REVIEW: “Annie” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Multiple Tony Award winning musical, Annie, first on Broadway in 1977 for six years, revived on Broadway in 2012, toured all over…
REVIEW: “The Best Medicine” at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Great Barrington Public Theater, noted for producing new works, brings Robin Gerber’s one woman play, The Best Medicine to the stage. Gerber’s…
REVIEW: “Jesus Christ Superstar” at The Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice Tony nominated rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar is the fourth glorious musical of the Mac-Haydn Theatre season.…
REVIEW: “A Case for the Existence of God” at the Chester Theatre Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The title, A Case for the Existence of God playing at Chester Theatre Company gives little hint to the theme of this…
REVIEW: “Where the Mountain Meets the Sea” at the Ancram Center for the Arts
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Ancram Center For the Arts never disappoints. Where the Mountain Meets the Sea by Jeff Augustin is currently playing, featuring a Haitian…
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…