Book Signing with August Wilson Biographer Patti Hartigan August 12 at Shakespeare & Company

LENOX, Mass. – In tandem with its production of August Wilson’s Fences, Shakespeare & Company will host a book signing, pre-show reception, and post-show talkback with Patti Hartigan, author of the forthcoming biography AUGUST WILSON: A Life, on Saturday, August 12, beginning at 12:30 p.m. By special arrangement with the author, publisher Simon…

NYSCA Grant Brings NYC’s LayeRhythm to        Catskill

Thanks to a generous grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, LayeRhythm, a NYC-based non-profit organization dedicated to highlighting freestyle voices in the performing arts landscape, will travel to the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, NY, for a three-week dance residency, to include developmental work on new…

Movers and ShakersWorld PremiereOriginal play by Grace Denious based on local history!August 11 & 12 at 7pm at the Park Theater in Glens Falls, NY Details: In 1814, one fearless woman risked everything and battled the Watervliet Shaker community to reclaim her children from their control. A gripping drama based…

Casting Announced for Bridge Street Theatre’s 2023 Fall Season

Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most exciting and adventurous small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, is thrilled to announce that they have completed casting for their 2023 Fall Mainstage Season – sixteen magnificently talented actors in three funny, moving, provocative, and innovative productions, including an East Coast…

REVIEW: “Fences” at Shakespeare & Company

by Barbara Waldinger August Wilson’s towering play Fences, a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama, is a challenging work for any theatre to produce.  Expectations are high among critics and audiences alike as to how the production will bring to life the story of Troy Maxson, a garbage collector in…