country. It’s dirty, […]
By Lakee Taylor Trees stand over us as stare across the river The train rolls along silently from this distance Silver body sparkling from the sun Towards Yankee Stadium Listen on the radio for a hit Cooking out of a picnic table grill Jet skis buzz by Fireflies light up Upper Nyack lawns Water slaps […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Both shows appearing now at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack are zany and the audience rocked all night in response to the actors’ antics. Set in an artist’s apartment in London, summer of 1965, “Black Comedy” is all about lights and what happenswhen a fuse blows. The show opens with a dark […]
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.
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Shades Repertory Theatre in Haverstraw has a fall festival of one act plays showing Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20, 8 p.m. at the theater at New Main Street and Hudson Avenue. Director Samuel Harps says the plays are “Birds Can Fly Away” by Marjorie Conn, “Up Down and […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA When brought to seedy, crime-ridden territories in film, what’s interesting is how repulsive, yet intriguing they can be for the viewer. Michaël R. Roskam’s crime drama, “The Drop,” has the audience visit these undesirable places wrapped up in the shadowy workings of organized crime, capturing the dirty and dangerous dealings of all […]