2/3/10 – 2/4/10 – Brooklyn Revisited and ‘The Facts of Life’

After a refreshing two days off in NYC, we packed up our belongings and returned to the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts in Brooklyn, NY. It was the first time in the tour that we had returned to a venue at which we had previously performed. Although our two performances in Brooklyn were for small, yet appreciative audiences, the shows were exceptionally tight and full of energy since everyone was rejuvenated from their time off in the city.



Immediately following our Brooklyn shows, we journeyed a short distance to Peekskill, NY. Located 41 miles north of New York City, Peekskill is situated on a bay on the east side of the Hudson River. This early American industrial and manufacturing center is now an artist colony, and is the birthplace of actors Mel Gibson, Paul Reubens and Stanley Tucci. It is also the location of the school that was featured in TV’s ‘The Facts of Life’. L. Frank Baum, the author of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, attended military academy in Peekskill, and it is believed that the yellow brick road in Peekskill provided inspiration for the same element in Baum’s ‘Oz’.



We performed two packed shows at Peekskill’s Paramount Center for the Arts. This two-tier, 1024-seat theatre originally was built in the 1930s as a movie theatre, and recently has been renovated. The theatre continues to show movies in addition to plays and other musical performances. Even though my sinus infection was still lingering, I was feeling physically stronger and better, and created two great performances that day in Peekskill.



Next stop – the TriBeCa Performing Arts Center in New York, NY. Until the next adventure…

Ciao!
XOXO-
Janine