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. Originally performed on Broadway in 1972, this musical, loosely based on the Gospel of Matthew has enjoyed many revivals with classic songs that cemented the…
by Macey Levin [Editor’s Note: “Annie” is being produced at the Sharon Playhouse and the Mac-Haydn Theatre during many of the same weeks this season. Don’t get confused! Make sure you book tickets for the production you want to attend.] “Annie” opened on Broadway in 1977. It has probably been seen…
by Emily Edelman Living Room Theatre’s “Get It Right” is written and directed by LRT co-founder Randolyn Zinn and is the story of a New York City playwright who rewrites a screenplay for the comeback movie of a washed-up Hollywood star. The story is engaging, with a definite sense of…
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 moving play between two actors. Playwright, Samuel D. Hunter, best known for his Oscar winning screenplay adaptation of his play, The Whale, opened this play…
by Simon Brighenti, Special to Berkshire on Stage “Unexpected” is not a word you might expect in a review of a play written over 300-years ago which has been performed in one form or other thousands if not millions of times. But there are many moments in this Shakespeare &…
by Jess Hoffman Two years ago, I reviewed Harbinger Theatre’s The Motherf**ker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis and was delighted with the heartfelt dark comedy. This weekend, I saw Harbinger’s production of another Stephen Adly Guirgis play titled Between Riverside and Crazy. I can’t say I was quite…
by Jess Hoffman Musicals about musicians are almost as common as plays about thespians, and they tend to offer the same opportunities and be prone to the same pitfalls. They can be playfully and thoughtfully metatheatrical when done well; when done poorly they can be so tediously self- referential that…
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 father and his grown son telling parallel stories about going cross country, each in different directions, from and to Haiti. Accompanying them on bass, acoustic…
