by Dan Mayer In her director’s note, Albany’s own Benita Zahn describes Jen Silverman’s The Roommate as “a play about trust, change and crafting a life we want.” It’s also a play about a modern day Odd Couple with “women of a certain age,” but Albany Civic Theater‘s production has…
by Sierra Pasquale There is something delightfully conspiratorial about The Mystery of Edwin Drood. A show that invites its audience not just to watch but to participate, to judge, to choose, and to revel in theatricality for its own sake. In the hands of SLOC Musical Theater, this production embraces…
by Dan Mayer A play that aggravates spellcheckers and invites the question “Wait, what’s it called?”, David Lindsay-Abaire’s Fuddy Meers is an absurd comedy with a disturbing edge. Albany Civic Theater‘s production brings the off-the-wall characters to life with a fresh cast at the top of their game. The title…
ALBANY, NY – Harbinger Theatre will close its fourth season with Swing State by Pulitzer Prize finalist, Rebecca Gilman, and directed by Brian Sheldon. Swing State marks Harbinger’s 18th Capital Region premiere. It might also amazingly be the Capital Region premiere of Gilman, who has been one of the most esteemed playwrights…
by Dan Mayer Playwright Abe Koogler filtered his own experiences living on an island in Puget Sound into Deep Blue Sound, and the result is a deeply human play about people struggling to make sense of the world and their place in it. Harbinger Theatre‘s production is funny, hopeful, and…
by Jess Hoffman I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to let go of what Disney did to Hans Christian Anderson’s tragic and beautiful fairy tale, The Little Mermaid. When I read the 1837 short story for a literary analysis class I was livid about the liberties that Disney…
by Jess Hoffman Two years ago, I reviewed Harbinger Theatre’s The Motherf**ker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis and was delighted with the heartfelt dark comedy. This weekend, I saw Harbinger’s production of another Stephen Adly Guirgis play titled Between Riverside and Crazy. I can’t say I was quite…
by Sierra Pasquale “Peter and the Starcatcher”, currently playing at SLOC Musical Theater, is an ambitious production that brings to life the whimsical backstory of Peter Pan. A mix of slapstick humor, heartfelt moments, and theatrical ingenuity, the play has its moments of charm but ultimately feels uneven in execution.…
