REVIEW: “The Victim” at Shakespeare & Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Victimhood, the Holocaust, racism, classism, abuse, revenge, dementia, fear, helplessness and family. All these moving themes and more are addressed in Lawrence…
REVIEW: “Guys and Dolls” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The classic, yet dated musical, Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on a story and characters…
REVIEW: “The Waiting” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss How rare it is to attend a brand-new musical by an unknown writer and composer and to feel captured by the very…
REVIEW: “Grand Night for Singing” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss A perfect title for this musical revue, A Grand Night for Singing at the Mac-Haydn Theatre bathes the audience in the glorious…
REVIEW: “The Elephant Man” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Have we made much progress in how we treat ‘the other?’ Do we struggle with learning and accepting the interior of a…
REVIEW: The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Presents “Eclipsed” at theREP
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Admittedly, I knew nothing about the Civil Wars in Liberia. In fact, I know nothing about Liberia in West Africa. Eclipsed by…
REVIEW: “Rosie is Red and Everybody is Blue” at Capital Repertory Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The world premiere of Rosie Is Red and Everybody Is Blue by John Spellos at the Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany is…
REVIEW: “Polishing Shakespeare” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Typically, I resist reviewing Shakespeare’s plays. I question my understanding and knowledge of the breadth of the Bard’s work to adequately assess…