UMass Theater Presents “Xanadu”

XANADU Book by Douglas Carter Beane and music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John FarrarDirected by Rose Schwietz Malla May 2, 3, 8, 9 at 7:30 p.m.May 3 &10 at 2 p.m.May 7 at 10 a.m. The Rand Theater, Bromery Center for the Arts$5 students, seniors, Card to Culture,…

“Sister Act” Returns to the Mac-Haydn

(June 19, 2024–Chatham, NY) The Mac-Haydn Theatre continues its summer season with the five time Tony-winning musical including Best Musical, “Sister Act,” running June 27 through July 14. Based on the hit 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg, “Sister Act” returns to the stage for the second time in Mac-Haydn history.…

REVIEW: “Xanadu” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre

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…

REVIEW: “The Closet” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

by Macey Levin Martin O’Reilly is divorced, his son won’t speak to him, he’s probably going to be fired from a job he doesn’t like at a Catholic religious supplies warehouse, he has no prospects for another job, he has no money and he owns a huge white elephant of…

REVIEW: “The Country Club” at The Theater Barn

eviewed by Gail M. Burns, September, 2002 The Country Club is an entertaining play, and one that is just the ideal size and shape for a production at the Theater Barn. A mostly able cast, many of them hold-overs from the Barn’s summer season, are put through their paces in a…