REVIEW: “Uncle Vanya” at Bridge Street Theatre

by Macey Levin Following its marvelous production this past year of The Glass Menagerie, Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, New York, has chosen another classic play and created a beautifully acted and poignant production. Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, which takes place in Ukraine, originally produced by Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre in 1899, has gained…

Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” Brings Bridge Street Theatre’s “Spring Classics” Series to a Close

Bridge Street Theatre presentsAnton Chekhov’sUNCLE VANYAin a new adaptation by Conor McPherson May 9 – 19, 2024 The disruptive presence of a “retired” university professor and his much-younger wife upsets the routine lives of the inhabitants of a small rural Russian estate, causing polite facades to crumble and long repressed…

REVIEW: “The Glass Menagerie” at Bridge Street Theatre

by Macey Levin Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, New York, presented Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie in October of last year.  Their last weekend, with three sold out houses, was canceled due to an outbreak of Covid.  They have revived the production for the first two weekends in April.  I…

Bridge Street Theatre to Present Spring Classics: “The Glass Menagerie” and “Uncle Vanya”

Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most exciting and adventurous small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, is thrilled to announce that they have completed casting for both productions in their 2024 “Spring Classics” Mainstage Season – twelve magnificently talented actors in a pair of towering dramatic masterworks,…

An All-Female Line-Up for Bridge Street Theatre’s 2024 SoloFest

March is Women’s History Month and, to celebrate, Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre has programmed an amazing all-female line-up for the 2024 edition of its popular “SoloFest”. Beginning March 1st and continuing Fridays through Sundays for four successive weekends, the award-winning theatre will present “SoloFest 2024” – a mini-Festival of four…

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 questionable decisions. Twoastrophysicists, a university chair, a sculptor, a choirmaster, an elderly anthropologist, herassistant, and a gay priest make up the cast of enigmatic characters…

Bridge Street Theatre Presents A Neglected Lanford Wilson Masterpiece

Bridge Street Theatre presentsA Late Masterpiece from Playwright Lanford WilsonSYMPATHETIC MAGICNovember 9 – 19, 2023 In early November, a virtually forgotten masterpiece of the American stage comes to vibrant life on the intimate stage of Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre. A rare revival of Lanford Wilson’s spellbinding ensemble drama “Sympathetic Magic”…