Cupcakes Directed by Eytan Fox, “Cupcakes” is a fun-filled film about neighbors who get together every year to watch the “Unisong” competition. In a Tel Aviv suburb, a group of friends gathers to watch a “Eurovision”-style song contest, trying to escape the troubles of their daily lives. Yael is an ex-beauty queen turned lawyer. Dana […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE This is the life story of two sisters who lived to be over 100 and how they survived the travails of segregated North Carolina, then moving to New York City and ultimately to Mt. Vernon in Westchester County. The sisters, Sadie and Bessie Delaney, were black with a lot of white […]
BY HARRY WAITZMAN The oaks remaining along Old Lake Road parade in ragged formation. The few pines are solid citizens, straight and unbending. There are holes in all ranks where lightning struck and insects drilled. Nearby, the shade of trees is disrupted by the widening of Main. A new sidewalk runs from nowhere to nowhere, […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The gutsy little theatre in Stony Point says it will have a heaven-sent comedy, “The Savannah Disputation” by Evan Smith, as the opener May 16, running weekends through June 8. Mary and Margaret forget all about Southern charm when a young evangelist comes knocking at their front door and will not […]
The Sunday performance at Sacred Heart Chapel of the long-running Grammy nominated Irish-American super group comes soon after St. Patrick’s Day and is set for 2 p.m. Cherish The Ladies was formed in New York City in 1985 and celebrates the rise of women in what had been a male-dominated Irish music scene.Cherish The Ladies […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE PHOTOS BY DEB FAILLA Elmwood, well known for its avant garde performances, hits the mark for shocking theatre with “The Pillowman,” a play about the stories that Katurian, played by Tom Mazzarella, wrote and that his somewhat retarded brother Michael (Neil Battinelli) part acted out. Author Martin McDonagh spins a tangled […]