A Christmas Carol opened at Theatre Three last weekend and played to very enthusiastic audiences. We had school matinees all this week. We hope you'll join us sometime during the holiday season...the sooner the better, as tickets sell out the closer to Christmas we get. AND don't forget your Deb's Web discount!
John has been taking it easy and seems to be getting stronger every day. He'll be starting PT for his knee in the next few days, but will remain catheterized for the time being. Thank you for all the good wishes. They are truly appreciated.
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
If for a tranquil mind you seek,
These things observe with care:
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how, and when and where.
- Anonymous
SUNSHINE / STORMY WEATHER
Former LI Actress Katie Finn will be married Sunday on the stage of Theatre Three, on the A Christmas Carol set. Katie was in at least 5 productions of the show and played various roles including Tiny Tim and "the want" child. Best wishes from the LI Theater Community!
CAST CALL CALENDAR
Check the cast calls page for complete listings, character descriptions, etc.
www.debsliweb.homestead.com/castcalls.html
ACTORS
EMERGENCY!!!
Broadhollow's Bay Way Arts Center is seeking one man of size anywhere from 20's+ to play Santa Claus In a children's show Saturday mornings and some weekdays during Christmas break. The show dates are Nov 28 at 2, Dec 5 at 2, Dec 12 at 2, Dec 19 at 2, Dec 26 at 2, Dec 28 at 1, Dec 29 at 1, Dec 30 at 1. We rehearse some week nights from 5 till 7 and some wknds. If interested, please e-mail head shot and resume to jasonpAllyn@aol.com.
EMERGENCY!!!
Broadhollow's Bay Way Arts Center is seeking a replacement for Fame. Seeking male actor/singer 16-25 to play Goody King musician (must sing and move well, instrument experience a plus), Performances: Dec 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, Jan 8 & 10. All performances at 265 E Main St, E Islip. For questions or directions call 631-581-2700 or www.broadhollow.org. Fame is directed by Jason Allyn and choreographed by Jenna Mckenna Gaylor. if interested, please e-mail headshot and resume to JasonPAllyn@aol.com.
EMERGENCY!!!
Gercharel Players, Inc. is currently seeking 2 boys (age range 6 - 10) and 2 girls (age range 10 - 15) to play the Cratchit children and a Set Designer/Props Coordinator for Cora Wilson Greenwood's adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. This production will run in South Setauket, Bay Shore and Rockville Centre from Fri, Dec 11 to Sun, Dec 27. Currently, there are 4 performances booked. 4 add'l bookings and venues are possible, but are tentative at this time. Most of the rehearsals will take place in Lindenhurst. The show will close no later than Sun, Dec 27. There will be no performance on Christmas Day. Gercharel Players, Inc. is a non-equity traveling community theatre. There is no pay. For further info and to schedule an appt, please call the Executive Producer / Director Charles L. Bandler at (516) 205-3178. You can also go to www.gercharelplayers.com for further info.
EMERGENCY!!!
Airport Playhouse is seeking actors/actresses with daytime availability in Dec for Olive the Other Reindeer
Tues 12-1 travel @ 9am, Wed 12-2 @ 10am, Sat 12-5 @ 1pm, Mon 12-7 @ 10am, Tues 12-8 @ 10 & 11:30am
Fri 12-11 travel @ 10:30am & 2pm, Mon 12-14 @ 10am, Tues 12-15 @ 10am, Wed 12-16@ 10am,
Thurs 12-17 @ 10am, Fri 12-18 @ 10 & 11:30am, Sat 12-19 @ 1pm, Mon 12-21 @ 10am, Tues 12-22 @ 10am
Please call 631-589-7588 weekdays between 10am and 2pm or email your info to airportplayhouse@aol.com
EMERGENCY!!!
Sponge Theatricals is immediately seeking a non-union performer for the role of SIR DANVERS in their upcoming production of the musical Jekyll and Hyde, set to run Jan 27-30 at The Wings Theatre in NYC. Off-Off-Broadway. Rehearsals are 2-3 times per week in NYC-- flexible schedule. No pay. Please note all other roles have been cast. Please e-mail headshots and resumes to spongetheatricals@gmail.com.
Sir Danvers: Male, 40+. Passionate, strong in his beliefs, older. Emma's father & chairman of the board at the hospital Jekyll works for. Baritone.
EMERGENCY!!!
Township Theatre Group is looking to cast the major role of Paul in A Chorus Line, which has just commenced rehearsals. The role requires an actor/singer/dancer age 25-35. Performances: 1/9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at Dix Hills Performing Arts Center @ 5 Towns College. Contact Producer/Director Rick Grossman @ 516 971-5783 if interested & available.
THIS WEEK'S AUDITIONS
The BroadHollow Theatre at Elmont, 700 Hempstead Tpke, will hold auditions for The Trip to Bountiful
on Thurs, Nov 19 @ 7PM. <Character descriptions can be found on the Cast Calls page>
For more info, call the box office at 631-581-2700.
Airport Playhouse auditions for the musical DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
218 Knickerbocker Ave, Bohemia
Sat, Nov 21 at 10am
Seeking musical theater actors for all roles, including an ensemble of 6 men and 6 women who must sing and dance well (the ensemble is an active part of this show, playing a variety of supporting roles)
Director: Steve McCoy
Musical Director: Paula Willis
Choreographer: Leia DePalo
Performances: February 5-21
Any questions, please contact the theater at 631-589-7588 or airportplayhouse.com
The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport announces Equity Principal Auditions for its upcoming production of Run For Your Wife; Richard T. Dolce, producing artistic director; B.T. McNicholl, director; Ray Cooney, playwright; Stephen DeAngelis, casting director. Rehearsals begin Jan 4 in Manhattan; runs Jan 21-Feb 21. Performance schedule is for 5 perfs/wk from Thurs-Sun. Equity Letter of Agreement referencing the COST contract. AEA agreement calls for 40 hours/week. All performers must have excellent comic timing. Equity Principal Auditions will be held at Pearl Studios, 500 Eighth Ave, 4th Fl, Studio #408, NYC on Sat, Nov 21 from 10AM-1:30PM and 2:30-6PM.
Non-Union performers will be seen if time allows. Performers of all ethnicities and Non-Union performers are strongly encouraged to attend. Auditioners are asked to prepare a comic monologue of their own choosing. All characters speak in British dialect. Specifically RP. The “Britishness” of the show is an essential component of its humor. Don’t worry if it’s not perfect but we’d like to see if auditioners can get the basic sounds and music of it. If unable to attend, send picture and resume to Stephen DeAngelis, c/o Grey nyc, 777 Third Ave, 10 Fl, NY, NY 10017, ATTN: “RUN FOR YOUR WIFE”. For more info on the theater, go to www.engemantheater.com .
<Character descriptions can be found on the Cast Calls page>
Frantic Fran's Theatre Company will be holding auditions for Bat Boy The Musical at 7:30pm Mon, Nov 23 at 2434 Grand Ave, Bellmore. The show will run Friday nights during the month of March. All roles are open. Please come prepared with a song from the show or in the style of the show. For more info please call (516) 850-1873.
NEW CALLS
St. George Productions - ORIGINAL STAGE PRODUCTIONS
Casting original musical-comedy and dramatic productions for the 2010 Season at the WMHO Education & Cultural Center in Stony Brook. Paid Positions. Seeking—Actors/Actresses, all ages. Comedy/Singing a Plus. Auditions by Appt. Note: car necessary. WMHO Education & Cultural Center 111 Main Street Stony Brook NY 11790. For appt: Email headshot & résumés to stgeorg1@optonline.net or call Mary St. George at (631) 654-1888. www.salstgeorge.com.
PlaybackNYC, an interracial improvisational company now in its 10th year, is seeking a man or woman that is a recent US service veteran, (will consider an actor able to carry that reality convincingly), for a live, HD, international web cast. Needs improv and/or freestyle skills. Work about four morning sessions over the next month at a studio in downtown NYC. This a paid, serious experimental project with a university in Korea...not exploitation or commercial in any way. Send mail pic/resume and contact Paul McIsaac @ veteranperformers@gmail.com.
Wesley Players auditions for Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers on Tues, Dec 1 & Thurs, Dec 3 @ 7:30pm at Wesley United Methodist Church, 619 Fenworth Blvd, Franklin Square. Director Jef. Lawrence. If you can not make it to the cast call dates listed above but are interested/know someone who is interested in trying out, please feel free to reach out via email at: TaLopez1@yahoo.com or call: 516-996-1296 or director Jef. Lawrence at: 646-643-0412 or email him at: jjgemini@gmail.com. LOST IN YONKERS is a memory play in the era of the early 1940's. It is a more of a dramatic comedy than a lot of Simon's other comedies and is semi-autobiographical. The characters are vibrant and colorful, and have a bitter humor in them that is universally familiar to us all.
JAY (13-16) the audience sees the play through his eyes. He feels a great responsibility and looks after his younger brother, Arty.
ARTY (13-16) Jay's younger brother who is mature beyond his years and who looks up to his older brother.
EDDIE (35-50) Jay and Arty's father who against everything finds himself having to leave his sons under the care of his mother, Grandma Kurnitz.
BELLA (35-50) Eddie's sister who is naïve and emotionally unstable because of her mother, from whom she longs to escape.
GERT (35-50) Eddie's other sister. She has already escaped her mother, but has emotional scars to prove it and has a distinct breathing impediment.
LOUIE (35-50) Eddie's ne'er do well brother. He is a charismatic con man who would sellout his own mother for a profit. Jay and Arty admire and long to grow up to be him.
GRANDMA KURNITZ (65+) The wheelchair bound, manipulative, maniacal matriarch who strikes fear into her entire family, especially Jay and Arty
Theatre Time Productions in Whitestone auditions for the role of Danny in Laura by Vera Caspary and George Sklar. Seeking a male between the ages of 17-19. If interested please contact the Director Tom Williams @ 516 459 5585 to schedule an audition and any further info. The show will performed April 16-18, 23-25 at 15-43 149th St, Whitestone.
ONGOING RECRUITMENT
SEE Saw Comedy Repertory Company (www.seesawcomedy.com ) is an ongoing show consisting of SNL/MADTV style sketches , Whose Line is it Anyway style improv games, song parodies, and improvised songs. SEE Saw has performed at major LI and NYC venues and will have regularly scheduled shows with pay on LI and NYC. Seeking ACTRESSES - all types - MUST have had formal training and stage experience. Improv training or experience is a plus, ability to sing is a plus, sketch writing ability is a plus, MUST move well. Please send picture and resume along with an intro email explaining your experience to seesawcomedy@gmail.com
The Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island is looking for a young tenor to play the role of Frederic in their upcoming production of The Pirates of Penzance. Call 631-275-6500 or write PhGellis@Yahoo.com
MUSICIANS
EMERGENCY!!!
MUSICAL DIRECTOR/ PIANIST needed by The Spotlight Players for A Christmas Carol. Pay involved. Please contact SptltPlyrs@aol.com or (631) 225-9102.
TECHNICIANS
EMERGENCY!!!
Gercharel Players, Inc. is seeking a Set Designer/Props Coordinator for Cora Wilson Greenwood's adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. This production will run in South Setauket, Bay Shore and Rockville Centre from Fri, Dec 11 to Sun, Dec 27. Currently, there are 4 performances booked. 4 add'l bookings and venues are possible, but are tentative at this time. Most of the rehearsals will take place in Lindenhurst. The show will close no later than Sun, Dec 27. There will be no performance on Christmas Day. Gercharel Players, Inc. is a non-equity traveling community theatre. There is no pay. For further info and to schedule an appt, please call the Executive Producer / Director Charles L. Bandler at (516) 205-3178. You can also go to www.gercharelplayers.com for further info.
The Viking Theater is looking for a reliable stage manager and lighting person to work on an Equity Stage Reading of A Conversation with My Brother by Paul Navarra. The play will be presented on Fri, Dec 18 at The Arthur Seelen Theatre at The Drama Book Shop in NYC. Only one rehearsal prior to this. Please call April James, 631-289-6022 or email apriljames60@aol.com. We will also need this person for Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, performance Fri, Feb 19 at the same location.Thank you so much for posting this notice.
MEMBER TO MEMBER
Airport Playhouse needs as many donations as possible of artificial Christmas Trees for the backdrop of their annual Christmas show.. any size or height. Call 631-589-7588.
For anyone who's bookmarked Robert Delaney's Long Island Theatre Calendar the new URL is: http://robertspage.com/theatre.html
To the Deb's Web Community:
Many of you have worked with my husband Matt Langen or me (Jen Hope). Sadly, our current financial situation has made it so we can no longer afford to live in our apartment. We are probably going to be evicted sometime between December of this year and January of next year. We have only 800 dollars a month in unemployment, though I have the potential to make more if we can find a place to live where I can also continue to teach voice (students= extra money for rent).
As many of you know, it is very, very difficult to find a room or apartment when you are not employed, even harder so when you are a couple (why does nobody want couples?), and harder still when you have a cat and work mostly out of your home.
I have many pending contracts with Broadhollow which also bring in some money, though we owe a lot of it to LIPA and creditors and such. I guess we are not the ideal tenants for anybody but serious theatre lovers with some extra space and huge hearts.
I am hoping to find us a situation where Matt and I can continue to reside together with our extremely loveable cat Bigfoot, and where I can continue to teach my students so that I can offer more money as rent and continue to guide the careers of young artists on Long Island.
If that doesn’t work out, I am seeking a separate place to teach lessons hopefully close to wherever we might end up living, and maybe near a train? (I don’t drive and we don’t own a car anyway). The last thing I want to give up is our cat but we may also be seeking a loving foster home for him where he can remain an indoor cat.
What we can offer you: a wealth of theater resources including but not limited to over 500 musical theater scores and scripts, and a rabid knowledge of and passion for all things theater related, as well as free lessons (vocal, audition coaching, and if you want to learn how to use computer programs to edit and compile sound, we can help you there as well.) And an eternity of gratitude.
If this doesn’t work out, I still want to thank you for taking the time to read this, and I have enjoyed living and working here immensely.
Here’s hoping I won’t have to head for my friend’s garage in New Jersey, or back onto another minivan to tour the Midwest yet again (I love you Midwesterners, but if I have to spend even one more day surveying armadillo roadkill I may go mad!)
Much thanks,
Jen Hope, Matt Langen, and Bigfoot jenhopediva@yahoo.com
From Linda Randolph
My church is planning a talent show for Saturday evening, Jan 30. We are looking for a venue with a stage and audience capacity of up to 400-500 where we can hold one (evening) rehearsal and the show. Any suggestions? Please contact: Linda Randolph at (631) 875-5747 or email: Linran05@yahoo.com
Attention Playwrights:
The Northport Arts Coalition is accepting submissions for its first Northport One Act Play Festival, to be held Fri, April 16 and Sat, April 17 at Northport HS, Elwood Rd, Northport. The festival is dedicated to showcasing the works of aspiring playwrights, with their scripts produced for the festival by theatrical companies from the LI area. All plays should pertain to this year’s festival theme of “Communication.” Requirements and applications for both playwrights and theater groups may be downloaded at www.northportarts.org. Deadline is Jan 1 for submissions. On Feb 1, the plays will be assigned to theater groups for production. For more info, please e-mail NorthportPlays@gmail.com.
CLASSIFIED
Deb's Web presents the following ads as a service to educators & performers in the LI Theater Community. In no way should they be construed as an endorsement. Be sure to research each offering thoroughly as Deb's Web will not be held responsible or liable in any way.
The Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave, Huntington is now hiring a Box Office Manager. Please contact us at NeilTWagner@gmail.com or apply at the Box Office. Experience Preferred.
Barry Morgenstein is offering $75 off of any Headshot session package now thru New Years! Take advantage of this great deal! Barry Was voted "Best Headshot Photographer in NYC 2006, 2008 and 2009" in a Backstage Readers Poll www.barrymorgenstein.com. Say you saw it in Deb's Web.
SIMPLE GIFTS PRODUCTIONS, located on Little Neck Road in Centerport, is seeking ACTING TEACHERS, DIRECTORS & CHOREOGRAPHERS for their 2010 winter programs. Please send resume/letter of interest to
Dr. Karen Van Houten (Artistic Director) at DrKVanH@optonline.net.
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CLOSING
The Children's Hour @ E Phoenix Idealis Theatre, Inc. 11/21
Bat Boy: The Musical @ Post Theatre Company 11/21
The Diary of Anne Frank @ Bay Street Theatre 11/21
Rocky Horror Show @ CM Performing Arts Center 11/21
Night Watch @ Second Chance Players 11/21
The White Liars and Black Comedy @ Ivy Lane Players 11/21
Death Takes A Holiday @ The Billboard Players 11/22
White Christmas @ St. Hugh Productions 11/22
Rabbit Hole @ Synergy Ensemble Theatre 11/22
Rabbit Hole @ North Fork Community Theatre 11/22
Curtains @ Theatre Box of Floral Park 11/22
Curtains @ Star Playhouse 11/22
Curtains @ FSF Community Theatre Group 11/22
All My Sons @ The Stage Theatre of Merrick 11/22
Carousel @ Theatre by the Bay 11/22
Funny Money @ Douglaston Community Theatre 11/22
Intimate Apparel @ Heights Players of Brooklyn 11/22
Audience With Murder @ Arena Players Main Stage 11/22
Disney's Beauty and the Beast @ CM Performing Arts Center 11/22
The Last Night of Ballyhoo @ Clare Rose Playhouse 11/22
Dead Man's Cell Phone @ Outrageous Fortune Company 11/22
Beauty and the Beast @ Northport /E Northport Community Theater 11/22
The Golden Age of Radio Part 2 @ Theatre A La Carte 11/22
Whose Wives Are They Anyway? @ Back Stage Theatre Co @ SUNY Farmingdale 11/22
OPENING
Follies @ James Street Players 11/20
Play On! @ Parkside Players 11/21
The Odd Couple @ Long Beach Theatre Guild 11/21 & 22 ONLY!
UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS/CAST LISTS/SHAMELESS PLUGS
Please take advantage of special offers for Deb's Web readers...
Theatre Three presents A Christmas Carol Nov 13 - Dec 27. Mention Deb's Web at the Box Office or when ordering by phone (631) 928-9100 and get LI performer tickets for $14.
The James Street Players presents Stephen Sondheim’s Follies
United Methodist Church, 21 James St,Babylon
Fri, Nov 20 & 27 at 8pm, Sat, Nov 21 at 8pm, Tues, Nov 24 at 8pm, Sat, Nov 28 at 2 & 8pm
Tickets online by visiting www.jamesstreetplayers.org or calling 1-866-811-4111.
Add'l info and directions are available on the website.
With full orchestration
Directed by Christopher Rosselli
The story revolves around the last reunion of The Weissman Follies and the performance within the original theater (soon to be demolished). The original Weissman girls reminisce about the beginning years and their loves and perform signature numbers as well as interact with ghostly younger selves and additional performers remember their early years in many musical numbers.
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Long Beach Theatre Guild & Sisterhood of Temple Emanu-el present Neil Simon's The Odd Couple
Call 516-432-2600 or visit our website at: www.longbeachtheatreguild.net
Tickets $18
Sat, Nov 21 at 8pm, Sun, Nov 22 at 3pm
Director: Peter Triolo
Asst Directors: Tom Lo Conte, Ginny Kelly
Producers: Lisa Simon-Weitz, Maxine Portnof
Starring:
Speed .......................ROBERT SHANLIN
Murray the Cop...........ERIC COLBERG
Roy ...........................TOM LO CONTE
Vinnie ........................IRA BERGER
Oscar Madison ..........JEFF STEVENS
Felix Ungar ................DEAN SCHILDKRAUT
Gwendolyn Pigeon .....JANET MARKS
Cecily Pigeon ............PAM MADISON
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GUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON
158 Main St, E Hampton
General Info: 631 324.0806 or www.GuildHall.org
Box Office: 631 324.4050
Sat, Nov 21 @ 7pm $10 / $8 members
Crossroads Music Showcase presents Teen Night featuring Rite of Way, Philosophunk and The Glazzies
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The Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island
presents the LI Premiere of Sweethearts
by W.S. Gilbert (pre-Arthur Sullivan)
8pm, Sat, Dec 5
Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Rd, Garden City
Tickets $20 per person. All proceeds benefit the Opera Company. To order/reserve tickets call 516.795.7745 or 631.275.6400. On the Internet you may purchase tickets at the Company’s website, www.gilbert-and-sullivan.net or visit www.theatermania.com. Tickets will be available at the door but seating is limited.
The Cast:
The Cast:
Part 1: Gilbert & Sullivan's Songs of Love
Singers:
Margaret Derasmo
Phil Gellis
Valerie Grehan
Stephen O'Leary
Part 2: W.S. Gilbert's Sweethearts
Jenny: Stephanie Izzo
Harry: David Groeger
Wilcox: Phil Gellis
Ruth: Valerie Grehan
Directed by Phil Gellis
Music Direction: Andrea Stryker-Rodda
• Dedicated to preserving the works of Gilbert & Sullivan, this performance is the first ever by the Company and first staging of the work on Long Island.
• Written in 1874 and not revived, until 2007, “Sweethearts” was considered Gilbert’s best and most popular pre-Arthur Sullivan stage work.
• In his new performing version written for the Company, Phil Gellis has assembled appropriate music from the Gilbert and Sullivan canon to complement the stage action.
The Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island
Founded in 1954, the Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island is one of the nation's oldest organizations devoted exclusively to the promotion and performance of the works of Gilbert & Sullivan. Our performers are all volunteers and come from every walk of life. While very different in many ways, they all have one thing in common: a passion to preserve and present these classic comic operas that has enriched and entertained generations of LI audiences.
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Chick P. will be performing at the Viking Sat, Nov 21 from 9:30pm-1:30am. The Viking is on Main St, west of Commack Road on the north side across from Islip HS. Lots of new tunes to check out. Hope to see you there
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Arena Players Main Stage presents Bus Stop by William Inge
Nov 27 to Dec 20
296 Route 109, E Farmingdale
Fri/Sat at 8PM, Sun at 3PM
Tickets: $20 Fri/Sun, $25 Sat.
Reservations/info (516) 293-0674
Visit us on the web @ www.ArenaPlayers.org.
The Cast:
Will Masters...Steve Fallis
Carl...John Wolf
Virgil Blessing...Joe Mortell
Bo Decker...Michael Goodwin
Cherie...Nicole Intravia
Grace...Adrienne Pelligrino
Elma...Victoria Moore
Dr. Gerald Lyman...Harold Harvey
A howling snowstorm has caused all roads to be blocked. On this winter evening, a bus full of weary travelers must pull over and hole up until morning at Grace’s Diner, a cheerful roadside restaurant just outside of Kansas City that doubles as a rest stop for bus passengers. Among these passengers are Bo, a young, headstrong cowboy, and Cherie, a sexy nightclub singer he met at the Kansas City rodeo. Set on taking her back to his ranch in Montana to marry her (despite the objections of the other passengers and the local sheriff), Bo is determined to get his way, resulting in various conflicts and some hilariously entertaining moments!
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The Stage Presents Disney's High School Musical
Nov 28 - Dec 27
Fri & Sat @ 8:30pm, Sun @ 3pm
The Cast:
Troy Bolton - Michael Rinere
Gabriella Montez - Alyson Rogers
Sharpay Evans - Jackie Collins
Ryan Evans - James Skarren
Taylor McKessie - Chelsea Temple
Chad Danforth - Stephen Simonis / Andrew Newhook (12/18, 12/19)
Kelsi Neilsen - Jennie Clifford
Jack Scott - Steve LeFayt
Martha Cox - Leigh Anne Muscarella
Zeke Baylor - Tommy Strahl
Ripper - Adam Jaffe
Ms. Darbus - Cathy Quinn
Cheerleaders/Jocks/Thespians/Skaters/Brainiacs:
Debbie Hecht, Patrick Walsh, Sara Cataldo, Danielle Coutieri
Kevin Amatulli, Charles Jacker, Lori Quinn, Ty Graynor
Musical Direction by Hyun Jang
Choreography by Danielle Coutieri
Directed by Janine Innamorato-Haire
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The FREE Players present Into the Woods
at the Suffolk Y JCC, 74 Hauppauge Rd, Commack
Sat, Dec 5 @ 7pm & Sun, Dec 6 @ 2pm
To reserve seats call 516-870-1600 ext 4040
Tickets: $20 family & friends, $12 Seniors & disabled, $5 children/students <18
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Stevie GB "The World's Funniest Accountant"
Vineyard 48, 18910 Middle Rd # 48, Cutchogue
(631) 734-5200 Call to reserve
Fri, Dec 4 Event: 6-9pm, Showtime: 7:30pm
NO COVER CHARGE - FREE ADMISSION !!!!!
(may be a two drink minimum...call to confirm)
Hosted By: Paul Corrigan - Sirius Radio
Featuring: NYC comics Luke Younger & Dave Greek - from 101.9 RXP
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See LI Actress Jenna Rose Swerdlow in The Odella Williams Show
Sargent Theater 314 West 54th St, 2nd FL, NYC
Nov 27-29: Fri at 8pm, Sat at 5pm & 8pm, Sun at 5pm & 8pm
Tickets: $25 for ages 13-adult, $15 for ages 7-12
Tickets and other info can be accessed at www.polifonicentertainment.com
CHILDREN'S/TEEN THEATER
Visit http://DebsWebJunior.homestead.com
Please send all youth theater notices to Fran Proto Bookbinder at DebsWebJunior@gmail.com
ACTOR/TECHIE INTERVIEW
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ONE PERSON'S (RE)VIEW
Scott Hofer at Synergy
Have to rave about Linda May appearing in Synergy Ensemble's production of Rabbit Hole as a woman coping with the loss of a child. First off what a great play. Right away when you hear what the show is about you steel yourself for a heavy evening. It was nothing like that at all, in many parts it was funny and tense and it never dissolved into a weepfest. I have to give credit to the director for keeping it from becoming maudlin-sorry I left my program at home, but great job to all the actors and the director and especially Linda May-great show and thanks for being a theatre unafraid to put a challenging show up. Kudos to all.
COOL WEB SITE - submitted by Nancy Likes
For all you The Sound of Music lovers out there...
Antwerp , Belgium Central (Train) Station on the 23rd of March 2009 with no warning to the passengers passing through the station at 8am, a recording of Julie Andrews singing Do, Re, Mi begins to play on the public address system.
As the bemused passengers watch in amazement, some 200 dancers begin to appear from the crowd and station entrances. They created this amazing stunt with just two rehearsals!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k&annotation_id=annotation_72265&feature=iv%3E
TRIVIA DEPARTMENT
FILM
Peter David asks.. Who were the actors that Ismail and Abdel replaced and what was the film?
In 1954, an Egyptian film studio produced a movie with a title variously translated as "Have Mercy" or "Shame on You!" featuring comic actors Ismail and Abdel. It was a shot-for-shot remake of an earlier American-made film featuring two comedy legends.
Know the answer? Click here to reply: tistar1@verizon.net
Last Week's Stumper
2 of the 3 female leads in Bring It On (2000) were cheerleaders in high school; which of the leads wasn't one?
Answer: Eliza Dushku
Winners: ;-(
THEATER
Peter Morrison asks...
Which actor/dancer/singer do the following four shows have in common: A Chorus Line (Shubert, 7/25/75-4/28/90, 6,137), Dancin' (Broadhurst/Ambassador, 3/27/78-6/27/82, 1,774), The Act (Majestic, 10/27/77-7/1/78, 233), and Wicked (George Gershwin, 10/30/03-Present). (Hint: The performer did not sing or even perform in all four of them.)
Bonuses: Name one character the performer played and the song that character sang. In which tribute to which composer/lyricist did the performer sing?
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Last Week's Stumper
The teacher/psychiatrist in this sixties musical was to have been played by a French actor, but circumstances forced the director to cast an American-born actor with a much better voice. Name the musical, the composer, the lyricist and the French actor who did NOT appear in it.
Bonuses: What was to have been the title of the show? Who was to have composed the music?
Answers: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; Burton Lane (music) and Alan J. Lerner (lyrics); Louis Jourdan
Bonuses: I Picked a Daisy*; Richard Rodgers**
Winners: Frank Tangredi***, Phil Gellis***, Marc Courtade***, Gary Tifeld***, Melanie Lipton
THIS WEEK IN BROADWAY HISTORY
Nov. 20, 1952 - "The Seven Year Itch" begins a 1,141-performance run. Marilyn Monroe stars in the 1955 movie.
Nov. 20, 1966 - The Kander and Ebb musical "Cabaret" beckons "Willkommen" with Jill Haworth as Sally Bowles and Joel Grey as the emcee of the Kit Kat Club. Ann Reinking makes her Broadway debut as a Kit Kat girl.
Nov. 20, 1981 - A World War II training camp murder gets depicted in "A Soldier's Story," starring Denzel Washington, Adolph Caesar and Samuel L. Jackson.
Nov. 21, 1934 - Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" opens with Ethel Merman doing the title song and "I Get A Kick Out Of You."
Nov. 23, 1937 - John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" gets adapted to the stage by George S. Kaufman with Wallace Ford as George and Broderick Crawford as Lenny.
Nov. 23, 1938 - Rodgers and Hart's "The Boys from Syracuse" opens with Burl Ives and Eddie Albert in the cast. It's based on Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors."
Nov. 23, 1944 - Arthur Miller's first play, "The Man Who Had All The Luck," opens.
Nov. 23, 1959 - Tom Bosley, who later goes on to TV comedy fame on "Happy Days," becomes a Broadway star with the opening of "Fiorello."
Nov. 24, 1950 - Frank Loesser's "Guys and Dolls" opens with Robert Alda as Sky Masterson, Sam Levene as Nathan Detroit, Vivian Blaine as Miss Adelaide and Stubby Kaye as Nicely Nicely Johnson.
Nov. 24, 1951 - Audrey Hepburn opens in "Gigi," and Walter Kerr of The New York Herald-Tribune says she's "as fresh and frisky as a puppy out of a tub."
Nov. 25, 1942 - Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne star in the comedy "The Pirate."
Nov. 26, 1940 - Emlyn Williams' autobiography "The Corn Is Green" comes to the stage with Ethel Barrymore starring as the teacher.
TELEVISION
The next few weeks' TV trivia will consist of Flo Federman's TV Connections Quiz:
What is the connection between Jeffersons & Good Times?
Know the answer(s)? Click here to reply: tistar1@verizon.net
Last week's stumper:
On The Brady Bunch, what did Mike Brady do for a living?
Answer: He was an architect
Winner(s): Charles L. Bandler, Robin Sabella, Lon Shomer, Rosemary Kurtz, Patricia Gallagher,
Diane Marmann, Melanie Lipton, Peter David, Gary Tifeld
HUMOR submitted by Rich McDermott
When SHOWS/MOVIES merge...Combinations of two titles plus a capsule review of the resulting production.
DRACULA CAGE AU FOLLES
Our Count is thrilled when he's cast in a drag show, but the producers fire him when they discover he can't do any Wednesday or Saturday matinees...
MILESTONES
LI birthday/anniversary info by Mary Ellin Kurtz at maryellin@optonline.net
Celebrity births/deaths by Gary Tifeld
Upcoming LI celebrations: Happy Birthday/Anniversary to you all!
BORN 11/20
Actress Judy Canova born 1913
Actress Evelyn Keyes (Gone With the Wind) born 1916
Actress Gene Tierney (Laura) born 1920
Actress Phyllis Thaxter (Superman) is 88
Actress Kaye Ballard (The Mothers-in-Law) is 83
Actress Estelle Parsons (Bonnie & Clyde, Roseanne) is 82
Actor Franklin Cover (The Jeffersons) born 1928
Actor Richard Dawson (Family Feud) is 77
Dick Smothers (The Smothers Brothers) is 70
Actress Veronica Hamel (Hill Street Blues) is 66
Actor Samuel E. Wright (The Little Mermaid) is 63
Actor Richard Masur (One Day At a Time) is 61
Actress Bo Derek ("10") is 53
Actress Sean Young (No Way Out) is 50
DIED 11/20
Director Robert Altman (M*A*S*H, Nashville, etc.) - 2006 - Leukemia
Director Emile Ardolino (Sister Act) - AIDS - 1993
BORN 11/21
**LI Performer/Photographer Steve Ayle**
Actress Vivian Blaine (Guys & Dolls) born 1921
Actor Joseph Campanella is 82
Actor Laurence Luckinbill (The Boys in the Band) is 75
Actress Marlo Thomas (That Girl) is 72
Dancer Natalia Makarova (On Your Toes) is 69
Actress Juliet Mills (Nanny and the Professor) is 68
Actor/Director Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters) is 65
Actress Goldie Hawn (Private Benjamin) is 64
Actress Deborah Shelton (Body Double) is 61
Actress Lorna Luft (Grease 2) is 57
Actress Cynthia Rhodes (Staying Alive) is 53
Actress Cherry Jones (Doubt) is 53
Actor Paul Schoeffler (Peter Pan) is 51
Actress Nicolette Sheridan (Desperate Housewives) is 46
DIED 11/21
Actor Bill Bixby (Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Incredible Hulk) – 1993 – Prostate cancer
Actor Jerry Colonna – 1986 – Kidney disease
BORN 11/22
Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael (Stardust) born 1899
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield born 1921
Director Arthur Hiller (Love Story) is 86
Director Sir Peter Hall (Amadeus) is 79
Actor Robert Vaughn (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) is 77
Actor Allen Garfield (Nashville) is 70
Director Terry Gilliam (Brazil) is 69
Actor Tom Conti (Whose Life is It Anyway?) is 68
Actor/Musician Steve Van Zandt (The Sopranos, The E Street Band) is 59
Actor Richard Kind (Spin City) is 53
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween) is 51
Actress Mariel Hemingway (Manhattan, Star 80) is 48
Actor Stephen Geoffreys (Fright Night) is 45
Actor Brian Robbins (Head of the Class) is 43
Actor Nicholas Rowe (Young Sherlock Holmes) is 43
Actor Mark Ruffalo (Just Like Heaven) is 42
DIED 11/22
Actor/Teacher Mark Lenard (Star Trek) – 1996 – Multiple myeloma
Actress Norma Donaldson (Guys & Dolls) – 1994 – Cancer
Voice actor Sterling Holloway (Winnie the Pooh) – 1992 – Cardiac arrest
Actor Benjamin "Scatman" Crothers (Chico and the Man) – 1986 – Lung cancer
Actor Michael Conrad (Hill Street Blues) – 1983 – Urethral cancer
Actress/Writer Mae West – 1980 – Complications from stroke
BORN 11/23
**LI Performer Anthony Festo**
Actor Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) born 1887
Adolph "Harpo" Marx born 1888
Actress/Singer Ruth Etting born 1896
Actor Victor Jory born 1902
Actor John Dehner born 1915
Actor Michael Gough (Batman) is 96
Choreographer Peter Gennaro (Annie) born 1919
Lyricist Jerry Bock (Fiddler on the Roof) is 81
Screenwriter Robert Towne (Chinatown) is 75
Actress Elmarie Wendel (3rd Rock From the Sun) is 70
Actor Franco Nero (Camelot) is 68
Actress Susan Anspach (Five Easy Pieces) is 67
Actor Steve Landesberg (Barney Miller) is 64
Actor David Rappaport (Time Bandits) born 1951
Actress/Singer B.J. Crosby (Smokey Joe’s Café) is 57
Musician Bruce Hornsby (The Way It Is) is 55
Actor/Comedian Steve Harvey (The Steve Harvey Show) is 53
Actress Dominique Dunne (Poltergeist) born 1959
Actor Maxwell Caulfield (Grease 2) is 50
Actor Oded Fehr (The Mummy) is 39
DIED 11/23
Lyricist Betty Comden (On the Town, Bells Are Ringing, etc.) – 2006 – Heart failure
Actor Philippe Noiret (Cinema Paradiso) – 2006 – Cancer
Actress Constance Cummings (Wings) – 2005
Director Louis Malle (Atlantic City) – 1995 – Lymphoma
Actor Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu) – 1991 – Heart attack
Writer Roald Dahl (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) – 1990 – Leukemia
Actress Merle Oberon (Wuthering Heights) – 1979 – Stroke
BORN 11/24
Writer Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden) born 1849
Musician Scott Joplin born 1868
Actress Cathleen Nesbitt (My Fair Lady) born 1889
Writer/Director Garson Kanin (Born Yesterday) born 1912
Actress Joan Sanderson (Please Sir) born 1912
Actress Geraldine Fitzgerald (Arthur) born 1913
Actor Howard Duff (The Adventures of Sam Spade) born 1913
Actor Rene Enriquez (Hill Street Blues) born 1933
Director/Lyricist Martin Charnin (Annie) is 75
Actress Carol Mayo-Jenkins (Fame) is 71
Actor/Comedian Billy Connolly (White Oleander) is 67
Actor Dwight Schultz (The A-Team) is 62
Actor Damon Evans (The Jeffersons) is 60
Actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Seven Guitars) is 53
Actress Denise Crosby (Star Trek: TNG) is 52
Actress Lola Glaudini (The Sopranos) is 37
Actress Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy) is 31
DIED 11/24
Actor Pat Morita (The Karate Kid, Happy Days) – 2005 – Natural causes
Actress Rachel Gurney (Upstairs, Downstairs) – 2001
Singer Freddie Mercury (Queen) – 1991 – AIDS
BORN 11/25
**LI Performer Ed Adams**
Actor Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island) born 1920
Actor Jeffrey Hunter born 1926
Playwright Murray Schisgal (Luv) is 83
Actor Ben Stein (Win Ben Stein's Money) is 65
Actor John Larroquette (Night Court) is 62
Director Jonathan Kaplan (The Accused) is 62
Singer Amy Grant (Baby Baby) is 49
Actor Dougray Scott (Desperate Housewives) is 44
Actress Jill Hennessy (Crossing Jordan) is 40
Actress Christina Applegate (Married…with Children, Samantha Who) is 38
DIED 11/25
Playwright William Gibson (The Miracle Worker, Two for the Seesaw) – 2008
Comedian Flip Wilson - 1998 - Liver cancer
Actor Charles Hallahan (Going In Style) - 1997 - Heart attack
Actor Jack Albertson (The Subject Was Roses) - 1981 - Cancer
Actor Laurence Harvey (The Manchurian Candidate) - 1973 - Stomach cancer
BORN 11/26
**LI Techie WendyEllen Kesselman**
Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts) born 1922
Actor/Singer Robert Goulet (The Happy Time) born 1933
Actress Marian Mercer (It's A Living) is 74
Impressionist Rich Little is 71
Singer Tina Turner (What's Love Got To Do With It?) is 70
Ventriloquist Wayland Flowers born 1939
Actress Olivia Cole (Backstairs at the White House) is 67
Producer Bruce Paltrow (St. Elsewhere) born 1943
Actor Daniel Davis (The Nanny) is 64
Actress/Comedienne Thea Vidale (Thea) is 53
Actress Jamie Rose (Lady Blue) is 50
Actress Marcy Walker (All My Children) is 48
DIED 11/26
Writer Mel Tolkin (Your Show of Shows) – 2007 – Heart failure
Actor Robert Coote (My Fair Lady) - 1982
Actress Rachel Roberts (This Sporting Life, Foul Play) - 1980 - Barbiturate poisoning
Bandleader Tommy Dorsey - 1956 - Asphyxiation
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Don't forget these terrific shows hosted by LI theater luminaries...
Brittany Brown’s theatre-themed radio show, Marvelous Party, on alt Thurs 10am-Noon on WUSB 90.1 FM
The Broadway Show, 1370 WALK AM, Sat, 10 a.m., Jim Redding and Bill McGrath.
Rich Keith - richkeith7@hotmail.com
Sunday Sinatra-Sun mornings 10am-Noon at 91.9 WSHR, Lake Ronkonkoma. Also, some good music (Jazz and Standard...of course much from Broadway & Film) on my Friday evening Show from 7-11pm.
Fred Tubello WHPC 90.3 FM every Mon & Fri from 9-10am - country music program
The Realm of Never
Woodbury: Tues, 9:30 pm, Ch 115 Digital IO Cable
Hauppauge/Brookhaven: Tues, 9:30 pm, Ch 20
QPTV: Thurs, 6pm, Ch 57 and Fri, 4pm, Ch 35
Also streaming episodes on GOOGLE VIDEO and YOU TUBE.
Please visit www.powerofcohesion.com for the direct links
John Edward Cross Country
On WE (Women's Entertainment)
Fridays at 9 & 10 pm
Mary Puma:Producer / Jack Walker:Composer
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And please remember...
if you're not in a show, please see one and support L I Theater. I do.
[If you want your friends to support you when you perform, direct, or tech a show please support them.] Here's what's playing... http://www.debsliweb.homestead.com/CurrentlyPlaying.html
Love to you all,
Debbie
