ARTS AT HUDSON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
“Hernando’s Hideaway” comes to Hudson
The Two Of Us Productions in collaboration with RARE, Inc., a local theater company based in Copake NY, is bringing “Hernando’s Hideaway” along with the rest of The Pajama Game to the Hudson Middle School auditorium November 6-15, 2009.
The Pajama Game opens at the Hudson Middle School on Friday, November 6, 2009 and performs on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 3:00 pm through November 15, 2009.
The Pajama Game was originally on Broadway in the 1950’s and featured John Raitt, Janice Paige, Eddie Foy, Jr. and Carol Haney and revived by the Roundabout Theater 2006 with Harry Connick, Jr.
The Two of Us Productions is well known throughout the Hudson Valley for presenting quality theater, both musicals and dramas. One of their trademarks is presenting musicals with full orchestras, a rarity that is a great treat for their audiences. They perform at a variety of venues throughout the area including: Cabaret at the Hudson River Theater in Hudson, NY; Ragtime at the Taconic Hills Performing Arts Center; Chicago at the BCC Koussevitsky Theater in Pittsfield, MA; Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass at the Valatie Community Theatre; The Owl and the Pussycat at the Cuneen-Hackett Theater in Poughkeepsie, NY; and most recently Man of La Mancha at Ichabod Crane Performing Arts Center.
The theme of The Pajama Game is the office romances in a mid-western pajama factory amidst the classic struggle between labor and management. A budding romance has begun between Sid Sorokin, the new superintendent of the factory, and Babe Williams, the head of the local union’s grievance committee. But sparks fly between them when tensions mount over union demands for a seven and a half cent raise. Sid tries to lure the key to the company files from Gladys, the secretary to the company president while Hines, Gladys’ flame, becomes jealous over her interest in the new superintendent. Everything works out in the end and the audience is treated to such musical favorites as Hey There, Steam Heat, Once A Year Day, Hernando’s Hideaway and many more.
The cast includes: Steve Leifer, Cat Messing, Matt Coviello, Constance Lopez, Jody Satriani, Elizabeth Sherwood Mack, Paul Mulholland, Tom Fisher, Lael Locke, Mark, Dan and Katie Leinung, Kim Mauch, Cindy Gutter, Rebecca Canny, Julie Druhushuk McWay, Marie Allocca, Maia Rivenburg, Lola Hughes, Abbey Quaid, Mike Van Horn and David Loewen. Debra Jo Hughes, Artistic Director of Hudson Valley Academy of Performing Arts will be providing specialty choreography.
For more information call 518-329-6293 or visit www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org. Make your reservations early!