REVIEW: “Uncle Vanya” at Bridge Street Theatre

by Macey Levin Following its marvelous production this past year of The Glass Menagerie, Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, New York, has chosen another classic play and created a beautifully acted and poignant production. Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, which takes place in Ukraine, originally produced by Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre in 1899, has gained…

Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” Brings Bridge Street Theatre’s “Spring Classics” Series to a Close

Bridge Street Theatre presentsAnton Chekhov’sUNCLE VANYAin a new adaptation by Conor McPherson May 9 – 19, 2024 The disruptive presence of a “retired” university professor and his much-younger wife upsets the routine lives of the inhabitants of a small rural Russian estate, causing polite facades to crumble and long repressed…

Bridge Street Theatre to Present Spring Classics: “The Glass Menagerie” and “Uncle Vanya”

Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most exciting and adventurous small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, is thrilled to announce that they have completed casting for both productions in their 2024 “Spring Classics” Mainstage Season – twelve magnificently talented actors in a pair of towering dramatic masterworks,…

REVIEW: “Sympathetic Magic” at Bridge Street Theatre

by Jessica Hoffman Bridge Street Theater takes audiences to 1990s San Francisco with its production ofSympathetic Magic: a play about very smart people making very questionable decisions. Twoastrophysicists, a university chair, a sculptor, a choirmaster, an elderly anthropologist, herassistant, and a gay priest make up the cast of enigmatic characters…

Bridge Street Theatre Presents A Neglected Lanford Wilson Masterpiece

Bridge Street Theatre presentsA Late Masterpiece from Playwright Lanford WilsonSYMPATHETIC MAGICNovember 9 – 19, 2023 In early November, a virtually forgotten masterpiece of the American stage comes to vibrant life on the intimate stage of Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre. A rare revival of Lanford Wilson’s spellbinding ensemble drama “Sympathetic Magic”…

Casting Announced for Bridge Street Theatre’s 2023 Fall Season

Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most exciting and adventurous small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, is thrilled to announce that they have completed casting for their 2023 Fall Mainstage Season – sixteen magnificently talented actors in three funny, moving, provocative, and innovative productions, including an East Coast…

Bridge Street Theatre Announces Casting for Mainstage Fall Season

Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most exciting and adventurous small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, is thrilled to announce that they have completed casting for their 2023 Fall Mainstage Season – sixteen magnificently talented actors in three funny, moving, provocative, and innovative productions, including an East Coast…

REVIEW: “Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes” at Bridge Street Theatre

by Barbara Waldinger  In describing Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, director Margo Whitcomb refers to “the common and overused device of an older celebrity professor and a young female student.” What makes this play unique is that Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch has written it from the male point of…