REVIEW: “13: The Musical” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Memories of being 13 are often painful. Trying to fit in, struggling with physical changes of adolescence, and hoping to be popular…
REVIEW: “Lobby Hero” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
by Patrick White Dorset Theatre Festival is closing out its summer 2026 season with Kenneth Lonergan’s terrific, twisty, moral thriller Lobby Hero from 2001. For everyone who…
REVIEW: “Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Berkshire Opera Festival
by Barbara Waldinger What could be more satisfying for a theatre critic with a penchant for opera than to attend a bel canto performance of…
REVIEW: “Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 – 2020” at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The stress of the Covid -19 pandemic was bound to make its way into the theater canon. New mothers, during this time,…
REVIEW: “Dear Alien” at the Chester Theatre Company
by Macey Levin Dear Alien, a quirky, humorous play, with a terrific cast, is the last of Chester Theatre Company’s summer productions. Described as an…
REVIEW: “Hamlet” at Shakespeare & Company
by Sierra Pasquale There are few theatrical challenges more daunting than staging Hamlet. Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy has been performed, adapted, dissected, and reinterpreted so…
REVIEW: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Jeannie Marlin-Woods If you have ever grown nostalgic when you hear a song sung by The Drifters or The Shirelles or The Righteous Brothers,…
REVIEW: “I’m Almost There” at the Ancram Center for the Arts
by Macey Levin The Ancram Center For The Arts in Ancram, New York, has built a reputation for producing plays that challenge and charm audiences. …