(November 10, 2022–Chatham, NY) The Mac-Haydn Theatre has received a Regrowth and Capacity grant of $10,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts. The grant will go toward the organization’s COVID-19 costs, as the Chatham theatre continues its ongoing recovery from pandemic challenges. Mac-Haydn’s Managing Director James Rodgers…
by Barbara Waldinger Picture a musical consisting of seven of the nine Greek Muses, daughters of Zeus (supposedly the other two are in the band), two of whom are males, whose leader (Clio, the Muse of History) wears roller skates, changes her name, and speaks with a bizarre Australian accent…
by Gail M. Burns Forever Plaid has been around for 30+ years now and I have seen dozens of productions, starting with one at The Theater Barn in 1995. It is one of my very favorite shows and I always have a great time. So I was really shocked when…
(August 31, 2022–Chatham, NY) The Mac-Haydn Theatre will offer both Labor Day Discount Ticket Packages as well as a discount for Columbia County Fair attendees this weekend. While Labor Day is a sign of the end of summer for most, it means that ‘Summer In September’ is just beginning at…
(August 29, 2022–Chatham, NY) The electrifying roller-skating tale “Xanadu” and the deliciously fun 1950s Barbershop revue “Forever Plaid” will play the Mac-Haydn Theatre in a repertory schedule, running September 9 through October 2. After immense success and positive reviews upon its debut in 2021, the “Summer in September” Mac-Haydn season…
(August 22, 2022–Chatham, NY) The annual fan-favorite show tunes revue “Showstoppers,” featuring the 2022 Mac-Haydn acting company, returns to the Chatham theatre in a 4-performance limited engagement this September. Previously known as the Mac-Haydn’s “End Of Season Cabaret,” “Showstoppers” was introduced as part of the 2021 Limited Performances season, playing…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods THE FULL MONTY, which opened August 18th at the Mac-Haydn Theatre ends with a big,show-stopping song and dance number called “Let It Go.” Warning: this is not the world of Elsaand FROZEN! Instead, we are in down-on-its-luck Buffalo, New York, maybe in the 1980s,where the local…
Radio 477! A 1929 Jazz Musical from Kharkiv August 19–20, 8 PM Hello, This is Radio 477! Ukraine’s first jazz musical, written in 1929 with music composed by Yuliy Meitus, was a musical portrait of the city of Kharkiv, in which everyone was dancing on the edge of darkness. The original text…
