The summer is a slower time for events on stage and screen, but they ramp up as the summer ends and fall begins. Check out our selected listings of plays you don’t want to miss in late August, and be sure to browse On the Radar below so you know some of what’s coming up. If you have additional films and theater performances that you’d like to see included in our next roundup, email us at info@nyacknewsandviews.com.
SPOTLIGHT: Penguin Rep Theatre: “Flying Toward the Sun”
World Premiere Musical
Now through September 6, 7 Crickettown Road, Stony Point
It’s 2015 and Gary Campbell plans on saving the world. But it’s only his first day on the job as an immigrant official and he confronts heartbreak and hope as he listens to the challenges and dreams of those looking to forge new lives in the United States, and then must decide their fate.
The world premiere musical is directed by Joe Brancato, Penguin’s founding artistic director, who calls it “a rousing new musical full of heart and soul.” The book is by Bill Nabel and music and lyrics are by Nabel and Neil Berg. The cast includes Michael Notardonato, Carolyn Burch, Ian Couleter-Buford, Joy Del Valley, Jonny Lee Jr., Cheryl Stern, and Robert Zelaya. Buy tickets
Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
“The Servant of Two Masters”
ONE NIGHT ONLY: August 28, 7:00 p.m., Marydell Faith and Life Center
640 N. Midland Ave., Nyack
In this comedy, a bumbling servant tries to juggle jobs for two distinct bosses without either finding out. Featuring Declan Amendolia, Aaron Benjamin, Caspian Dawson-Hollis, Alexander Josuweit, and Kyla Li. Directed by Giverny Petitmermet. Buy tickets
On the Radar
The 5th Annual Phoenix Festival
Live theater, dance, music, and more
October 8 through 25 in several Nyack locations
The Phoenix Festival returns to Nyack for its 5th season of world-class live performing arts featuring theater, music, dance, improv, family entertainment, and more from October 8 to 25. Three weekends, four venues, fifteen shows, and only one performance of each. Buy a flex pass and see six shows, or buy individual tickets. See their website for what’s on when and where. Buy tickets.
Rivertown Film
Annual Inspired! event
Save the date: October 10
People who create are inspirations to us all. But what inspires them? Find out at Rivertown Film’s annual Inspired! event on October 10. This year, the organization’s 25th anniversary, the event will focus primarily on local people working in film, who will share the sources of their inspiration. More details and tickets coming soon.