Playhouse Stage Company Opens 36th Season with “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”

Cohoes, N.Y. (November 29, 2023) –On Friday, December 1, Playhouse Stage Company opens its 36th Season presenting professional and youth musical theatre in the Capital Region with a new production of the musical adaptation of Barbara Robinson’s children’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The production will play at Cohoes Music Hall…

REVIEW: “The Secret Garden” at Playhouse Stage Company

by Jess Hoffman Playhouse Stage Company has chosen a play with local roots for its second summer production. Based on a 1911 novel of the same name, The Secret Garden first premiered in 1989 in New York’s Capital District in a collaboration between Skidmore College and Capital Rep, according to…

REVIEW: “Something Rotten” Playhouse Stage Company in Washington Park

by Paula Kaplan-Reiss As someone privileged to see the original Broadway production of Something Rotten in 2015, starring Brian D’Arcy James and Tony winner Christian Borle, I was excited to have the chance to see this satirical musical again. Yet, I tempered my expectations for the outdoor production offered by…

Park Playhouse Announces Auditions for “Something Rotten”

SEEKING PROFESSIONAL PERFORMERS for SOMETHING ROTTEN to be performed at PARK PLAYHOUSE in ALBANY, NY throughout the month of JULY 2023. CALL TYPEin person local auditions & accepting submissions CONTRACTJune 2-July 22, 2023 (7 weeks) in Albany, NYall roles are paid / housing provided as needed for non-local actors PERSONNELMichael…

Playhouse Stage Company Seeks Professional Performers for “Something Rotten”

SEEKING PROFESSIONAL PERFORMERS for SOMETHING ROTTEN to be performed at PARK PLAYHOUSE in ALBANY, NY throughout the month of JULY 2023. CALL TYPEin person local auditions & accepting submissions CONTRACTJune 2-July 22, 2023 (7 weeks) in Albany, NYall roles are paid / housing provided as needed for non-local actors PERSONNELMichael…

Playhouse Stage Announces Open Call Auditions for “Bright Star”

BRIGHT STAR Written and composer by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Musical Direction by Brian Axford Choreography by AshleySimone Kirchner Direction by Michael LoPorto Audition InformationPlayhouse Stage is seeking nonunion and AEA actors 18 years or older of all races, body types, and gender identities for Bright Star Open Call will be October…

Playhouse Stage Company Presents “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” at the Cohoes Music Hall

Playhouse Stage Company is proud to welcome audiences back to the historic Cohoes Music Hall as they present BOOK & LYRICS BY JOE DIPIETROMUSIC BY JIMMY ROBERTSORCHESTRATIONS BY DOUG KATSAROS MUSICAL DIRECTION BY BRIAN AXFORDCHOREOGRAPHY BY ASHLEY-SIMONE KIRCHNERDIRECTED BY MICHAEL LOPORTO FEATURING MARC CHRISTOPHER, DASHIRA CORTES, BRANDON JONES &MOLLY ROSE…