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  • Postings To The Moon

    Simon Williams, Lucy Fleming.  Photo: Carol Rosegg     Postings To The Moon                        By Fern Siegel   Sometimes, the simplest presentation is the most effective. Postings To The Moon is a true story, set during World War II. It is tender, occasionally funny and quietly hypnotic. And it’s all told via letters. Now…

  • Eddie Izzard – Wunderbar

      Eddie Izzard:  Wunderbar                                             By David Schultz Hard to believe that this uber talented performer has been dazzling audiences for thirty years. His onstage performances are legendary. His film roles are few, but his live theater performances are delicious and invigorating. This new piece, potentially his last… he is toying with running for…

  • Newsies

      Newsies                            By Ed Lieberman At a time when the youth of the world are taking leadership roles in calling attention to issues such as climate change and gun control, Westchester Broadway Theatre is presenting Newsies, an exuberant musical adaptation of the 1992 Disney movie of the same name that starred Christian Bale. Although…

  • The Bodyguard: The Musical

      The Bodyguard, The Musical                                                            By Edward Lieberman The White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC) is hosting the regional premiere of The Bodyguard, the Musical, based upon the hit movie, “The Bodyguard,” which starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. The…

  • John Bayless – One Hand One Heart – My Life and My Music

                                                     Photo by Hugh Kretsthmer   John Bayless – One Hand One Heart – My Life and My Music                       by:  Mary L Smith  John Bayless returns to his beloved New York for the World Premier of his new show “One Hand One Heart” at Landmark On Main Street in Port Washington. John…

  • Tootsie

    Tootsie                   By Marc Miller Santino Fontana. How long have some of us been waiting for him to become the breakout star we knew he could be? The anticipation goes back at least to Sons of the Prophet, through The Importance of Being Earnest and Act One and Cinderella, not to mention all those Crazy…

  • Rigoletto

    Rigoletto                                  By Barry Bassis Rigoletto is Giuseppe Verdi’s opera based on a Victor Hugo play, “Le roi s’amuse” (“The king takes his amusement”), about the corrupt king of France during the 16th century, François I. When the opera ran into censorship problems, Verdi and his librettist Francesco Maria Piave moved the locale to Italy…

  • Beetlejuice

    Rob McClure (Adam), Kerry Butler (Barbara), Sophia Anne Caruso (Lydia), Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice) Photo by Matthew Murphy 2019   Beetlejuice                   By David Schultz Wildly inventive, overly caffeinated reboot is strictly for the fanbase. This whirling dervish musical starts at 90 miles an hour as it ratchets up the intensity and never rests for…