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…
REVIEW: “Maggie May” Presented by Harbinger Theatre at Albany Civic Theater
by Jess Hoffman Harbinger Theater has made a splash in the area by producing Capital Region premiers of fresh, new, unexplored plays. Their latest production,…
REVIEW: “Poor Herman” at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead (Berkshire County Historical Society)
by Jess Hoffman  I have a love of literature and an unshakable interest in the complex and problematic people who create it. Chaucer, Poe, Fitzgerald,…
REVIEW: “Legally Blonde” Playhouse Stage at the Cohoes Music Hall
by Jess Hoffman I know I saw the 2001 film Legally Blonde as a teenager, but I don’t remember much about it, except that I…