Favorites of 2025: Jess Hoffman
10. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Sand Lake Center for the Arts Sand Lake Center for the Arts’s fall production of The…
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…
Playhouse Stage Opens “Oklahoma!’ at Park Playhouse
Fast-paced, fresh take on Broadway’s original classic will play in Albany’s Washington Park throughout July, with encore weekend at Guilderland’s Tawasentha Park.Albany, N.Y. (June 27,…
REVIEW: “All Shook Up” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss I have never been inspired by Elvis Presley nor attracted to his music. However, the outstanding cast of the Mac-Haydn Theatre shakes…
REVIEW: “West Side Story” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Lisa Jarisch This confession may very well get me drummed out of the musical theater corps of critics and aficionados alike, but in all…
REVIEW: “Something Rotten” Playhouse Stage Company in Washington Park
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss As someone privileged to see the original Broadway production of Something Rotten in 2015, starring Brian D’Arcy James and Tony winner Christian…