REVIEW: “The Seafarer” at Schenectady Civic Players

by Dan Mayer Just on the heels of St. Patrick’s Day, Schenectady Civic Players feature award-winning Irish playwright Conor McPherson with their latest production. The Seafarer is a dark comedy about a struggling alcoholic with a guilty conscience surrounded by heavy drinkers at Christmastime, but there may be more dark…

Schenectady Civic Players Continues 98th season “The Seafarer”

Schenectady Civic Players continues its 98th season on March 20–29, 2026, with The Seafarer, the Tony-nominated drama by Conor McPherson, directed by Tony Pallone. Performance dates are Friday–Sunday (March 20–22) and Wednesday–Sunday (March 25–29). Friday and Saturday curtains are at 8:00 PM, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 PM, and Sunday matinees…

Schenectady Civic Players Present “The Seafarer”

Schenectady Civic Players continues its 98th season on March 20–29, 2026, with The Seafarer, the Tony-nominated drama by Conor McPherson, directed by Tony Pallone. Performance dates are Friday–Sunday (March 20–22) and Wednesday–Sunday (March 25–29). Friday and Saturday curtains are at 8:00 PM, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 PM, and Sunday matinees…

“A Few Good Men” Takes the Stage at Cohoes Music Hall

Cohoes, NY — Get ready for an electrifying theatrical experience as Aaron Sorkin’s iconic courtroom drama A Few Good Men comes to life at Cohoes Music Hall. Directed by Aaron Holbritter, co-founder of Creative License, this gripping production runs from January 31st to February 9th, and was originally announced with…

Albany Civic Theater Presents “On Golden Pond”

Albany Civic Theater presents On Golden Pond, beginning on Friday, December 6th and running until Sunday, December 22nd. Friday and Saturday performances will be at 7:30PM, and Sunday performances at 3:00PM.  The play, written by Ernest Thompson, tells the story of an elderly couple, spending their 48th summer in the…

Creative License brings Jeff Daniels’ “Apartment 3A” to Cohoes Music Hall

The Creative License Theater Collective is currently in rehearsals for its upcoming production of Apartment 3A, for a special extended, one-weekend engagement September 5th through the 8th. The company is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and its third as the resident non-musical theater company at the historic Cohoes Music Hall. Annie Wilson…

REVIEW: “In The Blood” at Harbinger Theatre

by Dan Mayer Back in the 1990s, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks had made a joking comment that she would write a riff on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, and title it Fucking A. That one comment ultimately led her to write two different plays, which came to be known as Parks’…

Curtain Call Theatre Presents “The Rembrandt”

Latham, NY — Curtain Call Theatre is presenting The Rembrandt by Jessica Dickey, directed by Steve Fletcher. The play opens in a modern-day art museum, where three individuals yearn to experience firsthand the wonder and glory of Rembrandt’s work. When a museum guard decides to touch a famous Rembrandt painting, a remarkable journey…