“Whiplash” Explores the Pitfalls of the Music Life

“Whiplash” Explores the Pitfalls of the Music Life

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 […]

What’s Happening 11/20/14

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 […]

“Oklahoma” in Pearl River As Class of 2015 at Pearl River High Goes Western

“Oklahoma” in Pearl River As Class of 2015 at Pearl River High Goes Western

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Before a packed house of several hundred people, about 100 students and faculty performed Rodgers and Hammerstein’s famed musical, “Oklahoma,” and did themselves proud. Dan Cassler as “Curly” and Caitlin Pendleon as “Laurey Williams,” had positive chemistry telling their love story to the wonderful music of “Oklahoma,” including “Oh What A […]

Lafayette Theater Christmas Spectacular: Saturday, December 13

Lafayette Theater Christmas Spectacular: Saturday, December 13

Suffern, N.Y. – The 12th Annual Lafayette Theater Christmas Spectacular sponsored by the Town of Ramapo will take place on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 10:45 a.m., doors open at 10:15 a.m. “The Christmas Spectacular has become one of the signature holiday events in Rockland County,” noted Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence. This year’s Christmas […]