REVIEW: “The Pillowman” at Albany Civic Theater

by Dan Mayer Does anyone have the right to say what a writer can and can’t write about? The Pillowman doesn’t really answer this question, but it certainly plays with the idea. Albany Civic Theater showcases an outstanding production of a play that is challenging to watch. It needs to…

20th Annual Confetti Fest Comes to Albany

Confetti Stage is celebrating 20 years of Confetti Fest, the Capital Region’s longest running festival of locally written one acts! Our 20th annual festival features:“Game of Moans” by Laura Darling, directed by Tobias MartinAfter a strange turn of events, a couple retreats to a sleazy motel to watch something very…

REVIEW: “Les MisĂ©rables” at the Cohoes Music Hall

Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2008 “All the reviews are reactionary and more or less hostile.”– Victor-Marie Hugo, speaking of the critical reaction to his novel Les MisĂ©rables For a variety of reasons professional critics generally do not review youth theatre productions, possibly following Hugo’s thinking that critics are basically…