TRR photo by Richard A. Ross “The jig is up,” reads the check handed to Rooster Hannigan (Brendan Creegan) and his accomplice Lily St. Regis (Alicia Baldwin) by wealthy industrialist Oliver Warbucks (Randall Grimm).

‘Annie’ brings sunshine to Sullivan West

Fierce winter weather supplanted by production’s warm glow

By RICHARD A. ROSS

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY—Winter’s wicked wiles may have forestalled the staging of “Annie” at Sullivan West by one day, but in the end the weather and the show proved once again that darkness gives way to light. The storm abated and the unflappable redheaded orphan, played charmingly by Jackie Ellmauer, sang out, “Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there’ll be sun.”

And so there was.

The show graced the stage on February 23 and twice more on February 24, featuring a fine cast of principal characters and a delightful group of orphans, including Deshjamber Stewart’s performance of Molly, which was entrancing.

The audience reveled in the revival of the Tony Award-winning show that won seven of Broadway’s coveted awards during its 1977 debut season.

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‘Be Kind Rewind’ a loving tribute to filmmaking

Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover) runs Be Kind Rewind, which is (what else?) a video store that has not yet made the transition to DVD—which is to say that it’s scheduled to be demolished unless he can make enough money to bring his building up to code. Fletcher leaves Mike (Mos Def) in charge, but it seems that his paranoid buddy Jerry (Jack Black) has taken this time to wage a war against the nearby power plant, which he claims is part of a sinister mind-control scheme; a failed sabotage plan has left him magnetized, which of course handily erases all of the tapes at Be Kind Rewind.

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Writers Among Us features local author John Marchese

NARROWSBURG, NY—Local musician and award-winning journalist John Marchese will read from his latest work of nonfiction, “The Violin Maker,” on Sunday, March 2 at 2:00 p.m. at the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street.

The book explores the question, “How does a simple piece of wood become a violin?” Marchese finds out as Eugene Drucker, a member of the world–renowned Emerson String Quartet, commissions Sam Zygmuntowicz, a Brooklyn craftsman, to make him a new violin. In the process, the writer shares the rich lore of this beloved instrument.

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Other stories in this issue:

• On the road again at CAS film series
• Death stars explode on Main Street
• Liberty announces ‘Music in Our Schools’ performances
• Students to gather for All-County Music Festival
• Story Time returns to local libraries
• Topographic maps: a journey through time and space