Aaron Sorkin Returns to SHS
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Hometown hero Aaron Sorkin will return to Scarsdale on Thursday night May 26, when the Scarsdale High School Drama Club will present "An Evening with Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin," at 7:00p.m in the Scarsdale High School Auditorium. The evening will include the opportunity for Q&A with the Academy Award winning screenwriter, producer, and playwright. After showing several clips, he will discuss many of his works, including A Few Good Men, The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and The Social Network.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students/seniors. They can be purchased in advance from Drama Club members, including Justine Gelfman, Will Heffner, Lorna Begg, Autumn Hamra, Emma Miller, Sophie Nobler, Cara Scharf, Julia Rutkovsky, Rebecca Primoff, Melissa Duarte, and Ilana Newman. Contact Justine Gelfman at [email protected] , Sophie Nobler at [email protected] or Adrienne Meyer at [email protected] for more information.
The community is invited to attend what promises to be a wonderful event!
The Wedding Singer to be Performed in White Plains
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The Wedding Singer, based on the 1998 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore movie of the same name will be performed at the White Plains Performing Arts Center on Friday May 6, Saturday May 7 and Sunday May 8. WPPAC is the only regional theatre in Westchester with its own resident conservatory and is under the artistic direction of Off-Broadway Director and renowned theatre educator, Jeremy Quinn.
Performances are: Friday, May 6 @ 8:00 pm; Saturday, May 7 @ 8:00 pm AND Sunday, May 8 @ 2:00 pm (Mother’s Day).
White Plains Performing Arts Center’s Conservatory performances are full-scale, Broadway-style productions at the 410-seat theatre in downtown White Plains at the City Center. Tickets for all performances are $15 for students and $20 for adults. To purchase tickets, please call (877) 548-3237 or go online to www.wppac.com.
With five 2006 TONY nominations (including Best Musical, Book, Original Score, Choreography and Leading Actor), eight Drama Desk Award nominations including “Outstanding Music” and three Drama League Award nominations including “Distinguished Production of a Musical”; The Wall Street Journal states: “Very funny...laugh yourself silly! The most ingenious and amusing musical of a Hollywood film ever.”, while Time Out New York writes “Full of knockout comic numbers!”
The story: It’s 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Heart, who still lives in his grandmother's basement, is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his fiancé, Linda, leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. When he meets an Julia, an admiring young waitress, Robbie falls madly in love. Only trouble is Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever. With a score that pays loving homage to the pop songs of the 1980s, The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room.
Under the direction of Yonkers resident and Conservatory Artistic Director, Jeremy Quinn, the show’s many production numbers are choreographed by Yorktown favorite Linda Duci with musical direction by the newest addition to the Conservatory team, Audra Cramer.
For additional information about THE WEDDING SINGER and its cast, please call the Education Department at 914-328-1600 ext. 16 or email [email protected].
Scarsdale Resident Exhibits Abstract Oil Paintings in Pelham
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An exhibit of the paintings of Scarsdale resident Jill S. Krutick is now on display at The Manor Club, at 1023 Esplanade, in Pelham. Krutick is both a painter and a corporate executive who worked on Wall Street for nearly two decades as an entertainment and leisure analyst before moving to the Warner Music Group where she now runs Investor Relations.
Jill has been passionate about oil painting all her life. She started her art studies by taking inspiration from the masters, including Monet and Van Gogh. Over the past several years, her painting has evolved to abstract works. With a keen eye for color, Jill primarily uses palette knives to add depth and vibrancy to her works. Jill specializes in customizing abstract oil paintings to fit specific color preferences or decorating needs.
Jill is a resident of Scarsdale, married and a mother of two children. Catch the show in Pelham, on 
exhibit now through May 24th and learn more about the artist at her websiste by clicking here:
Scarsdale A Cappella Troupe Takes First Place
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For Good Measure, an a cappella troupe from Scarsdale High School won first place at the Westchester County competition on Sunday April 10 in competition with 14 other a cappella choirs from Westchester area high schools. The "Echords" from Horace Greeley took second place and the "Wild Scats" from Rye Country Day won third place.
For the past 12 years, high school students from all over Westchester have competed with other area a cappella choirs in order to raise money and awareness for Gilda's Club. This year, the proceeds will be donated to create an area in the Gilda Clubhouse just for teens impacted by cancer.
For Good Measure performed the songs" Like a Prayer" by Madonna and "Shark In the Water" by VV Brown. The
Pictured at Top: Talia Plummer singing a solo.
The Good Wife in Scarsdale?
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Rumor has it that Alicia Florrick visited the ‘Dale, ostensibly on a house-hunting trip for the family …. her T.V. family that is. In late March, the crew of The Good Wife filmed at two neighboring Scarsdale homes, using the interior of one and the exterior of another to simulate homes in Highland Park, a Chicago suburb. It was all arranged when a location scout from the show knocked on the doors of two area homes and asked the residents if they were game.
The real Julianna Margulies was here and the episode showcasing Scarsdale will be aired this week, Tuesday night April 12th at 10 pm on CBS. Watch carefully as the homes will only be shown for a few minutes. And if you want to see a preview of the Tuesday show, click here: http://www.facebook.com/TheGoodWife
