June 2017
Check It Out
June 3: Cabaret Two - Jeanne MacDonald in Concert
June 9 - 11: Dead
Shot Mary
June 17:
Hudson Valley Improv
June 23-25: Upon This
Rock - Roxanne Fay
June 3 @ 8:00pm, Jeanne MacDonald in Concert
June 9 and 10 at 7:30pm, June 11 @ 2:00pm
Saturday, June 17 @ 7:30pm: Hudson Valley Improv
Friday June 23
and Saturday June 24 @ 7:30pm
Sunday June 25 @
2:00pm
Upon This
Rock - Roxanne Fay
CABARET SUPERSTAR JEANNE MACDONALD COMES TO CATSKILL
With a voice as
pure as a Catskill creek, NYC nightlife luminary
Jeanne MacDonald mesmerizes audiences and critics
alike with her subtle, intelligent way with a lyric
and an authentic style all her own. Come to
Catskill’s intimate Bridge Street Theatre at 8:00pm
on Saturday evening June 3rd and find out what all
the shouting’s about!
Originally from
Freeport, Long Island, Jeanne MacDonald is a
graduate of the Crane School of Music. Her education
and performing experience encompass a wide range of
performance styles, from jazz to classical to
musical theater. She has performed in such renowned
venues as the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, the
FireBird Cafe, The Hideaway Room at Helen’s, and in
the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Annual Cabaret
Convention. Jeanne also makes regular NYC
appearances on the stage of the beautiful
Metropolitan Room in Chelsea. She was the 2008 MAC
Award Winner for Female Vocalist and 2008 NY
Nightlife Finalist, both of which she received in
2004 as well. She has earned the BACK STAGE Bistro,
the MAC Hanson Award and in 2005 was presented with
the Julie Wilson Award for excellence in cabaret on
the stage at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
MacDonald’s debut CD “Company”, produced and
arranged by her long time musical director/arranger
Rick Jensen, received outstanding critical praise
and a MAC Nomination for Recording of the Year.
Jeanne developed her artistry at the celebrated
Bradstan Country Hotel in White Lake, NY where she
recorded her most recent CD, “Live At The Bradstan”.
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Dead Shot Mary, Pistol-Packin’ Trailblazer, in a One-Policewoman Show
Armed with her
trusty .32-caliber revolver and a bottle of Irish
whiskey, Dead Shot Mary is comin’ to town!
The phenomenal true story of
one of the first female detectives in the New York
City Police Department roars to life in Robert K.
Benson’s “Dead Shot Mary”, directed by Stephen
Kaliski and starring Rachel McPhee, and presented
for three performances only at Catskill’s Bridge
Street Theatre on June 9, 10, and 11.
A pioneer for women in law enforcement, Mary Shanley
joined the NYPD in 1931 and quickly rose through the
ranks, becoming a Gotham all-star and tabloid
sensation. During her nearly 30-years on the force,
she worked undercover to achieve a staggering 1000
career arrests, became the fourth woman in history
to make detective 1st grade, and then nearly lost it
all. Capturing her at a major crossroads of career,
identity, and love – her most elusive culprit of all
– “Dead Shot Mary” grapples with all the facets of
this trail-blazing maverick, a true New York
original.
Playwright
Robert K. Benson discovered Mary Shanley’s story one
day while browsing online and immediately recognized
it as an ideal vehicle for his wife, actor Rachel
McPhee, who he felt could perfectly portray the grit
of “a tough old broad married to the job,” but also
“get under the veneer and find out who this person
really was.” The show exposes the vulnerable side of
this hard-drinking, larger-than-life figure, who was
defined by the hard-edged language of the crime
blotter but who always felt like she was perceived
as a “freak at the zoo.”
“Hudson Valley Improv!” Hits Catskill June17th
Get ready for some spontaneous belly laughs! On Saturday evening June 17 at 7:30pm, “Hudson Valley Improv!” brings their own special brand of off-the-cuff hilarity to Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre.
Hudson Valley Improv’s method is based in personal empowerment and a unique blend of actor training techniques which they find imperative for a truly skilled improvisor. Their 90-minute live show is a unique combination of different forms of improv, sketch comedy, audience participation and whatever else is up their creative sleeves. Host Punky Davis and cast members Samantha Jones, Michael Withall, Trista Polo, Brett Eidman, Johanna Tacadena, Philip Mehl have appeared on Saturday Night Live, CBS, HGTV, Nickelodeon, Second City & Upright Citizens Brigade.
“Upon This Rock: The Magdalene Speaks”
Award-winning
actor/playwright Roxanne Fay (“Home Fires Burning”,
“Dream Child”) returns to the area with a new solo
show, a fascinating and imaginative re-telling of
the life of Mary Madalene, follower of Jesus of
Nazareth. “Upon This Rock: The Magdalene Speaks”
will be presented June 23rd through the 25th in the
Bridge Street Theatre Speakeasy, located at 44 West
Bridge Street in the Village of Catskill.
Who was Mary Magdalene? Where
did she come from? Was she the fallen woman saved
from public stoning? The repentant sinner who
anointed the messiah? What was her position in the
family of disciples? What was her connection to
Jesus? And what was her place among the miracles and
mysteries of the new faith she helped to found?
Based in Ms. Fay’s study of both historical and
religious sources, the play travels outside the
boundaries of the simple sketch offered in the New
Testament and introduces a woman of substance,
illuminating the subversive path that she ultimately
chose and offering a fresh and intriguing take on
the woman who is called “The Apostle of The
Apostles.”
