REVIEW: “The Roommate” at Albany Civic Theater
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…
REVIEW: “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” at SLOC Musical Theatre
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…
REVIEW: “Fuddy Meers” at Albany Civic Theater
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…
REVIEW: Harbinger Theatre’s “Between Riverside and Crazy” at the Albany Civic Theater
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…
REVIEW: “At the Wedding” Harbinger Theatre and the Sand Lake Center for the Arts
by Sierra Pasquale In At the Wedding, playwright Bryna Turner threads heartache through hilarity with surgical precision, crafting a one-act triumph that dances between raw…
REVIEW: “Pippin” at SLOC Musical Theatre
by Jess Hoffman Pippin is a musical theater classic, and it’s hard to explain why. Don’t get me wrong, I love it–I find the score…
REVIEW: “Maggie May” Presented by Harbinger Theatre at Albany Civic Theater
by Jess Hoffman Harbinger Theater has made a splash in the area by producing Capital Region premiers of fresh, new, unexplored plays. Their latest production,…
REVIEW: Harbinger Theatre Presents “The Squirrels” at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts
by Dan Mayer After seeing The Squirrels at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts, a friend who had accompanied me asked, with visible confusion,…