Stein/Thomson opera “The Mother of Us All” to be revived in Hudson. Susan B. Anthony spoke twice on the very stage where this opera will be performed. 

Kurt Voelker’s script had the good fortune to attract the notice of J. K. Simmons before the actor struck Oscar gold. If you find it difficult to imagine Simmons as a laid-back nice guy after his incredibly intense performance as the martinet jazz professor in Whiplash, you may find it worthwhile to see The Bachelors simply to experience the flip side of his thespian virtuosity.

New Paltz filmmaker Gail Freedman’s documentary about competitive same-sex ballroom dancing to premiere Oct. 22 in NYC.

It’s A Chorus Line set in an underground tunnel, more or less, and packed with great songs. Lloyd (played by Giancarlo Esposito) is an unexpectedly wise derelict whose home is a New York City subway car. Who knew that this guy can sing and dance so ferociously as he does in his big number here, “Crazy”? Once you’ve seen him, it’s tough to imagine better contemporary casting.

Saturday, Oct. 14: Sybil Kempson became interested in the Catskills as a performance site after learning about its high rate of alleged Bigfoot sightings.

Saturday, Oct. 14: The telling and receiving of personal truths – not spiel, characters or joke setups – is the heartbeat of Gethard’s comedy, even when he is doing conventional standup. He seems driven by the impulse to divulge, to articulate a self and to connect.

Over-the-top sexism apparently still doesn’t hurt one’s election chances, so maybe we haven’t really come such a long way, baby.