Annie  (Peyton Ella) & Sandy (Sunny)       Photos by John Vecchiolla                                 By Ed Lieberman Annie, that lovable Depression-era orphan, has found a foster home at the Westchester Broadway Theatre through September 10th.  Mary Jane Houdina, who was dance captain and assistant to the legendary choreographer Peter Gennaro in the original Broadway production, directs and choreographs…

Jennifer Swiderski, (as Rosie) Michelle Dawson  as Donna Sheridan) and Elise Kinnon (as Tanya)                                          By Ed Lieberman After a string of smaller productions (The Bikinis; Christmas Inn;  Million Dollar Quartet; Always, Patsy Cline), WBT restarts its 2017 season with its 200th production: Mamma Mia!, a musical based on the songs of ABBA, who have…

l to r: Joanna Young, Karyn Quakenbush, Katy Blake, Anne Fraser Thomas The Bikinis                                                              By Ed Lieberman With almost perfect timing, the Westchester Broadway Theatre has mounted a production tailor made to counteract our (finally) winter weather. The Bikinis is a jukebox musical about a fictional 1960’s girls group, consisting of two sisters, a…

Kilty Reidy (as Bill Brewer) and Jayson Elliott (as Buddy Baker).                                          Photos by John Vecchiolla                                              By Ed Lieberman What do you get when you cross Holiday Inn and White Christmas? You get Christmas Inn, this year’s holiday offering at the Westchester Broadway Theatre.  The show, based upon a Richard Stafford revision of the…

Dominique Scott as Jerry Lee Lewis, John Michael Presney as Carl Perkins, Ari Mckay Wilford as Elvis Presley, and Sky Seals as Johnny Cash                                                                        Photos by John Vecchiolla                            By Ed Lieberman Long before the dream team known as the Traveling Wilburys (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynn), there…

                                                                 Photos by John Vecchiolla Anything Goes                          By Edward Lieberman The  WBT’s 206th production is the rollicking Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, featuring an outstanding cast, precision tap dancing, gorgeous costumes and a great orchestra: in short everything you would want in a show . . .  except, alas, for a coherent plot. But even…

Erin McCracken as Patsy Cline             Photos by John Vecchiolla                                  By Ed Lieberman The Westchester Broadway Theatre’s latest production is Always . . .Patsy Cline, a tribute to the famous country singer, whose life was tragically cut short in a plane crash in 1963, at the age of 30. Cline, who was the first woman…

l to r: Justin Scott Brown (as Tim) George Lee Andrews (as Scrooge)         Photos by John Vecchiolla                                                            by Ed Lieberman In the vein of the current mania for prequels and sequels, Tim and Scrooge picks up the story of Charles Dickens’ beloved A Christmas Carol twelve years later. Scrooge, after his transformation from miser…

Ella Briggs, Duke Lafoon and the cast                           Photo Credit: Diane Sobolewski                         By Ed Lieberman Christmas came early to the Goodspeed Opera House this year, in the form of a new production of A Wonderful Life, the Sheldon Harnick (book and lyrics)/Joe Raposo (music) adaptation of the iconic Frank Capra holiday film, It’s a Wonderful Life, which…

                                   By Ed Lieberman One of the truly ground breaking Broadway musicals of all time in a gorgeous must-see production. WBT has another hit on its hands! The “Cotton Blossom” riverboat has steamed its way north to the Hudson and anchored in Elmsford for a three month layover. Cap’n Andy and crew are putting on…