Rosendale Theatre presents Rocky Horror Picture Show with shadow cast
The screening features a costumed “shadow cast” whose task is to act out scenes, dance to the musical numbers from the film and encourage callbacks from the audience.
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Hudson Valley Halloween events take center stage
Terror at the Mike, Horror slam, Addams Family Musical, Haunted Halloween Beauty Pageant, Psychic Pattie Canova at CIA
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds on big screen at UPAC
Come dressed as a bird and get in free.
Hélène Lesterlin’s puppet opus Fox vs. Kingdom to premiere at Byrdcliffe Theater
By turns a raucous entertainment, gorgeous shadow play and masked dance, this dark comedy is told by three troubadours in a medieval tavern, featuring original songs and more than three dozen puppets.
TSL to screen National Theatre of London’s Deep Blue Sea & Frankenstein and Stage Russia’s Eugene Onegin & Cherry Orchard
You have another opportunity to catch one of the two fi lmed versions of Danny Boyle’s celebrated 2012 National Theater of London Live stage production of Frankenstein at TSL in Hudson at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 29. In its Olivier Award-winning London run, two TV Sherlocks, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, took turns playing Victor Frankenstein and his undead creation. Both shared highly enthusiastic reviews. In this encore presentation, Cumberbatch will play the Creature and Miller will play the role of Victor Frankenstein. Call ahead to make a reservation; these screenings often sell out.
Film examining media’s role in political polarization to be screened at Upstate Films
Filmmaker Jen Senko explores the historical roots of the media trends that transformed her own father from a non-political, lifelong Democrat into a right-wing fanatic after listening to talk radio.
Carole Kane directs Geraldine Hughes in Belfast Blues at SUNY-New Paltz this weekend
What’s particularly intriguing about this production of Belfast Blues is the director: the iconic character actress Carol Kane. TV fans know her as Simka on Taxi and as Lillian on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; moviegoers may recall her Oscar-nominated starring role in Hester Street or her smaller parts in Annie Hall or Dog Day Afternoon, or her unforgettable turn as Valerie, the wildhaired, wild-eyed harridan wife of Billy Crystal’s Miracle Max in The Princess Bride.
Woodstock film festival spotlights local filmmaking
A peek at the locally produced films slated to be screened at this year’s festival.
A solo reanimation of Frankenstein in Catskill
It’s a singular adaptation — “Singular,” because this version is written for one actor, who plays Victor, the Creature and six other characters over the course of an hour and 45 minutes. The actor who will dare this literal and figurative monster of a role is Steven Patterson, associate director of Bridge Street Theatre.
See Nosferatu with a live score
While it’s always skin-crawly fun to experience Nosferatu in a real cinema – you may come out of it feeling about rats the way a lot of people feel about spiders or snakes – what makes this weekend’s presentation in Woodstock extra-special is the musical accompaniment