Best Performing Arts November

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Best Performing Arts November: Conan O’Brien, Christine Ebersole, Tim Allen, Stormy Daniels, Puddles Pity Party, Bebe Neuwirth, Amy Schumer, NW Dance Project, The Armonk Players and Spamalot.

November

Local! Senescence, Axial Theatre Pleasantville, Fri-Sun, 11/2-18: check times: The Axial Theatre celebrates its 20th season with a new play from Axial founder Howard Meyer. The play tells the tale of three childhood friends from the toxic oil refinery town of Linden, NJ. Meyer’s most recent work, Paint Made Flesh, just completed a run at The Cell in Manhattan; it was a semi-finalist at the 2015 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. (St. John’s Episcopal Church, 8 Sunnyside Ave., Pleasantville; www.axialtheatre.org)

Local! Sondheim Unplugged, Arc Stages Pleasantville: Sat, 11/3: 8pm: This Broadway World and Bistro Award-winning show from Feinstein’s 54 Below delves into the world of Broadway’s master composer. Accompanied by piano only, Broadway stars Jacob Hoffman (Geva’s Hair), Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera), Marta Sanders (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), Lucia Spina (Kinky Boots) and special guests Sally Mayes (Tony nominee, Gypsy) and Sarah Rice (Sweeney Todd) sing from A Little Night Music, Company, Into the Woods, Follies, Passion, Dick Tracy and more. (147 Wheeler Ave., Pleasantville; www.arcstages.org)

Christine Ebersole, WPPAC 15th Anniversary Gala, Sat, 11/3: 7:30pm: In celebration of 15 years of professional theatre, WPPAC presents 2-time TONY Award Winner, Christine Ebersole. Ms. Ebersole won the TONY Award for Best Actress in a Musical for 42nd STREET and GREY GARDENS. She was a TONY Nominee for WAR PAINT (starring opposite Patti LuPone) and DINNER AT EIGHT and has appeared on screen in The Wolf of Wall Street, Amadeus, Tootsie, and many more. White Plains Performing Arts Center, 11 City Place, 3rd Floor, White Plains; www.wppac.com)

Marc Black, History of the 50s & 60s in Song, Schoolhouse Theater, Sat, 11/3: 8pm: Cultural historian and NY Blues Hall of Famer, Marc Black takes you on a humorous tour through the 50s and 60s in song. In the presentation, Marc uses a wide range of popular songs including surprising favorites like” Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”, great rock tunes like “Blue Suede Shoes” and moving folk songs like Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind”. (3 Owens Rd., North Salem; www.schoolhousetheater.org)

Conan & Friends, An Evening of Stand-up & Investment Tips, Capitol Theatre, Wed, 11/7: 7:30pm: Star of the Hit TBS late night talk show, Conan, Conan O’Brien’s 18 city stand-up tour comes to Port Chester.Stand-up comedians Rory Scovel, James Veitch, Marina Franklin, and Flula Borg join Conan in an evening of “stand-up and investment advice.” This we gotta see! (149 Westchester Ave., Port Chester; www.capitoltheatre.com)

Special Treat! Lo-Hud Comedy, Robert Klein, Schoolhouse Theater, Fri, 11/9: 8pm: See Robert Klein in the intimate 99 seat Schoolhouse Theater. Klein, a comedy legend is ranked No. 27 on Rolling Stone’s Top Comedians of All Time. Klein was tapped for the first one-hour HBO Comedy Special in 1975. It still ranks as Rolling Stone’s NO. 10 comedy special HBO Special or movie of all-time. (3 Owens Rd., N. Salem;www.schoolhousetheater.org)

The Undeportables, Paramount Hudson Valley, Fri, 11/2: 8pm: Comedians Jesus Sepulveda, Jose Sarduy and Jerry Garcia are too funny to deport. Sepulveda was a top finalist on the NBC Diversity Showcase in 2015; Garcia won the Best Comedian Awards in both the San Diego and Los Angeles Comedy Festivals in the same week. They made their Netflix debuts last June in Chingo Bling’s comedy special. (1008 Brown St. Peekskill; www.paramounthudsonvalley.com)

NW Dance Project, Performing Arts Center, Fri, 11/2: 8pm: PAC’s 2018-19 dance series kicks off with a performance from dancer and choreographer Sarah Slipper’s NW Dance Project who has premiered over 190 original contemporary dance works. Dance International Magazine called them “a laboratory, factory and repository for risk-taking new works from the next generation of choreographers from Europe and North America.” (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Joe Matarese, The Poster’s Wrong, Emelin Theatre, Sat, 11/10: 8pm: This Westchester comedian appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, got a standing ovation on America’s Got Talent and had his own special on Comedy Central Presents. (136 Palmer Ave., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)

Bebe Neuwirth: Stories & Song with Piano, Ridgefield Playhouse, Sat, 11/10: 8pm: From her Broadway debut in A Chorus Line to Chicago, Cheers, Frasier and Madame Secretary, Neuwirth’s career has been distinguished in theatre, television and film. In this special performance, “Stories With Piano,” she and accompanist Scott Cady perform a collection of musical tales. (80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, Ct; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)

Tim Allen, The Palace Stamford, Thurs, 11/15: 8pm: Before he was the star of the long-running ABC hit series Home Improvement, Golden Globe. Emmy Award Winner and 8-time Peoples Choice Award-winner for Favorite Male performer in a TV series, Tim Allen honed his skills doing stand-up comedy. Here, Allen returns to the stage with a new show of stand-up routines after an iconic film career in big-screen hits like toy Story, Santa Clause and Wild Hogs. (61 Atlantic St., Stamford, Ct; www.palacestamford.org)

Stormy Daniels Alert! The Capitol Steps: Make America Grin Again Tour, Ridgefield Playhouse Fri, 11/16: 8pm: The Capitol Steps return to The Playhouse after sold-shows in 2016 & 2017 with their new show Make America Grin Again. It’s amazing. It’s huge. It’s fabulous. Hear from Donald Trump and Don Jr., Jeff Sessions, Mike Pence, Paul Ryan as they make comedy great again. With a special guest appearance by Stormy Daniels! Buy your tickets now and stimulate the economy! (80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, Ct; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)

Puddles Pity Party, Tarrytown Music Hall, Fri, 11/16: 8pm: The ‘Sad Clown with the Golden Voice’ from America’s Got Talent has been described as a “Pagliacci by way of Pee-Wee Herman and David Lynch”. His mash-up of “Pinball Wizard/Folsom Prison Blues” and interpretations of classics by ABBA, Bowie, Cheap Trick and Queen have received over 120 million YouTube views. He has taken his show that mixes humor (often absurd) with song to the Kennedy Center in DC, the Troubadour in LA and the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytonmusichall.org)

Circa: Carnival of the Animals, Performing Arts Center, Sun, 11/18: 3pm: The Circa Carnival, one of the world’s leading performance companies, takes you on a whimsical circus escapade inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns’ delightful salute to feathers, fur, and fins. Circa’s acrobats bring this classical music suite to life with juggling “zebras”, somersaulting “kangaroos” and “elephants” with street-cred and rhythm for a whole new generation of circus, music, and animal lovers. (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Amy Schumer, Tarrytown Music Hall, Tues-Wed, 11/27-28: 7pm: The star of the popular Comedy Central television series, Amy Schumer, comes to Tarrytown for two nights. In 2015 she won a Critics Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy for her Comedy Central show and a Critics Choice Best Actress in A Comedy Award for her motion picture Trainwreck. She also received a Tony-nom for her role in Steve Martin’s Meteor Shower on Broadway. (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytonmusichall.org)

Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Palace Stamford, Fri, 11/30: 8pm: The Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, comes to Stamford for one night. This outrageous musical comedy, lovingly ripped off from the film classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail tells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. The book by Eric Idle and music and lyrics by the Grammy Award winning team of Mr. Idle and John Du Prez, features flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen, and show-stopping musical numbers. (61 Atlantic St., Stamford, CT; www.palacestamford.org)

Local! The Foreigner, The Armonk Players, Fri, 11/30-Sun, 12/8: check times: Pia Haas directs this comic romp from Larry Shue. The Foreigner is set in a fishing lodge in rural Georgia and tells the story of a pathologically shy British man named Charlie who pretends that he can’t speak English in order to avoid making conversation with strangers – specifically the other guests at a fishing lodge in rural Georgia. When the other guests begin to air their secrets around things go uproariously awry for the “bad guys”, and the “good guys” emerge triumphant. (Whippoorwill Hall, North Castle Public Library, 19 Whippoorwill Rd., East, Armonk; www.armonkplayers.org)

The 1940’s Radio Hour, Arc Stages Pleasantville: Arc’s Community Stage presents this holiday play with music by Walton Jones portraying the final holiday broadcast of the Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade on a New York radio station in December 1942 from the Hotel Astor’s Algonquin Room. The play in it’s radio show format music, dancing and radio commercials from the era including 40’s hits “Strike Up the Band” and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” (147 Wheeler Ave., Pleasantville; www.arcstages.org)

December

What Fresh Hell Live! ChappPac: Sat, 12/1: 8pm: Comedians Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson bring their hit parenting podcast What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood to a live audience. Ables and Wilson combine their twenty-year friendship, their comic sensibilities and their usually completely opposite approaches to parenting, for a ‘Mom’s Night Out’ full of games, laughs, and maybe even a little parenting advice. (480 Bedford Road, Chappaqua; www.chappaquapac.org)

The Rainbow Fish, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, Performing Arts Center, Sun, 12/2: 3pm: The acclaimed Mermaid Theatre, that has earned international acclaim for its unique interpretation of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, presents this original stage adaptation of Marcus Pfister’s award-winning book The Rainbow Fish. The performance also includes two of the author’s companion tales, Rainbow Fish Discovers the Deep Sea and Opposites, (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Maria Bamford, Tarrytown Music Hall, Fri, 12/7: 8pm: A 2014 American Comedy Award-winner for Best Club Comic, Bamford’s life story is the subject of the Netflix series Lady Dynamite in which she plays the starring role. Bamford played DeBrie Bardeaux, Tobias Funke’s love interest in season 4 of Arrested Development. Bamford is also a voice actress whose work includes Stuart Little 2, Charlotte’s Web 2, Barnyard and Heckler. (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytonmusichall.org)

Louie Anderson, Emelin Theatre, Fri, 12/14: 8pm: A three-time Emmy Award winner, Louie Anderson was named one of the 100 Greatest Comedian of All Time by Comedy Central. He made his TV debut in 1984 on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and has since appeared on Leno, Letterman, Craig Ferguson and Stephen Colbert. A former host of the game show Family Feud, he has had featured roles in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Coming to America with Eddie Murphy. (136 Palmer Ave., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)

A Bronx Tale, Starring Chazz Palminteri, Tarrytown Music Hall, Fri, 12/14: 8pm: Chazz Palminteri performs his one-man stage version of the hit movie and Broadway musical A Bronx Tale, based on his childhood memories of working men and gangsters in the Italian-American neighborhood where he grew up. Palminteri starred with Robert DeNiro in the film and won an Outer Critics Circle Award for writing and acting for the stage production. His movie credits include The Usual Suspects, Bullets Over Broadway and Analyze This. (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytonmusichall.org)

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, WPPAC, Fri, 12/21-Sun, 1/13: check times: Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this stage production showcases spectacular costumes, scenery and actors from Broadway, National Tours and Regional Theatres across the country. Plus, magic from the movie’s score including “Be Our Guest”, “Gaston” and of course “Beauty and the Beast.” (White Plains Performing Arts Center, 11 City Place, 3rd Floor, White Plains; www.wppac.com)

Bob DiBuono, The Palace Stamford, Fri, 12/29: 8pm: Bob DiBuono, a former regular on Comedy Central’s Nightly Show, brings his sarcastic and edgy wit, animated delivery, and reflections on the absurdities of life and family to the Stamford Palace stage. With an “Every Man” likeability, he moves in and out of voices, impressions and characters throughout his stand-up performances.(61 Atlantic St., Stamford, CT; www.palacestamford.org)