by Jess Hoffman I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a sucker for theater about theater. When one has immersedoneself in stagecraft for as long as I have, it’s hard not to appreciate the way that theater cancomment on, and occasionally poke fun at, the purpose and process of…
by Jess Hoffman Harbinger Theater has made a splash in the area by producing Capital Region premiers of fresh, new, unexplored plays. Their latest production, Maggie May (currently playing at Albany Civic Theater) is no exception; it is the United States premier of a play about aging and dementia originally…
by Dan Mayer After seeing The Squirrels at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts, a friend who had accompanied me asked, with visible confusion, what we had just watched. That is the sort of question invited by writer Robert Askins’ bizarre tragicomedy, and Harbinger Theatre‘s production embraces the absurdity…
by Jess Hoffman Harbinger Theater brings yet another regional premier to the New York Capital District with Mrs. Packard at The Albany Barn. Mrs. Packard tells the story of the real life Elizabeth Packard, who was sent to an insane asylum by her husband for disagreements over religion. The ensuing…
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 is showing a world premier of a play written bySchenectady local and regional theater personality Brian Sheldon. Staged at The Albany Barn,Custom Cuts is an…
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 space for Harbinger Theatre’s production of The Motherf**ker with the Hat. The Motherf**ker with the Hat is a gritty, no-holds-barred examination of life and love.…
ALBANY—Harbinger Theatre will present “Destroying David” by Jason Odell Williams at the Opalka Gallery, 140 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY. The dates of the show are as follows: Preview night: Wednesday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m.Opening night: Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m.Sunday, April 10 at 2 p.m.Tuesday, April 13Wednesday,…
