REVIEW: “The Minutes” at Albany Civic Theater
by Jess Hoffman I have been enamored with playwright Tracy Letts ever since I read his Pultzer winner, August:Osage County for a high school theater…
REVIEW: “Lost in Yonkers” at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts
by Jess Hoffman Sand Lake Center for the Arts seems to be on a streak of launching fresh productions of old theater chestnuts. Their 2023…
REVIEW: Classic Theater Guild Presents “Picasso at the Lapin Agile”
by Jess Hoffman The premise of Classic Theater Guild’s current production, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, is a simple but very intriguing one: an absurdist…
REVIEW: Harbinger Theatre’s “Mrs. Packard” at The Albany Barn
by Jess Hoffman Harbinger Theater brings yet another regional premier to the New York Capital District with Mrs. Packard at The Albany Barn. Mrs. Packard…
REVIEW: “The Half Life of Marie Curie” at Albany Civic Theater
by Jess Hoffman Far too many theaters for my taste tend to offer feel-good, holiday-themed, peppermint and sugar-cookie flavored entertainment this time of year. So…
REVIEW: Creative License Theater Collective Presents “The Sound Inside”
by Jess Hoffman It’s hard to know what to make of The Sound Inside. The two-person show, currently playing at Cohoes Music Hall, is a…
REVIEW: “Sympathetic Magic” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Jessica Hoffman Bridge Street Theater takes audiences to 1990s San Francisco with its production ofSympathetic Magic: a play about very smart people making very…
REVIEW: “Chapter Two” at Schenectady Civic Players
by Jessica Hoffman I must admit I’m a sucker for a comedy–a Neil Simon comedy all the moreso. Schenectady Civic Players’ current production, Chapter Two,…