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Here's When You Can Celebrate Woodstock In Bedford Here's When You Can Celebrate Woodstock In Bedford
Here's When You Can Celebrate Woodstock In Bedford Want to celebrate Woodstock in your own neck of the woods? Your opportunity is right around the corner with ‘Peace, Love & Playhouse,’ an “epic party” celebrating the 50th anniversary of the original Woodstock event. Bedford Playhouse (633 Old Post Road) is hosting an exciting evening featuring live 60s-inspired music, food and drink and plenty of flower power on Saturday, June 22. The Woodstock party will be Bedford Playhouse’s biggest party of the year as well as its first major fundraiser following the first successful year of operations. The musical acts scheduled for the event in…
Kerry Kennedy Speaks In Bedford About New Book, 50 Years After RFK's Murder Kerry Kennedy Speaks In Bedford About New Book, 50 Years After RFK's Murder
Kerry Kennedy Speaks In Bedford About New Book, 50 Years After RFK's Murder Bedford Playhouse is welcoming Kerry Kennedy for a special screening and author event on Thursday, June 7, 50 years after the assassination of her father, Robert F. Kennedy. An audience Q&A, readings from her new book and the 1968 documentary about her father, "Robert Kennedy Remembered" -- filmed immediately after his assassination -- will all be part of this special evening at the new Clive Davis Arts Center. Guests will view the Academy Award-winning documentary, "Robert Kennedy Remembered," in the newly-renovated Main Theater. An audience conversation and Q&A…
New Bedford Playhouse Theater Announces Opening New Bedford Playhouse Theater Announces Opening
New Bedford Playhouse Theater Announces Opening After three years of fundraising, planning and construction, Bedford Playhouse will open the doors to its 167-seat Main Theater, the largest of its three theaters, on Memorial Day Weekend. The box office will be open and the Playhouse will screen two films for the public that weekend: "Singin’ in the Rain" and "ET" at 633 Old Post Road. Guests will be among the very first to experience the theater’s state-of-the-art technology and colossal screen -- the biggest in Westchester County. The Playhouse will offer limited programming on select weekends throughout the summer a…
Music Legend Clive Davis To Make Major Gift To Bedford Playhouse Music Legend Clive Davis To Make Major Gift To Bedford Playhouse
Music Legend Clive Davis To Make Major Gift To Bedford Playhouse Bedford Playhouse announced Thursday, March 22 that music producer Clive Davis pledged substantial support towards the capital campaign that is funding the transformation of its space into a vibrant, state of the art cultural center. Davis, a five-time Grammy award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member, is credited with discovering some of music’s biggest stars, including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Santana, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Earth, Wind & Fire, Whitney Houston, and Alicia Keys.  The gift will establish the Clive Davis Arts Center at Bedford Playhouse. Within t…
This Sunday: Bedford Playhouse Previews 'The Number On Great-Grandpa's Arm' This Sunday: Bedford Playhouse Previews 'The Number On Great-Grandpa's Arm'
This Sunday: Bedford Playhouse Previews 'The Number On Great-Grandpa's Arm' Bedford Playhouse is thrilled to be screening a popular HBO film with local ties on Sunday, March 11, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.  HBO's documentary film, “The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm," shares lessons of the Holocaust through conversations between a young boy and his great-grandfather. The screening will be followed by an audience Q&A with panelists including: 10-year-old Elliott Saiontz, local resident and the film's young narrator; his mother, Stacey Saiontz; Amy Schatz, award-winning director/producer; and Jeff Scher, animator.  The screening will take place at The Little Theater…
Chevy Chase Heads Home To Bedford Playhouse Chevy Chase Heads Home To Bedford Playhouse
Chevy Chase Heads Home To Bedford Playhouse BEDFORD, N.Y. -- This holiday season, actor Chevy Chase told an appreciative crowd just how much he enjoyed playing a man who had most everything go wrong one Christmas vacation. Through the Bedford Playhouse, Chase was on hand on Dec. 19 for a special event at Historical Hall, a location the Playhouse has been using for gatherings leading up to the completion of renovations. There, over 100 area residents were treated to both a screening of his film "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," and a question and answer session. The evening was moderated by John Farr, Bedford Playhous…