REVIEW: “Penelope” at the Ancram Center for the Arts

by Macey Levin Penelope  by Alex Bechtel, Grace McLean and Eve Steinmetz is the enthralling production currently at the Ancram Center for the Arts in Ancram, New York.  It is based on Homer’s “The Odyssey,” the ancient Greek classic about Odysseus, King of Ithaca, who fought in the Trojan War…

Fort Salem Theater Announces Auditions for “Romeo and Juliet”

Fort Salem Theater will hold auditions for Romeo and Juliet on Wednesday, October 1st from 7PM-9PM by appointment.  All roles are open to actors of all ethnicities and gender identities. CLICK HERE to sign up for an audition appointment. Audition Details Auditions will run in 10-minute slots, where you will read a monologue…

REVIEW: “Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train” at Albany Civic Theater

by Dan Mayer The name Stephen Adly Guirgis may sound familiar to theatergoers in the capital region. He graduated from SUNY Albany, and Harbinger Theatre has recently produced two of his plays: the award-winning Between Riverside and Crazy this past July, and The Motherf**ker with the Hat in 2023. Albany…

Sharon Playhouse Announces Auditions for December Production of “Peter Pan”

Get ready to soar into Neverland! We are thrilled to announce that the 2025 Holiday YouthStage production at Sharon Playhouse will be a brand-new adaptation of Peter Pan, written and directed by Andrus Nichols and Drew Ledbetter especially for our Playhouse community. This thrilling new production will bring pirates, fairies, mermaids,…

Home Made Theater Presents Agatha Christie’s “A Murder is Announced”

Home Made Theater is proud to present A Murder is Announced, a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s beloved novel. Featuring the iconic amateur sleuth Miss Marple, the play runs for two weekends, from October 10 to October 19, at The Anthony “Skip” Scirocco Music Hall in Saratoga Springs City Hall.…

REVIEW: “A Chorus Line” at Goodspeed

by Suzanne Wells, Special to Berkshire on Stage Celebrating the 50th Anniversary since its debut in 1975, Goodspeed Musicals presents “A Chorus Line,” conceived by Michael Bennett, written by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, and directed by Rob Ruggiero. For those unfamiliar, “A Chorus Line,” based on interviews with real…

Sand Lake Center for the Arts Announces Auditions for “1776”

1776 Directed by Shawn Morgan Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards Book by Peter Stone A seminal moment in American history—the Declaration of Independence—comes to life in this unconventional Broadway hit.  1776 humanizes the pages of history by portraying the men behind national icons as complex figures—prideful, frightened, uncertain, irritable,…