Peter Fogel has been a successful working comedian and comedic actor for decades, so it’s difficult to get the Long Island-raised comedian starstruck. After all, he has toured throughout North America, is a veteran of countless radio and television commercials
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By Brian Kluepfel Shaul Dover’s teenage attempts at playing music, including marching band, drums, piano and guitar, never quite took hold, yet he remained a fan. Moving from Israel to New York City in the 1980s, his appreciation was heightened
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IT’S COOL TO BE A NERD, JUST OWN IT Eric Webb loved comic books as a kid growing up outside of Albany in the 1980s and 90s. But he worried about the social implications of embracing the interest. Webb’s young
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About 25 years ago, when Michael Shapiro served as music consultant to the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, he found a book of Sephardic poetry of the Holocaust. The poetry’s text was in multiple languages – Italian, Spanish, French, among
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For children who love to read and the parents who hope to find a way to attract their kids to pick up a book, one of the most popular events to encourage that activity returns in full force. This Saturday
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When “Choices: A Rock Opera” debuted at Armonk’s Whippoorwill Hall early last April, its writer and director John Krupa could not have been more pleased with the initial reaction. It played to three oversold performances before enthusiastic audiences over a
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Mention the name Vinny Pastore in a word association game and an entire generation is likely to respond “Big Pussy from ‘The Sopranos.’” But far fewer may know that years before his role on the hit HBO mob drama, Pastore
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As a Horace Greeley High School senior in 2012-13 and during time off from college, Ethan Fuirst worked at the Jacob Burns Film Center selling tickets, scooping popcorn and directing patrons to the correct screen. Next week Fuirst returns to
Read MoreRui Dun’s love of theater runs deep, but there aren’t many productions that speak to the 31-year-old director’s personal experience. That has changed with her opportunity to direct “The Great Leap” for Pleasantville’s Arc Stages for a seven-performance run over
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Elise Maurine Milner’s career trajectory isn’t one that anybody would typically associate with a path to success as a playwright in the theater world. But through hard work, gumption, and resourcefulness, Milner has been able to carve a solid niche
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