This year’s recipient, of the Bob Fitzsimmons Scholarship is Nicolas Tabio, a senior at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, NY. It will be awarded to him on Stage at Westchester Broadway Theatre on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Nicolas just graduated as valedictorian of his class and He’s a member of the National Honor […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE It’s “play ball” time Friday, June 30 at Penguin Repertory Theatre, Crickettown Road in Stony Point. Ty Cobb steps up to bat in the return of the play “Cobb” to the gutsiest little theatre off Broadway. The well-traveled story about Cobb, who was said to be the meanest man in baseball, has been […]
Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin, Book by Thomas Meehan, Directed and Choreographed by Mary Jane Houdina, Musical Direction by Bill Stanley Inspired by “Little Orphan Annie,” the 1924 comic strip by Harold Gray, “Annie” is a heart-warming story, filled with adventure and laughs, that defines what family truly means. One of the longest running shows in […]
Going into 40th year of dinner-theatre operations, thousands attend “White Christmas” show BY GEORGE J. DACRE It all started in July of 1974 when New York City ad-men Bill Stutler and Bob Funking decided at a lunch they wanted to get a theatre and put on shows. Stutler, born in Huntington, West Virginia, had seen […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Using video clips and sound tracks of the famed Rock n’ Roll hall of famer and relating many stories of the Nelson family and Ricky’s career and performing many of his hits, Gunnar and Matthew Nelson received a standing ovation at the Elmsford theatre earlier this month in their second appearance […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE With corned beef and cabbage and Irish lamb stew and soda bread on the menu, it was Irish Forever Night in Elmsford, as Cooney and his group capped a matinee performance with an evening of fun, mostly Irish music. Cooney and his band rocked the hall with Sweet Molly Malone, Dear […]