by Jess Hoffman If you’re looking to transport yourself to a time of culture wars, class disparity, overseas conflict, and a deadly epidemic—as opposed to our current time of culture wars, class disparity, overseas conflict, and a deadly epidemic—come to the Cohoes Music Hall to see the Playhouse Stage Company…
Cohoes, N.Y. (April 6, 2026) – Playhouse Stage Company continues its 38th Season this week as Cry-Baby: The Musical opens on Friday, April 10 at 7:30pm at Cohoes Music Hall. Performances run through April 26, with 7:30pm evening performances Thursday through Saturday, as well as 2pm matinees on Saturdays and Sundays. Set…
Playhouse Stage Company announces auditions for Summer Season 38 and is seeking students, Non-Equity, and AEA actors for all productions in the 2026 summer season. Productions: AUDITIONS CONTINUE: January 22–25, 2026 AUDITION SCHEDULE & FORMAT: Auditions are open sign-in only. There is no advance registration. All auditioners will be seen…
COHOES, NY — Creative License, the Capital Region theater company known for pairing strong ideas with intimate, actor-driven productions, returns to the Cohoes Music Hall this winter with the acclaimed and surprisingly funny Broadway hit The Lifespan of a Fact. Performances run January 30 through February 8, 2026, at the historic Music…
After a fulfilling theater season of seeing close to 50 plays, musicals, and staged readings, I have walked away with some impressive highlights which have stayed with me. How fortunate to live in an area rich with gifted playwrights and talented performers, not to mention the able staff and crew…
10. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Sand Lake Center for the Arts Sand Lake Center for the Arts’s fall production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was impossible not to love. The adult cast portrayed the adolescent characters with humor and sincerity. Allison McArdle Avery’s…
Cohoes Music Hall decked out for the holiday season to host Pasek & Paul musical adaptation that was acclaimed by local critics and audiences in 2024 Cohoes, N.Y. (November 24, 2025) – Playhouse Stage Company will open its 38th Season of musical theatre in New York’s Capital Region next week,…
PITTSFIELD, MA (October 14, 2025) – The Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) has presented the 2025 Berkshire Theatre Critics Awards, colloquially known as The Berkies, on Monday, November 10, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield. This is the ninth time in ten years that these awards have…
