IMPROV,
IMPROV’D: The March 16 performance by the Mop &
Bucket Co. improv comedy troupe at Steamer No. 10 Theatre
(500 Western Ave., Albany) was nixed, like so much else, by
the snow. But fear not: It has been rescheduled for tomorrow
night (Friday, March 23) at 8 PM. The first part of the performance
is all improv, based on audience suggestions. The second part
is Tapestry, Mop & Bucket’s new “theatrical jazz”
piece, with accompaniment by guitarist Sten Isachsen.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 students and seniors; call
the box office at 438-5503 for reservations and information.
I
AM A CAMERA: Well, you can buy one—or a dozen, anyway—at
the biannual C.A.M.E.R.A. Show at the Albany Clarion
Inn on Everett Road this Sunday. It’s a pretty cool event—I
know, I’ve attended—even if you’re not in the market for a
“new, used, collectable or antique” camera or lens; there
will also be a large variety of books, photos, film, darkroom
equipment ranging from the common to the “rare and hard to
find.” (Full disclosure: Metroland contributing lensman
John Whipple is one of the organizers.) The C.A.M.E.R.A. show
takes place Sunday between 10 AM and 3 PM, and admission is
$5. There’s also an early admission preview at 8 AM, but that
will cost you $20.
OLD
MOVIE, NEW SHOW: The Mac-Haydn Theatre in Chatham
has announced their 2007 schedule. They’re offering their
usual menu of crowd-pleasing classic musicals, including Oklahoma
and The Music Man, but one show caught my eye: White
Christmas. This is the area premiere of the show,
the latest from-the-screen-to-the-stage musical adaptation.
The salient point about the 1954 film White Christmas
is, well, that it isn’t very good: the plot’s idiotic, the
sets, like those for any Paramount musical of that era, are
hideous, and some of the songs are awful. (This is coming
from a Bing Crosby fan, folks.) The brains behind this reinvention
were smart, however: They took the best songs from the movie
(“Count Your Blessings,” the title number), ditched the worst
(“Choreography”), and added some older Irving Berlin standards
(“I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”). This one is worth checking
out. Preseason tickets can be reserved by calling 392-9292;
season tickets are still available.
TROY
IS CALLING YOU, ARTISTS: Specifically, the folks behind
this year’s River Street Festival, which will be held
on June 16. The River Street Fest is looking for “artists
and artisans to showcase their work at upstate New York’s
finest new festival.” The deadline for submitting applications
is April 30; work is juried by slides or digital images. You
can download an application at the City of Troy’s Web site
(www.troyny.gov), or by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope
to Jeff Buell, City Hall, Troy, NY 12180. Call 270-4401 for
more info.
—Shawn
Stone
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