What’s on in Rockland County in November? Check out our selected listings of plays and films you don’t want to miss. 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: Elmwood Playhouse
“Dial M for Murder,” written by Jeffrey Hatcher adapted from the original by Frederick Knott, directed by Melinda Pinto
November 13 – December 5, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. with a captioned performance on December 3
10 Park Street
This stylish psychological drama is best known as the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s celebrated 1954 film. In this adaptation, Jeffrey Hatcher creates a fresh twist to the classic mystery. The story: When a jealous husband plots the perfect murder, his deadly scheme begins to unravel in unexpected ways. It’s a fast-paced tale of passion, greed, and betrayal that keeps audiences guessing until the final moments.
Throughout the run of the show, the work of the Nyack Art Collective is on exhibit in Elmwood’s lobby gallery. On opening night, ticket holders are invited to arrive early for a pre-show gallery reception from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Guests can view the exhibit, meet local artists, and enjoy complimentary wine, soft drinks, and light bites from Nyack gourmet shop Scott & Joe. Buy tickets
On Stage in Rockland
Antrim Playhouse
“The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde
November 6 – 22
32 Old Tappan Road, Tappan
Set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, “The Dining Room” is a mosaic of interrelated scenes — some funny, some touching, some rueful — which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities, and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Written by A.R. Gurney, directed by Steven Bell. Buy tickets
Nyack High School Drama Club Fall Play
“Clue”
November 13, 7:30 p.m. and November 14, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Nyack High School
“Clue” brings the chaos, comedy, and classic whodunit to Nyack. Experience a night of secrets, suspects, and mystery.
Children’s Shakespeare Theater
“Winter’s Tale,” in collaboration with The Nyack Center and Creative Arts Workshop
November 20 and 21, 7:00 p.m. at the Nyack Center, 58 Depew Ave.
The first show in Children’s Shakespeare Theatre’s Season of Power, The Winter’s Tale follows a king whose jealousy threatens to ruin everything but hope still finds a way. It is a story filled with royalty, shepherds, servants, thieves, and Shakespeare’s most famous stage direction: exit pursued by a bear. Will everyone live happily ever after? Come find out. Buy tickets
On Screen in Rockland
Lafayette Theater
“You Can See Everything”
October 29, 31, and November 1
97 Lafayette Ave., Suffern
Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait becomes a mind-bending three-hour journey. Buy tickets
Rivertown Film
“Stop Time” directed by Paul Schwartz with Nelson Avidon and Tara Westwood
November 4, 7:30 p.m., the Nyack Center, 58 Depew
A photographer struggling to move forward after his wife’s death and a theatrical lighting designer grappling with the discovery of a long-lost brother, are strangers connected by lives that have quietly come to a standstill. Over the course of a single day in New York City, each confronts the questions, memories, and regrets that have shaped them and their separate journeys unfold in parallel. Rockland County filmmaker and composer Paul Schwartz will discuss his film after the screening. Buy tickets
Nyack Library
Friday Night Film School with Geoff Klock, “The Fall” by Tarsem Singh
November 13, 7:00 p.m – 10:00 p.m., 58 South Broadway
Geoff Klock hosts movies, pausing along the way to appreciate and discuss the audacity of cinema when it fires on all cylinders (engaging story-world, irony, metaphor, ideas and craft). In “The Fall,” a bedridden patient in a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles befriends a fellow patient and shares a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island with the little girl. Free but registration required
Rivertown Film
“We Met at Grossinger’s”
November 18, 7:30 p.m.
Nyack Center, 58 Depew
“We Met at Grossinger’s” is a new documentary that offers an immersive journey through the Jewish Catskills, often known as the Borscht Belt, reviving the iconic resort that defined an era of Jewish American life. Throughout decades of prejudice stifling the integration of Jewish immigrants in America, the Borscht Belt provided an oasis of belonging, and Grossinger’s Resort and Hotel was the crown jewel, attracting a wide variety of comedians, athletes, and political figures, including Mel Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld, Jackie Robinson, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Presenters to be announced. Buy tickets
On the Radar
Elmwood Playhouse
“Come From Away,” written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein (book, music, lyrics), directed by Claudia Stefany
January 8, 2027 – February 6
“Come From Away” is based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world. What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001. Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander cheered the stranded travelers with music, an open bar and the recognition that we’re all part of a global family. Buy tickets