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Casting, Dates Announced For Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s 2021 Summer Season Casting, Dates Announced For Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s 2021 Summer Season
Casting, Dates Announced For Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s 2021 Summer Season The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival has announced its return for the 2021 season, along with its lineup of plays and casting, at Boscobel House and Gardens in Putnam County, located on Route 9D in Garrison. The season kicks off on Thursday, June 24, with "The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington," by James Ijames, which runs through Friday, July 30.  The play will feature Tyler Fauntleroy, Cyndii Johnson, Ralph Adriel Johnson, Claudia Logan, Britney Simpson, Brandon St. Clair, and Nance Williamson. The season will continue with William Shakespeare’s, "T…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Racism Concerns Prompt HS In Hudson Valley To Cancel 'Tarzan' Play Racism Concerns Prompt HS In Hudson Valley To Cancel 'Tarzan' Play
Racism Concerns Prompt HS In Hudson Valley To Cancel 'Tarzan' Play The show will not go on, as a high school in Westchester has canceled a scheduled student play amid concerns of racism. The Elmsford Central School District announced that it will be canceling its planned Disney’s “Tarzan” play, the day before auditions were scheduled for the Alexander Hamilton High School production on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Instead, due to concerns raised by parents, students will instead perform William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” A pair of parents reportedly brought up concerns that students of color would wind up playing certain characters in the Tarzan musical, which…

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by Zak Failla
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Casting Call: Steven Spielberg's New 'West Side Story' Movie Conducting Search Casting Call: Steven Spielberg's New 'West Side Story' Movie Conducting Search
Casting Call: Steven Spielberg's New 'West Side Story' Movie Conducting Search Can you see yourself as the "real" Maria singing and dancing with the gangs in "West Side Story"?  Well, sometimes dreams do come true and now might be that time, with Stephen Spielberg announcing a casting call far and wide in a search for a new Maria to star in his upcoming remake of the movie. Casting director Cindy Tolan's Office said Spielberg is looking for a Latino/Hispanic female between the ages of 15 to 25 years old who can sing and has a strong dance background for the 20th Century Fox production. No officials tryout dates have been announced locally, but interested Ma…

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by Kathy Reakes