Saratoga Springs, NY (Feb. 9) — Opera Saratoga has announced casting for its 2026 festival season, marking the company’s 65th anniversary with a diverse slate of opera, musical theatre, new works, and community-centered programming. Performances will take place primarily at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs, New York. Many performers…
Saratoga Springs, NY (Oct. 31) – Opera Saratoga — the Capital Region’s only professional opera company — is celebrating its 65th anniversary with its eyes firmly on the future, with a modern new minimalism that makes room for maximum drama.   “With a move towards the future, Opera Saratoga announces an upcoming season that is stripped down, up…
(August 25, 2021—Chatham, NY) The Mac-Haydn Theatre’s Limited Performances series continues with Exiled: The Evolution of Kurt Weill, featuring Mac-Haydn favorites James Benjamin Rodgers and Jillian Zack, presented September 1 and 29. Exiled from Germany in 1933 at the height of his popularity, Kurt Weill’s remarkable music was banned in the country for the…
The theatre returns with a determination to be a beacon for the community, once again bringing people together for a shared experience. CHATHAM, NY—June 14, 2021 The Mac-Haydn Theatre will reopen its doors for live performances on July 29 after more than a year of closure, bringing the exciting summer…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2006 I am on record as disapproving of revuesicals. They are not really theatre and not really a concert. Generally, they drive me nuts. But this one I found genuinely enjoyable, largely because of the excellent material culled primarily from the collaboration of George…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2000 I just love “The Threepenny Opera” but the only way I could sit through the nearly three hours of this production was to keep thinking about which nice Kurt Weill number was coming up next. There are people who should not direct Threepenny,…
