REVIEW: “13: The Musical” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Memories of being 13 are often painful. Trying to fit in, struggling with physical changes of adolescence, and hoping to be popular…
REVIEW: “Footloose” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Sierra Pasquale There is something wonderfully timeless about Footloose. On paper, it is an unabashedly 1980s story: a Chicago teenager moves to a small…
REVIEW: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Sierra Pasquale As a millennial, I grew up on the works of Roald Dahl. His books occupied a permanent place on my bookshelf, but…
REVIEW: “Ladies Day” at Harbinger Theatre
by Jess Hoffman I’ll admit that I was in a foul mood when I went to see Harbinger Theatre’s production of Ladies Day at the…
Harbinger Theater’s Fifth Season Continues with “Ladies’ Day”
ALBANY, NY — Harbinger Theater’s fifth season continues with Ladies’ Day by Amanda Whittington. As Harbinger’s 21st production and 20th Capital Region premiere, we have another new theater…
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…