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,…
REVIEW: Harbinger Theatre’s “Custom Cuts” at The Albany Barn
by Jess Hoffman Harbinger Theatre has brought many regional premiers to the Albany Capital District, 10 in arow, to be precise. But right now, Harbinger…
REVIEW: “Matilda” at SLOC Musical Theater
by Jess Hoffman If you, like me, were a child of the 90s, you may have grown up on the 1996 film Matilda. And if,…
REVIEW: “The Secret Garden” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Jess Hoffman Playhouse Stage Company has chosen a play with local roots for its second summer production. Based on a 1911 novel of the…
REVIEW: “The Goat (or Who is Sylvia?)” at Schenectady Civic Players
by Jess Hoffman So far this year I have reviewed plays about such heavy topics as drug addiction, incest, revolution, and pedophilia. And yet none…
REVIEW: “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” at SLOC Musical Theater
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Editor’s Note: Director Jeannie Marlin Woods and assistant stage manager Jess Hoffman are members of our Berkshire on Stage team of critics,…
REVIEW: “The Motherf**ker with the Hat” Harbinger Theatre at the Albany Civic Theater
by Jess Hoffman Albany Civic Theater–a theater with a special place in my heart that has been central to my love of theater–is currently the…