REVIEW: “The Addams Family at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Sierra Pasquale Few musicals are as delightfully macabre, charmingly eccentric, and unabashedly theatrical as The Addams Family. Based on the beloved characters created by…
REVIEW: “Chicago” at Steamer No. 10 Theatre
by Dan Mayer It’s been nearly a century since the original play “Chicago” debuted on Broadway, and over half a century since the musical version…
REVIEW: “Dirty Blonde” at the Ghent Playhouse
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Mae West is the subject of Claudia Shear’s play, Dirty Blonde, being performed at the Ghent Playhouse. First seen on Broadway in…
REVIEW: The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Presents “The Wedding Band”
by Jeannie Marlin Woods It is a rare opportunity to see the work of Alice Childress, a highly esteemed Black playwright and social activist whose…
REVIEW: “The Wolves” at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts
by Sierra Pasquale Sarah DeLappe’s “The Wolves” has become one of the defining contemporary plays about adolescence, identity, and the often-chaotic process of growing up.…
REVIEW: “Monsters of the American Cinema” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Jess Hoffman Monsters as a metaphor for mental illness or extreme human emotion is quite overdone in the horror genre, almost as overdone as…
REVIEW: “Driving Miss Daisy” at Barrington Stage Company
by Jeannie Marlin Woods DRIVING MISS DAISY is a little gem of a production now playing in Barrington Stage Company’s intimate St. Germain Theatre. Directed by…
REVIEW: “John & Jen” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Barbara Waldinger Imagine a full-length musical with twenty-five vocal numbers, accompanied by keyboard, cello and percussion, staged on a simple, practical but stunning set,…