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…
Holiday greetings from all of us at Berkshire on Stage! This is your Webmaster (Webmistress??), Gail M. Burns (and my dog, Sylvie). I asked my excellent team of theatre critics to write a little something about their favorite experiences of 2025. I gave them no instructions as to length or…
10. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Sand Lake Center for the Arts Sand Lake Center for the Arts’s fall production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was impossible not to love. The adult cast portrayed the adolescent characters with humor and sincerity. Allison McArdle Avery’s…
by Jess Hoffman Harbinger Theatre has made a name for themselves in the New York Capital Region as a small volunteer theater company bringing lesser-known, hard-hitting plays by up-and-coming playwrights to the area. Their latest production of Swing State by Rebecca Gilman is currently playing at Sand Lake Center for…
by Jess Hoffman The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York is beginning its 2025-2026 season with I Just Stopped By to See the Man, a play about a supposedly dead blues musician and a young British rockstar. Set in the American South in the 1970s, the play is an…
by Jess Hoffman It is a true testament to the enduring legacy of The Addams Family that a mere four notes can compel an entire audience to clap and snap in unison. This is exactly what happened when the music began at R’ville Stage Creations’ production of The Addams Family…
by Jess Hoffman Calling all murder mystery lovers: Home Made Theater’s current production is a quintessential murder mystery to get you into the season of spooks and thrills! From the brilliant mind of Agatha Christie and adapted for the stage by Leslie Darbon, A Murder is Announced is an over-the-top,…
by Jess Hoffman Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a Pulitzer and Tony award-winning new and noteworthy powerhouse of a playwright for whom I have much admiration. His 2014 drama Appropriate and 2015 tragicomedy Gloria are both spectacular works that I have previously seen on stage, and his newest play Purpose recently won…
