Favorites of 2025: Paula Kaplan-Reiss
After a fulfilling theater season of seeing close to 50 plays, musicals, and staged readings, I have walked away with some impressive highlights which have…
REVIEW: “Escape to Margaritaville” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Escape to Margaritaville, featuring the music of the late Jimmy Buffett, had a brief run on Broadway in 2018. Bringing this musical…
REVIEW: “Annie” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Multiple Tony Award winning musical, Annie, first on Broadway in 1977 for six years, revived on Broadway in 2012, toured all over…
REVIEW: “The Last Five Years” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Barbara Waldinger Mac-Haydn Theatre’s latest “Special Event” is a two-day run of Jason Robert Brown’s THE LAST FIVE YEARS, sandwiched in just before the…
Mac-Haydn Theatre Announces Limited Engagement of “The Last Five Years”—Two Nights Only
CHATHAM, NY (July 30, 2025)—The Mac-Haydn Theatre is thrilled to present Jason Robert Brown’s celebrated musical, The Last Five Years, for an exclusive limited run of just…
REVIEW: “Jesus Christ Superstar” at The Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice Tony nominated rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar is the fourth glorious musical of the Mac-Haydn Theatre season.…
Mac-Haydn Theatre Cuts Loose with “Footloose”
(June 29, 2023–Chatham, NY) The Mac-Haydn Theatre continues its summer season of hits with “Footloose,” the Tony and Grammy winning musical based on the decade-defining…
REVIEW: “42nd Street” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Lisa Jarisch Is there a better way to celebrate the first full day of summer than an evening spent at a theater putting on…