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 any exists, between the two. But whatever your opinions, The Lifespan of A Fact, presented by Creative License and playing at Cohoes Music Hall, will…
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 poor black family on the Southside of Chicago, wrestling with how to spend a $10,000 life insurance check left by the late Walter Lee Younger,…
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 for the text and a strong commitment to its period sensibilities. Set in the late nineteenth century at the dawn of modern gynecology, the play…
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 the 100-year-old history of women’s suffrage, from Carrie Chapman Catt, the successor to Susan B. Anthony, to the younger Alice Paul’s efforts to create the…
by Emily Edelman Peter Shaffer’s farce “Black Comedy,” onstage at the Ghent Playhouse, centers around an aspiring sculptor intent on impressing an art buyer who has arranged a visit to his apartment to view his work. Just before the buyer’s arrival, however, an electrical fuse blows causing a blackout. In this…
by Sierra Pasquale There is something delightfully conspiratorial about The Mystery of Edwin Drood. A show that invites its audience not just to watch but to participate, to judge, to choose, and to revel in theatricality for its own sake. In the hands of SLOC Musical Theater, this production embraces…
by Shera Cohen, In the Spotlight, Inc. This season’s Majestic Theater offerings commonly bookend its schedule with musicals, and 2025/26 continues that tradition. Sweet, homespun, and slice of life topics take place in slots #2 and #4. Smack in the middle, at #3, is the comedy – not just any…
by Jess Hoffman Next to Normal is one of only a handful of musicals ever to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama, but despite this honor, I had not seen it when I went to Steamer No. 10’s production, which runs through January 18th. Steamer No. 10’s production of this…
