REVIEW: “Oklahoma!” at Park Playhouse (Playhouse Theatre Company)
by Jess Hoffman I have to admit I have no love for Rodgers and Hammerstein. I find their musicals boring and overly sentimental. My introduction…
REVIEW: “Pippin” at SLOC Musical Theatre
by Jess Hoffman Pippin is a musical theater classic, and it’s hard to explain why. Don’t get me wrong, I love it–I find the score…
REVIEW: “A Fine Family” at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts
by Jess Hoffman Sand Lake Center for the Arts is currently offering a truly local production: a musical, titled A Fine Family, written and directed…
REVIEW: Creative License Presents “A Few Good Men”
by Jess Hoffman It was with high hopes that I braved Friday’s snowstorm to see Creative License Theater Collective’s production of A Few Good Men…
Favorites of 2024: Jess Hoffman
August: Osage County, Schenectady Civic PlayersMy absolute favorite show of 2024 was Schenectady Civic Players’ triumphant production ofAugust: Osage County. Before seeing the production at…
REVIEW: “On Golden Pond” at Albany Civic Theater
After opening its season with Maggie May in collaboration with Harbinger Theater, Albany Civic Theater’s 2024-2025 season continues with Ernest Thompson’s On Golden Pond. On…
REVIEW: “A Moon for the Misbegotten” at Schenectady Civic Players
by Jess Hoffman Eugene O’Neill is a love-him-or-hate-him sort of playwright. I have spoken to many local thespians who hate Eugene O’Neill, with his propensity…
REVIEW: “Into the Breeches” by Harbinger Theatre
by Jess Hoffman I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a sucker for theater about theater. When one has immersedoneself in stagecraft for as…