REVIEW: “Matilda” at SLOC Musical Theater
by Jess Hoffman If you, like me, were a child of the 90s, you may have grown up on the 1996 film Matilda. And if,…
REVIEW: “The Secret Garden” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Jess Hoffman Playhouse Stage Company has chosen a play with local roots for its second summer production. Based on a 1911 novel of the…
REVIEW: “The Goat (or Who is Sylvia?)” at Schenectady Civic Players
by Jess Hoffman So far this year I have reviewed plays about such heavy topics as drug addiction, incest, revolution, and pedophilia. And yet none…
REVIEW: “The Motherf**ker with the Hat” Harbinger Theatre at the Albany Civic Theater
by Jess Hoffman Albany Civic Theater–a theater with a special place in my heart that has been central to my love of theater–is currently the…
REVIEW: “Boeing, Boeing” Circle Theatre Players at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts
by Jess Hoffman I’ve spoken to some theatergoers who tell me how tired they are of Boeing Boeing. It’s not that it isn’t a good…
REVIEW: “The Nether” at the Ghent Playhouse
by Jess Hoffman The Nether originally premiered in 2013, but seems even more relevant today than it was then. The current production at the Ghent…
REVIEW: “Hoodoo Love” Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York at Capital Rep
by Jess Hoffman The word “love” in the title Hoodoo Love might have some theatergoers mistakenly believing that it is a romantic play. This certainly…
REVIEW: “Rude Mechanics” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Jess Hoffman When I sat down to see Bridge Street Theatre’s world premier of Rude Mechanics, I was immediately intrigued by the set. In…