REVIEW: “Dreamgirls” at SLOC Musical Theater
by Sierra Pasquale Having seen the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls I was not sure what to expect from a stage production (other than being…
REVIEW: Creative License Presents “The Comeuppance” at the Cohoes Music Hall
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…
REVIEW: “Sylvia” at the Sharon Playhouse
by Macey Levin A.R. Gurney was a prolific playwright whose major works focused on the American upper class. Love Letters (a Pulitzer Prize nominee,) The…
REVIEW: “Other Desert Cities” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
by Barbara Waldinger What could be better, when producing a play about conflicts within a family, than casting three superb actors (in a cast of…
REVIEW: The Berkshire Opera Festival Presents “La Traviata” at the Mahaiwe
by Barbara Waldinger To celebrate their tenth anniversary, the Berkshire Opera Festival has selected one of the most beloved, most frequently produced operas in the Verdi canon: LA…
REVIEW: “Escape to Margaritaville” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Escape to Margaritaville, featuring the music of the late Jimmy Buffett, had a brief run on Broadway in 2018. Bringing this musical…
REVIEW: “King James” at Barrington Stage Company
by Barbara Waldinger From the moment we notice the set (designed by Luke Cantarella) of Rajiv Joseph’s KING JAMES at Barrington Stage Company’s St. Germain…
REVIEW: “The Taming of the Shrew” at Shakespeare & Company
by Sierra Pasquale “Taming of the Shrew is a hard one”, my companion for the evening noted as we were leaving thetheater and, especially in…