Last Weekend For “The Last Night Of Ballyhoo”

By on November 30, 2012  Arts & Entertainment
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There were a ton of community theater events in November. Most of those have wrapped up, but there is still one more weekend to catch The Last Night of Ballyhoo at the Bay Ridge Jewish Center.

The Last Night of Ballyhoo is a romantic comedy drama by Alfred Uhry, the author of Driving Miss Daisy. Set in 1939, Gone with the Wind is in town for the premiere and Hitler is invading Poland, but the Freitag family of Atlanta is more concerned about the sensational social event, Ballyhoo.

This edition is a Ridge Repertory Company production.

Showtimes are on Saturday, December 1 at 8pm, and Sunday, December 2 at 5pm. Tickets are $15. To reserve tickets, call 718-836-3103 or e-mail ridgerepertory@gmail.com.

The Bay Ridge Jewish Center is at 405 81st Street.

Auditions Monday, August 27, For Ridge Repertory Company’s “Last Night In Ballyhoo”

By on August 23, 2012  Arts & Entertainment
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The Ridge Repertory Company will be holding auditions this Monday for three roles in their upcoming production of The Last Night In Ballyhoo by playwright Alfred Uhry. It will be directed by James Martinelli.

There are currently three roles still available:

    • Reba Freitag, (female, 40′s-50′s)
    • Joe Farkas, (male, 20s)
    • Peachy Weil, (male, 20s)

They are also seeking an Assistant Director, Stage Manager, Lighting & Stage Crew.

Auditions will be held at the Bay Ridge Jewish Center [405 81st Street @ 4th Ave] on Monday, August 27, from 6:30p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Please bring along a resume and head shot. [Sorry, no emails.]

The performance dates are November 10, 11, 17, 18, as well as December 1, and 2, 2012.

For more information, please call (212) 414 5248.

Be sure to mention that you saw this job on Bay Ridge Odyssey.

Tomorrow: new musical by Ridge Repertory Company, “Mirror, Mirror… A Musical In Seven Times”

By on April 14, 2012  Arts & Entertainment
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This is more than an excuse to geek out on Doctor Who - I love a good story about communicating with someone in the same place but different time via magic mirror. (BBC Cymru Wales)

Tomorrow night (April 15), at 6pm, the Ridge Repertory Company will bring a new musical called “Mirror, Mirror… A Musical In Seven Times” to the Bay Ridge Jewish Center. Susan Bucci, one of the writers, says this about “Mirror, Mirror:”

This play is about the tenants living a Manhattan brownstone over a period from roughly 1870 to 2011.  The story covers these people and what happens to them at various points in their lives and how they interact with one another across time through the use of a magic mirror.  While the play does have a certain fantasy element to it,it is really more of a musical drama with 21 original songs.

Director James Martinelli adds, “Being touched and and cared for doesn’t only happen with people of the present, it happens from people of the past.”

If you aren’t able to make tomorrow’s showing, “Mirror, Mirror” will run again next Sunday, April 22. Admission is $10, and includes coffee. The play should run about two hours, plus intermission.

The Bay Ridge Jewish Center is located at 405 81st Street.