by Paula Kaplan-Reiss I was excited to see the revised version of Working, a Musical by Studs Terkel and adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso at The Ghent Playhouse. I was part of the audition process and heard some excellent voices. I have a vague memory of seeing a…
Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason, and the housewife, just to name a few. Nominated for six Tony…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss It’s a love story, which began as a best-selling novel by Robert James Waller in 1992, turned into a movie in 1995 starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, and adapted into a musical which premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2013 and moved to Broadway in…
The doors of the Ghent Playhouse will open on their 49th Season October 6th (preview October 5th) Tickets available August 1st OUTSIDE MULLINGAR Written by John Patrick Shanley Directed by John Trainor In rural Ireland, next door neighbors, Anthony and Rosemary are two introverted misfits straddling 40. Watching the years…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss EDITOR’S NOTE: An unfortunate error was made in the editing of this review when it was first posted. That error has been corrected to the satisfaction of the editor and the critic. Berkshire on Stage apologizes for the distress that the original post caused. When Sylvia St.…
GHENT PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES OPEN ***AUDITIONS*** FOR RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL “The stage mother of all musicals” Music by Marvin Laird; Book and Lyrics by Joel Paley Directed and Choreographed by Michael C. Mensching and Michael McDermott Musical Direction by Joanne Mensching Sunday, February 5 and Monday, February 6, 2023 7:00-9:00 p.m.…
A Broadway Holiday Friday, December 9th at 7:00pm All tickets are $15? Our Special Holiday Fundraiser! Produced by Joseph Fava and the Schenectady Civic Players Fundraising Committee Join us for a wine and cheese pre-performance reception and a holiday-themed musical revue featuring some of your favorite local performers. The reception…
The Ghent Playhouse announces their 2022-2023 season. BUYER & CELLAR – Written by Jonathan Tolins – Directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher This outrageously funny and irresistible one-man play from the most peculiar of fictitious premises – a struggling L.A. actor takes a job working in Barbra Streisand’s Malibu, California basement –…
