by Jess Hoffman Sand Lake Center for the Arts is currently offering a truly local production: a musical, titled A Fine Family, written and directed by local theater’s own Susan Frost and James Holmes. The play concerns a family, as the title indicates, one that is fraying at the seams…
For two weekends, starting on Friday, May 9th, Home Made Theater will present the classic Broadway musical, Oklahoma!. Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs, Oklahoma!, originally debuting in 1943, launched a new era in the American musical. It also began the most successful songwriting partnership…
Confetti Stage is proud to present “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drury, directed by Aaron Moore. Beverly Frasier is frantically trying to prepare for a family birthday party, but dinner isn’t ready, the silverware is wrong, and her sister, husband, and daughter are less than helpful. What first appears to be…
SALEM, NY – Fort Salem Theater proudly presents Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street from April 25 through May 4, 2025, delivering Stephen Sondheim’s iconic tale of vengeance and madness to the stage in a chilling new production. Helmed by director James Alexander, who also stars as the infamous barber…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss I love the work of Neil Simon. In the 1970s and 1980s, his plays were ubiquitous on Broadway. 1983 saw the beginning of his semi-autobiographical Eugene trilogy with Brighton Beach Memoirs, followed by Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound. The first of this trilogy, Brighton Beach Memoirs, is…
by Sierra Pasquale “Peter and the Starcatcher”, currently playing at SLOC Musical Theater, is an ambitious production that brings to life the whimsical backstory of Peter Pan. A mix of slapstick humor, heartfelt moments, and theatrical ingenuity, the play has its moments of charm but ultimately feels uneven in execution.…
by Jessica Hoffman I’ve said many times and must say yet again: I love theater about theater. Confetti Stage’s current offering, a murder mystery about thespians, seemed like a promising production to me. The show concerns a bereft playwright who has gathered five former colleagues to read scenes of his…
by Dan Mayer Does anyone have the right to say what a writer can and can’t write about? The Pillowman doesn’t really answer this question, but it certainly plays with the idea. Albany Civic Theater showcases an outstanding production of a play that is challenging to watch. It needs to…
