10th Anniversary ‘American Ideal’ All-star Singing Competition on April 12 CONGERS – Shortly after “American Idol” premiered in 2002 ARC of Rockland created its own version of the singing competition called “American Ideal.” ARC is celebrating the event’s 10th anniversary with special performances by past winners in an all-star competition on Friday evening, April 12, […]
The film will not be hiring extras from the community Memo to all Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and James Franco fans: We don’t know if any of these stars will be in Garnerville for tomorrow’s shoot of the Pitt-produced flick “True Story,” but if they will be in North Rockland at all, tomorrow will be […]
BY HEATHER HACKNEY Ladies and Gentlemen, the film community is in mourning today. Journalist, screenwriter, film critic and icon Roger Ebert died Thursday at the age of 70 after a battle with cancer. His death caused the social media world to explode. Across Twitter and Facebook, fans and movie goers spread their wishes and quotes […]
Empire City Casino will surely get the last laugh this month with a comedy lineup that rivals those typically seen in comedy clubs in New York City and Los Angeles. As Empire City Casino’s weekly Wednesday Comedy Night becomes the ‘must do’ mid-week entertainment hot spot, comedians are traveling from around the country to take […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE With a deadline of April 19, the Haverstraw-based theatre group Shades Rep is going to the Internet with Kickstart and doing advertising in the Rockand County Times, educational journals and theater publications to raise the funds to present a national tour of “Freedom Summer,” written by Stony Point resident William Tucker. […]
Richard Kline of “Three’s Company” fame will star in the comedy New York premier of Class written by Charles Evered and All About Sarah, a hot new megastar who wants to be taken seriously as an actress and how she finds studying with her acting coach played by Kline more challenging than she ever expected. […]