The Journal News

Tony-Winner Daisy Eagan To Bring Live Podcast Tour To NYC and More In April
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 14, 2023

Extending its reach beyond your podcast players and headphones, the hit podcast 'Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan' is launching a limited live show tour to play three cities in April 2023.

Westchester Broadway Theatre Closes Its Door
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 26, 2020

The Journal News has reported that Westchester Broadway Theatre has closed after 46 years and 217 mainstage productions due to the effects of the ongoing global health crisis. 

TrailBlazer Music Festival Announces 2020 Lineup Featuring Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan And Thomas Rhett
by Kaitlin Milligan - Dec 5, 2019

TrailBlazer Country Music and Camping Festival, formerly known as Taste of Country Music Festival, announced the megastar 2020 lineup for the eighth-annual event returning to Hunter, NY at Hunter Mountain Resort on June 12-14. Headliners Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan and Thomas Rhett will take the main stage nestled just 100 miles North of New York City. Additional artists including Kelsea Ballerini, Gabby Barrett, Blanco Brown, Clare Dunn, HARDY, Jon Langston, Dylan Scott, Matt Stell, Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three, with more to be revealed in the coming weeks, will also perform at the picturesque and mountainous festival. The 2020 edition of the festival joins Live Nation's premiere family of country music festivals which includes Watershed in George, WA; Faster Horses in Brooklyn, MI; Seven Peaks in Buena Vista, CO and Tortuga Music Festival in Ft. Lauderdale. FL. Passes for TrailBlazer Festival go on-sale December 13 at 10am ET at TrailBlazerFest.com.

Halloween in Sleepy Hollow Country Kicks Off Sept. 20
by Julie Musbach - Sep 3, 2019

Halloween season in Sleepy Hollow Country, a legendary time that draws hundreds of thousands to the area, now features more frightful fun than ever before! Historic Hudson Valley's fall events, the largest in the tri-state area, kick off Friday, Sept. 20, and take place on selected evenings through Saturday, Nov. 30. Historic Hudson Valley expects to draw more than 250,000 visitors to Sleepy Hollow Country this fall.

Halloween In Sleepy Hollow Country Kicks Off This Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2018

Halloween in Sleepy Hollow Country is legendary, and now there's more frightful fun than ever before! Historic Hudson Valley's fall events, the largest in the tri-state area, kick off Friday, Sept. 28, and take place on selected evenings through Saturday, Nov. 24. Historic Hudson Valley expects to draw more than 250,000 visitors to Sleepy Hollow Country this fall.

Bethany Arts Community Launches in Ossining
by Julie Musbach - May 10, 2018

Bethany Arts Community (BAC),  a new space and environment located at 40 Somerstown Road, Ossining, NY, where the many forms of art can be learned, produced and flourish, is pleased to announce a four week residency, this May, with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, a world-class dance-theater company.

Fall Events for Music, Dance, and More Announced at PAC
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 30, 2017

THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, PURCHASE COLLEGE (The PAC) is opening its 40th Season with the World Premiere of Siti Company's Hanjo. This Fall will see the aformentioned world premiere in addition to many seasoned favorites like Rob Mathes All performances take place at The PAC, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577.

Halloween in Sleepy Hollow Country Kicks Off on 9/29
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 7, 2017

Where better to spend Halloween than where the 'Legend' lives? Historic Hudson Valley's Halloween season events, the largest in the tri-state area, kick off Friday, Sept. 29 and take place on selected evenings through Saturday, Nov. 25. They will draw more than 200,000 visitors to Sleepy Hollow Country this fall.

OnStage Blog Announces New Critics for Connecticut Area
by BWW News Desk - Sep 4, 2017

OnStage Blog is thrilled to announce our new staff of theatre critics for Connecticut. The staff consists of Tara Kennedy, Noah Golden, Maegan Clearwood and John P. McCarthy.

OnStage Blog Welcomes New Critics for New York City Area
by BWW News Desk - Sep 1, 2017

OnStage Blog has announced its new staff of theatre critics for the Greater New York City Area. The staff consists of David Roberts, Asya Danilova and John P. McCarthy.

40 Years Ago Tomorrow, Penguin Rep Was Born
by BWW News Desk - Jun 30, 2017

When Penguin Rep Theatre opens its month-long run of COBB, Lee Blessing's play about the legendary baseball player Ty Cobb, today, it will be exactly 40 years to the day since the enterprising company gave its first performance...

Penguin Rep Theatre Opens 40th Season with TRAYF
by Julie Musbach - May 7, 2017

Penguin Rep Theatre, the award-winning professional Equity theatre under the leadership of founding artistic director Joe Brancato and executive director Andrew M. Horn, opens its 40th season with Trayf, a new play by Lindsay Joelle.

2017 IRNE Awards Winners Announced - Shoshana Bean, Mark Rylance, SCOTTSBORO BOYS and More!
by Christina Mancuso - Apr 25, 2017

The 21st Annual IRNE Awards ceremony was held last night in the Ballroom of the Holiday Inn Brookline/Boston. 

The Ogunquit Playhouse Receives Three IRNE Award Nominations for THE HUNCHBACK NOTRE DAME
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 9, 2017

The Ogunquit Playhouse is proud to announce that it has received three Independent Reviewers of New England Award (IRNE) nominations in the large theatre category for its 2016 production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame including Best Set Design, Best Lighting Design, and Best Actor in a Musical. The IRNE Awards honor the best of the previous year's actors, directors, choreographers, designers and companies across the full spectrum of large, mid-size and fringe theater companies in Boston and New England.

Award-Winning Journalist Sam Borden Joins ESPN as Global Sports Contributor
by Caryn Robbins - Feb 7, 2017

Award-winning journalist Sam Borden has joined ESPN as a writer and television contributor.

Penguin Rep Closes Season With Award-Winning DANIEL'S HUSBAND
by Liz Cearns - Sep 12, 2016

Penguin Rep Theatre, the award-winning theatre in Stony Point, New York, under the leadership of Artistic Director Joe Brancato and Executive Director Andrew M. Horn, closes its 2016 season with the New York premiere of Daniel's Husband by Michael McKeever from September 23 through October 16, 2016. In Daniel's Husband, Mitchell and Daniel are the ideal couple, everything but married. Mitchell does not believe in marriage; Daniel does. "When their life together takes a shocking and unexpected turn," says Mr. Brancato, who will stage the production at Penguin Rep, "we learn about the power and pain of love in this breathtaking new play."

Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT to Play Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - Aug 11, 2016

William Shakespeare's comedy 'Twelfth Night', directed by Dee O'Brien will play August 11, 12, 13 at 7:30 PM and August 14 at 2:00 PM at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine Street (inside City Hall).

Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT to Play Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - Aug 1, 2016

William Shakespeare's comedy 'Twelfth Night', directed by Dee O'Brien will play August 11, 12, 13 at 7:30 PM and August 14 at 2:00 PM at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine Street (inside City Hall).

BUYER AND CELLAR, FINDING DR. RUTH & More Set for Penguin Rep's 2016 Season
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 14, 2016

Penguin Rep Theatre, under the leadership of founding artistic director Joe Brancato and executive director Andrew M. Horn, announces its 2016 season, the professional Equity company's 39th at its home in Stony Point (Rockland County), New York, a season filled with current and controversial subject matter.

Penguin Rep Theatre's 2015 Season Opens With SMALL WORLD Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2015

Penguin Rep Theatre's 2015 season officially begins tonight, May 15, 2015, with the New York premiere of Small World by Frederick Stroppel, directed by artistic director Joe Brancato.