REVIEW: “The Crucible” at Home Made Theater
by Jess Hoffman If you’ve studied theater in any capacity, you’ve probably come across Arthur Miller and, specifically, The Crucible. I certainly remember reading The…
REVIEW: 2026 10 x 10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss In the midst of a frigid winter in the Berkshires, we had a sunny day where the above freezing temperature gave a…
REVIEW: “The Roommate” at Albany Civic Theater
by Dan Mayer In her director’s note, Albany’s own Benita Zahn describes Jen Silverman’s The Roommate as “a play about trust, change and crafting a…
REVIEW: The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY presents “Confederates” at theREP
by Jess Hoffman A play that opens on the image of an old photograph of an enslaved Black woman nursing a White infant promises a…
REVIEW: “The Lifespan of a Fact” at Creative License Theater Collective
by Jess Hoffman In the era of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” I think everyone has strong opinions about truth, accuracy, and the difference, if…
REVIEW: “A Raisin in the Sun” at Sand Lake Center for the Arts
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Lorraine Hansberry, the first black woman to have a play on Broadway in 1959, wrote A Raisin in the Sun, depicting a…
REVIEW: “In the Next Room” at Schenectady Civic Players
by Sierra Pasquale Schenectady Civic Players’ production of In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) approaches Sarah Ruhl’s quietly subversive comedy with clear affection…
REVIEW: “Suffs” at The Bushnell
by Beverly Dane, In The Spotlight, Inc. SUFFS at The Bushnell has an outstanding cast of 17 women playing a variety of roles that tell…