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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