BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND ROOM TO IMPROV…E is back!Join Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York for a FREE 4-week improv acting workshop series led by the amazing Maria Ayoob and Hayes M. Fields II Learn the art of improv through games, scene work, musical improv, and more! For adults…
Albany, NY – October 21, 2025 – Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY (BTTUNY) is excited to announce its upcoming and first production of the 2025-2026 season: I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE THE MAN by Stephen Jeffreys. Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY proudly presents: I Just Stopped By…
by Jess Hoffman It is a true testament to the enduring legacy of The Addams Family that a mere four notes can compel an entire audience to clap and snap in unison. This is exactly what happened when the music began at R’ville Stage Creations’ production of The Addams Family…
SCHENECTADY (Oct. 21) – Proctors is thrilled to announced that single tickets for the Tony Award® winning Best Musical, The Outsiders, based on the seminal novel by S.E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola’s landmark motion picture, will go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 21. Tickets are on sale through the Box Office at Proctors in person, via phone at (518)…
Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York (BTTUNY) Audition Notice Confederates by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Michael A. Lake Two Black American women – an enslaved rebel and a professor at a contemporary university – are having parallel experiences of institutional racism, though they live over a century apart. Tony-nominated playwright…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss EDITOR’S NOTE: This review was written in response to a preview performance of 1999. As with any world premiere production, some changes may have been made before the official opening. Having the opportunity to see a preview of the world premiere of 1999,, I am confronted with…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The late great William Finn wrote the music and lyrics for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, originally workshopped at Barrington Stage Company in 2004 and premiered on Broadway in 2005. A winner of two Tony awards, this sweet, endearing and hilarious musical depicts the competitors…
The Two Of Us Productions, the award-winning theater company based in Copake NY, is pleased to present PIPPIN, The Musical, the beloved Broadway classic being presented with a live 10-piece orchestra!  PIPPIN runs for 2 weekends only, Nov. 7th, 8th and 9th, and the following weekend of Nov. 14th, 15th, and 16th, 2025. You…
