by Jess Hoffman If you’re looking to transport yourself to a time of culture wars, class disparity, overseas conflict, and a deadly epidemic—as opposed to our current time of culture wars, class disparity, overseas conflict, and a deadly epidemic—come to the Cohoes Music Hall to see the Playhouse Stage Company…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss 2026, the 250th anniversary of our country, is the perfect time to bring back the Tony award musical, 1776, first performed on Broadway in 1969 and made into a popular film in 1972, book by Peter Stone, and music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards. A revival was…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods The Bennington Theater is a performing arts center formed in 2022 in the charming theatre space that was formerly the home of the Oldcastle Theatre Company. Offering a range of entertainment from standup and improv, to live music, to readings of new works, the group also…
by Patrick White Mysteries are looking for solutions, an attempt to put the world in order we are told by Inspector Lastrade (Benjamin Kirk) at the opening of Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson-Apt 2B, presented by The Two of Us Productions at the Copake Grange. The playwright Kate Hamill is…
by Macey Levin The third and final offering this year at Bridge Street Theatre’s Solofest is Archie Parish’s Parting Words by Ernest Thompson, author of On Golden Pond. This less than two hour play runs the gamut of human emotions portrayed by Mr. Thompson, who as the director and the…
by Dan Mayer Just on the heels of St. Patrick’s Day, Schenectady Civic Players feature award-winning Irish playwright Conor McPherson with their latest production. The Seafarer is a dark comedy about a struggling alcoholic with a guilty conscience surrounded by heavy drinkers at Christmastime, but there may be more dark…
by Macey Levin What does the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC have to do with the long forgotten American Revolution’s Battle of Oriskany in upstate New York? Well, just about everything according to Ned Averill-Snell’s one man play, Herkimer! How My Ignorant Immigrant Ancestors Saved America and You Can…
by Jess Hoffman Will Kempe’s Players is a relatively new theater company to the New York Capital District. They specialize in bare-bones, low-tech Shakespeare and perform at various community centers. Their style brings to mind the travelling performers and street performers of Shakespeare’s era. Because Will Kempe’s Players is so…
