Andrew Botsford News

As part of its World Cinema series, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts  Center will screen director Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon's bittersweet comedy, The Farewell Party, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, July 21-23 at 8pm.  The film is in Hebrew with English subtitles, is Not Rated and is 95 Minutes long. Tickets to all films are $15 for adults, $9 for students/seniors, and $5 for WHBPAC Film Society members and can be purchased online at www.whbpac.org. Join our Film Society and receive 20 discounted admissions per calendar year, free admittance to a film on your birthday, and two free film tickets for each new member you refer.  Start enjoying member perks today! Call (631) 288-1500 to sign up.

'Hay Fever'-Noel Coward's quintessentially theatrical comedy of British bad manners-will be the fourth and final production of the Hampton Theatre Company's 30th anniversary season, opening tonight, May 21 at the Quogue Community Hall and running through June 7.

Hay Fever, Noel Coward's quintessentially theatrical comedy of British bad manners-will be the fourth and final production of the Hampton Theatre Company's 30th anniversary season, opening on May 21 at the Quogue Community Hall and running through June 7. Check out photos from the production below!

"Hay Fever"-Noel Coward's quintessentially theatrical comedy of British bad manners-will be the fourth and final production of the Hampton Theatre Company's 30th anniversary season, opening on May 21 at the Quogue Community Hall and running through June 7.

The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center continues its “Finest in World Cinema” Series through August! Andrew Botsford of Quogue, visiting professor and communications consultant for the graduate arts program at Stony Brook Southampton and co-host of the annual Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival, will introduce our summer films each Tuesday night and discuss the films afterwards with guest commentators, followed by an informal audience discussion. An actor with the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue since 1985, Andrew has written extensively about film and theater and was for 20 years the associate editor of The Southampton Press and editor of its Arts & Living section.

The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center is thrilled to announce its July "Finest in World Cinema" Series! Back by popular demand, Andrew Botsford of Quogue, visiting professor and communications consultant for the graduate arts program at Stony Brook Southampton and co-host of the annual Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival, will introduce our summer films each Tuesday night and discuss the films afterwards with guest commentators, followed by an informal audience discussion. An actor with the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue since 1985, Andrew has written extensively about film and theater and was for 20 years the associate editor of The Southampton Press and editor of its Arts & Living section.

The all-too-thin veneer of tolerance and civility is first frayed and then comically shredded when two sets of parents attempt to discuss an altercation between their sons in Yasmina Reza's 'God of Carnage,' the Hampton Theatre Company's final production of the 2013-2014 season, running from tonight, May 22 to June 8 at the Quogue Community Hall.

The all-too-thin veneer of tolerance and civility is first frayed and then comically shredded when two sets of parents attempt to discuss an altercation between their sons in Yasmina Reza's 'God of Carnage,' the Hampton Theatre Company's final production of the 2013-2014 season, running from May 22 to June 8 at the Quogue Community Hall. Check out a first look at the cast in action below!

The all-too-thin veneer of tolerance and civility is first frayed and then comically shredded when two sets of parents attempt to discuss an altercation between their sons in Yasmina Reza's 'God of Carnage,' the Hampton Theatre Company's final production of the 2013-2014 season, running from May 22 to June 8 at the Quogue Community Hall.

Three high-spirited World War I veterans confined to an old soldiers home seek to rise above their predicament and their limitations in the comedic and often touching 'Heroes,' the second play in the Hampton Theatre Company's 2013-2014 season in Quogue.

Three high-spirited World War I veterans confined to an old soldiers home seek to rise above their predicament and their limitations in the comedic and often touching 'Heroes,' the second play in the Hampton Theatre Company's 2013-2014 season in Quogue.

The sixth annual Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival will showcase the screenings of 22 documentary films, 'all docs, all day,' for three days on tonight, December 6-8-all at The Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor.

The Dan's Papers $6,000 Literary Prize for Non Fiction contest is racing toward its conclusion. Entrants write short pieces between 600 and 1,500 words that reference eastern Long Island in a meaningful way. They enter them at the danspapers.com website. The final deadline for entries is approaching. The last day we will accept entries tonight, July 31 at midnight. Three prizes will be awarded, two for $500 for runners-up, and one prize for $5,000 for the First Prize winner. Those intending to enter have two weeks to do so!

The heat wave may be over, but it's still sizzlin' hot at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. If you thought July was on fire, wait until you see what August is cooking up! From classic country to bayou blues, superhuman dancers to tall toe-tappers, uproarious comedians to family friendly fun, the WHBPAC invites everyone to experience the magic of live performance!

The Dan's Papers $6,000 Literary Prize for Non Fiction contest is racing toward its conclusion. Entrants write short pieces between 600 and 1,500 words that reference eastern Long Island in a meaningful way. They enter them at the danspapers.com website. The final deadline for entries is approaching. The last day we will accept entries is July 31 at midnight. Three prizes will be awarded, two for $500 for runners-up, and one prize for $5,000 for the First Prize winner. Those intending to enter have two weeks to do so!

The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center has announced the return of its 'Finest in World Cinema' Series! Thanks to a significant lead gift from supporters Rose and Don Ciampa, the WHBPAC was able to move forward with acquiring a top-of-the-line Digital Cinema Projector which secures the future of the Cinema Series by keeping the theatre up-to-date with the latest digital projection technology. As a token of gratitude, the Cinema Series will now be called the 'Rose & Don Ciampa Finest in World Cinema' Series and a new logo has been created.

Three couples, an indiscretion, a cover-up, accusations and crumbling alibis on overlapping sets all lead to confusion and uproarious comedy in the Hampton Theatre Company's revival of Alan Ayckbourn's 'How The Other Half Loves,' opening tonight, May 23 for a three-week run in Quogue.

Three couples, an indiscretion, a cover-up, accusations and crumbling alibis on overlapping sets all lead to confusion and uproarious comedy in the Hampton Theatre Company's revival of Alan Ayckbourn's 'How The Other Half Loves,' opening on May 23 for a three-week run in Quogue. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

Three couples, an indiscretion, a cover-up, accusations and crumbling alibis on overlapping sets all lead to confusion and uproarious comedy in the Hampton Theatre Company's revival of Alan Ayckbourn's 'How The Other Half Loves,' opening on May 23 for a three-week run in Quogue.

A comedic clash of cultures and generations threatens to unravel what seems at first blush to be a traditional WASP wedding when the Hampton Theatre Company opens A.R. Gurney's new play, 'Black Tie,' tonight, May 24. 'Black Tie' will be performed at the Quogue Community Hall Thursdays through Sundays for three weeks, from tonight, May 24 through June 10. Take a first look at the production in the photos below, featuring Rosemary Cline, Christopher Scheer, Andrew Botsford, Cyrus Newitt and Sydney Schwindt!