REVIEW: “Sister Act” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre

by Sierra Pasquale (she/they) I’ll own it, I’m a Millennial; for better or for worse. I grew up with Whoopi Goldberg as Sister Mary Clarence in “Sister Act”. It was one of those “safe movies” that everyone’s mom could put on at a sleepover and no one would get a…

REVIEW: “Beetlejuice” at Proctors Theatre

by Sierra Pasquale ‘The Ghost with the Most’ is loose inside Proctor’s Theatre! “Beetlejuice: The Musical”, ‘a show about death’ offers an adult-themed, comedic look into mourning, loneliness and The Netherworld.  What happens when we die? Answers to that often hard question, await as the title character, Beetlejuice, in a…

REVIEW: “Circle Mirror Transformation” at the Ghent Playhouse

by Sierra Pasquale For their final offering of their remarkable 49th season, the Ghent Playhouse presents Annie Baker’s Obie Award-winning Circle Mirror Transformation, which delivers a microscopic view into a drama class for amateur actors in Shirley, Vermont. The synopsis reads: “When four lost New Englanders, enrolled in a six-week…

REVIEW: “The Secret Garden” at Home Made Theater

by Sierra Pasquale What could be a more idyllic setting for Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon’s musical The Secret Garden (based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett) than the Pitney Meadows Community Farm? As it happens, this musical, that ran for 709 performances on…