Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe Brancato, founding artistic director, and Andrew M. Horn, executive director) presents the New York premiere of “The Fabulous Lipitones,” a musical comedy by John Markus (head writer for “The Cosby Show”) and Mark St. Germain (“Freud’s Last Session,” “Becoming Dr. Ruth”), directed by Peter Flynn, and starring Broadway veterans P.J. Benjamin […]
August 7 through the 9, 2014: The New Generation Theatre, a young performers theatre company in Rockland, launches its fourth annual production, “Hairspray.” The big, fat musical comedy, “Hairspray,” is brought to life by a cast of teenagers from the Hudson Valley area under the direction of Sol Bloch and Justin Boccitto with assistance from […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Shades Repertory in Haverstraw performing “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Gibsen, July 31 and August 1 at 8 p.m. Directed by Laura Clinton. Contact [email protected]. – “The Fabulous Lipitones” at Penguin Rep Theatre, Stony Point weekends August 8 to 31 about a barbershop quartet with a new member who is […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Parents and children enjoying music together? That’s the dream of Mary Tainter McKenna, her husband and several musicians who worked together to create a “Precious Child-Love Songs and Lullabies.” Mary Tainter McKenna and her husband began looking for music they and their young daughter could enjoy together and decided over dinner […]
Agence France Press Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has raised more than $25 million (18 million euros) at a charity gala in France for his foundation which aims at protecting the environment and endangered species. The fundraiser late Wednesday in the chic Riviera seaside resort of Saint-Tropez included an auction of Hollywood and rock and roll […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo got the full treatment on Thursday night’s “Daily Show,” and not the kind reserved for a beloved celeb or a guest pushing a new book. Host Jon Stewart tore into Cuomo for creating an anti-corruption panel and thenallegedly interfering with its work when the panel began to look at those close to […]