The Collegiate Chorale has announced casting for their upcoming production of Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's 'Knickerbocker Holiday,' a romantic musical concert set to debut at Alice Tully Hall on January 25 and 26 at 8 PM. The company will feature Broadway veterans Victor Garber (Stuyvesant), Ben Davis (Brom), Kelli O'Hara (Tina) and Christopher Fitzgerald (Tenpin), along with Bryce Pinkham (Washington Irving), David Garrison (Tienhoven), The Collegiate Chorale and the American Symphony Orchestra.
Thanksgiving weekend marks the start of the Hudson Valley's holiday season at Washington Irving's Sunnyside in Tarrytown and Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson, with special activities planned for the long holiday weekend.
John Treacy Egan will star as Ebeneezer Scrooge in A SLEEPY HOLLOW CHRISTMAS CAROL. Egan's SCROOGE will take on Washington Irving's characters, when he stars in this enchanting musical which is set in the town of Sleepy Hollow, New York in 1900. A new twist on an old classic, It weaves the magic of the Charles Dickens classic with the delightful characters from Washington Irving's vivid imagination and tells the tale of a Sleepy Hollow businessman, Ebenezer Scrooge, who had no love in his heart for his fellow man, especially at Christmastime. Scrooge meets Washington Irving who takes him on a redemptive adventure to his past, present and future where he meets his boyhood self and such characters as Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, Jacob Marley, Tiny Tim and several other surprising encounters. A SLEEPY HOLLOW CHRISTMAS CAROL is brimming with joyous music that will fill audiences with the holiday spirit and leave them with Dickens's reflective message...'It's never too late to change!', including popular Holiday songs 'Deck the Halls'; 'Silver Bells'; 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' any many more.
The Barter Players are welcoming this fall with the hair-raising tale of a Headless Horseman. 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' begins September 23 and runs through November 13 at Barter Stage II. Barter's own Resident Playwright Catherine Bush adapts the Washington Irving tale.
Thanksgiving weekend marks the start of the Hudson Valley's holiday season at Washington Irving's Sunnyside in Tarrytown and Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson, with special activities planned for the long holiday weekend.
New Edgecliff Theatre's annual 'Sweet Suspense' radio theater event this year features an all new
adaptation of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by NET's own Devon Campailla. Directed by Bob Allen, this will be the company's fourth foray into the world of old-time radio, complete with all the trappings of a true radio performance, including live sound effects by WMKV's own Mike Martini.
Producers Jonathan Josephson, Jeff G. Rack, and Paul Millet have announced the plays, dates and location of the 2010 Wicked Literature: A Halloween Theatre Festival.
New Edgecliff Theatre's annual 'Sweet Suspense' radio theater event this year features an all new
adaptation of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by NET's own Devon Campailla. Directed by Bob Allen, this will be the company's fourth foray into the world of old-time radio, complete with all the trappings of a true radio performance, including live sound effects by WMKV's own Mike Martini.
On Saturday, New Yorkers embraced the first opportunity to plant trees in public parks following the September 16th tornados, which destroyed thousands of trees in our urban forest. First Deputy Parks Commissioner Liam Kavanagh joined Irene Farrow, International Programs Manager, Earth Day Network; Amy Freitag, Executive Director of the New York Restoration Project; Frances Resheske, Senior VP of Public Affairs for Con Edison; and over 230 volunteers to kick off Mayor Bloomberg's MillionTreesNYC Fall 2010 Planting Day in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.
Producers Jonathan Josephson, Jeff G. Rack, and Paul Millet have announced the plays, dates and location of the 2010 Wicked Literature: A Halloween Theatre Festival.
Intiman Theatre Artistic Director Kate Whoriskey and Managing Director Brian Colburn announce the lineup of plays for Intiman's 2011 Season. Additional information, including dates and casting, will be announced soon.
The Barter Players are welcoming this fall with the hair-raising tale of a Headless Horseman. 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' begins September 23 and runs through November 13 at Barter Stage II. Barter's own Resident Playwright Catherine Bush adapts the Washington Irving tale.
Bruce Degen, illustrator of the Magic School Bus series, will join Alyssa Capucilli, author of the Biscuit series, and dozens more children's book authors and illustrators at Celebrate Children's Book Day, a one-day gala devoted to children's literature and filled with readings, demonstrations, magic, music, and book signings at Washington Irving's Sunnyside on Sunday, Sept. 19.
A sweeping saga of love beneath the Tuscan sun, TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley presents the epic Tony Award-winning musical THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, with book by Pulitzer Prize-nominee Craig Lucas and music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, based on the 1960 novella by Elizabeth Spencer. Set to the soaring melodies of what the Chicago Tribune called 'the most beautiful score written for the American musical theater in 20 years,' this breath-taking musical is the poignant tale of two extraordinary young people and the overwhelming power of love. Featuring Broadway veterans Rebecca Eichenberger and Martin Vidnovic and regional favorites Whitney Bashor and Constantine Germancos, with TheatreWorks Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley at the helm, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA plays August 25-September 19, 2010 (press opening August 28) at TheatreWorks at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets and information the public may call (650) 463-1960 or visit www.theatreworks.org.
The Barter Players are welcoming this fall with the hair-raising tale of a Headless Horseman. 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' begins September 23 and runs through November 13 at Barter Stage II. Barter's own Resident Playwright Catherine Bush adapts the Washington Irving tale.
Producers Jonathan Josephson, Jeff G. Rack, and Paul Millet have announced the plays, dates and location of the 2010 Wicked Literature: A Halloween Theatre Festival.
Every town has its secrets, but in Sleepy Hollow one dark secret
should never be revealed. In this famous Washington Irving story,
adapted by our own John Trent, no one is safe! 'Run if you must, but
don't hide in the shadows.' (PG-13)
