REVIEW: The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Presents “The Wedding Band”
by Jeannie Marlin Woods It is a rare opportunity to see the work of Alice Childress, a highly esteemed Black playwright and social activist whose…
REVIEW:”Steel Magnolias” at Schenectady Civic Players
by Jess Hoffman I believe that classics are classics for a reason. It behooves any theater to mix in new and avant-garde theater with some…
REVIEW: “The Lion in Winter” at Confetti Stage
by Jess Hoffman I feel I must start this review by making it clear how much I love all things medieval. I attend renaissance festivals…
REVIEW: The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY presents “Confederates” at theREP
by Jess Hoffman A play that opens on the image of an old photograph of an enslaved Black woman nursing a White infant promises a…
Favorites of 2025: Jess Hoffman
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…
REVIEW: Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY “I Just Stopped By to See The Man” at theREP
by Jess Hoffman The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York is beginning its 2025-2026 season with I Just Stopped By to See the Man,…
REVIEW: “The Girl on the Train” at Schenectady Civic Players
by Dan Mayer Author Paula Hawkins’ novel The Girl on the Train became an international best-seller, as well as a 2016film starring Emily Blunt, before…
REVIEW: “Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train” at Albany Civic Theater
by Dan Mayer The name Stephen Adly Guirgis may sound familiar to theatergoers in the capital region. He graduated from SUNY Albany, and Harbinger Theatre…