REVIEW: “Maggie May” Presented by Harbinger Theatre at Albany Civic Theater

by Jess Hoffman Harbinger Theater has made a splash in the area by producing Capital Region premiers of fresh, new, unexplored plays. Their latest production, Maggie May (currently playing at Albany Civic Theater) is no exception; it is the United States premier of a play about aging and dementia originally…

REVIEW: “Three Tall Persian Women” at Shakespeare & Company

by Barbara Waldinger Shakespeare & Company’s fall play, THREE TALL PERSIAN WOMEN, a world premiere by Awni Abdi-Bahri (who also plays Golnar, the youngest of the women), is about many things:  a gathering (the “mehmooni”) of three generations of Iranian women and their friends to pay homage to Golnar’s father…

REVIEW: “La Musica Deuxieme” and the Downtown Upstate Festival at the Ancram Center for the Arts

by Macey Levin The first annual Downtown Upstate festival brings the best of NYC downtown theatre artists to the Hudson Valley, featuring three different shows at two different venues over three consecutive weekends.  Downtown Upstate will also include playwriting, acting, and solo performance workshops for local residents. Presented by Ancram…

Disney Costume/Cosplay Contest in Celebration of Seagle Festival’s “The Musical World of Disney”

Saturday, October 5 at 7:00 pm Hubbard Hall Center for Arts & Education, 25 East Main Street, Cambridge NY Celebrate 100 years of Disney with this revue of music from beloved movies and musicals like Cinderella, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Frozen, Encanto, and more! Founded in 1915, Seagle Festival is the…