Robert Bonvento Performs 'Aging-A Bad Rap' At Tarrytown Music Hall

From Tarrytown Music Hall: Robert Bonvento, publisher of River Journal, has written and will perform his one-man show called, “Aging – A Bad Rap,” for one performance only on Sunday, March 26 at 2:00 pm. The performance takes place at Tarrytown Music Hall. Proceeds from this benefit performance will go to Hope's Door, a non-profit organization in Pleasantville, NY whose motto is Embracing Life Free From Domestic Abuse.

Prior to founding River Journal in 1997, a monthly publication mailed extensively throughout Irvington, Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Briarcliff Manor and Ossining, NY, Bonvento worked professionally in theatre, television and film as an actor and writer. He appeared regularly in the 1980s on “All My Children,’ and also wrote and hosted a segment of PM Magazine for Metromedia TV (Channel 5), both filmed in New York City. He also appeared theatrically Off-Broadway before moving to Los Angeles for additional television and film work. One film “Private Wars” took him to Yugoslavia at the time the country was still an eastern bloc country. “I felt like I was in a movie within a movie. Everywhere we went there were tall men in long leather coats watching us,” he said, recollecting the reality of a Communist regime.

“Aging – a Bad Rap” reflects on the lives of 8 people Bonvento interviewed, ranging in age from 6 to 103 years old. The show melds the spoken word together with music, dance, photography and videography. It is a show about the perceptions and realities of growing older. It is touching and comedic. It is significant and truthful.

Robert chose to benefit Hope's Door due to his past work as a counselor in community mental health centers in the mid-1970's. He saw abuse cases and worked both individually and in group therapy with people who had been subjected to different forms of abuse. His wife as a visiting nurse had also seen the effects of abuse and worked at helping people receive the care they needed medically and through referrals to other agencies. Hope's Door provides a range of services to children, women and men, both young and old.

Even in Westchester, one of the country’s most affluent counties, data suggests one in four women is the victim of domestic violence and one in five girls will be sexually or physically abused before high school graduation. Hope’s Door seeks to end domestic violence and to empower victims to achieve safety.

The performance is made possible by sponsorships from Regeneron, National Resources (Hudson Harbor), Phelps Hospital Northwell Health, Sunnyside Federal Bank and Hudson PR.

Ticket prices are $25 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. Tickets can be purchased online at tickets.tarrytownmusichall.org/agingabadrap2017 or by calling the Theatre at 877-840-0457.

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