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 […]
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 […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Thanksgiving Buffet set for Thursday, November 27, a matinee performance of “South Pacific,” at Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford. Call 914-592-2222 or broadwaytheatre.com. The event will start at 1:15 p.m with the opening, the show will begin at 3 p.m., then to complete the evening with a Thanksgiving dinner. “A Christmas […]
HUMOR BY ELLA STEINBECK When cell phones first came out my parents gave me a bag-phone. Not sure if you ever saw one, but it was a phone made by Motorola that came in a carrying case. It was for me to use only for “emergencies.” It never even occurred to me to use it […]
Get ready for the big sound of swing, which utterly dominated the American popular-music scene in the late 1930’s and early 1940s, instantly bringing you back to Big Bands and dance floors crowded with exuberant jitterbugs dancing the Shag and the Lindy Hop. Led by Artistic Director Steve Shaiman, this 20-piece Swing Era jazz ensemble […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA “Thinking big” is something that is a most welcome feature of most Christopher Nolan’s films. With his original films, such as “Inception” and “Memento,” and his adaptations, such as his “Dark Knight” trilogy, he’s able to weave in grand ideas that can only come from a true filmmaker. It’s still amazing how […]