by Jeffery Battersby | May 8, 2008 | Commentary
The Times Herald Record’s James F. Cotter was in the house on Friday night and today he served up a nicely sliced review of our show. (You can read his review here…) The Record’s review was generous, as should be the case with great community...
by Jeffery Battersby | May 5, 2008 | Commentary
Sweeney Todd opened Friday night. were you there? So Friday night the curtain went up on Sweeney Todd. We had a small, invited audience, dress rehearsal Thursday night and considering that there were probably less than 100 people in the house, the response was...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 25, 2008 | Asides
So, today marks one week until opening night. Hard to believe that it’s here already and I had myself a pretty good smile about that last night while I was standing in the house waiting for the rest of the cast to get their throats slit. I’m still not 100%...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 1, 2008 | Commentary
“Get the gist of it, friend…? Next time, it’ll be your neck!” No sooner did I post here that I was cast as Jonas Fogg in Sweeney Tood than a change was made. Unfortunately (for him) one of the cast members had to leave and fortunately (for me)...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 27, 2008 | Commentary
Haven’t posted much here or anywhere else lately as I’ve been in rehearsals for Sweeney Todd at County Players in Wappingers Falls. It’s the first time I’ve auditioned for a show in about 10 years and I’m thrilled to say that I’ve...