Confetti Stage, in association with Aurora Nova Productions and Boat Rocker Entertainment presents WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT by Nassim Soleimanpour. Will you participate?Will you be manipulated?Will you listen?Will you really listen? Forget your preconceived notions of what theater is or should be. Forbidden to leave his native Iran, Soleimanpour wrote…
by Jess Hoffman Valentine’s month is not over yet! At least, not at Confetti Stage, where the current production is a romantic comedy called Stage Kiss about a married actress who is cast to play opposite her old flame. When their intimacy onstage brings up old feelings, the protagonist finds…
by Jess Hoffman I have been enamored with playwright Tracy Letts ever since I read his Pultzer winner, August:Osage County for a high school theater class. But I have been less impressed by some of hisother plays, and I was not familiar with The Minutes before seeing Albany Civic Theater’sproduction.…
by Jess Hoffman Far too many theaters for my taste tend to offer feel-good, holiday-themed, peppermint and sugar-cookie flavored entertainment this time of year. So I am very pleased to announce that Albany Civic Theater, at least, has opted to instead present for their December show a play about hardy…
The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Laura Darling opens this month at Albany Civic Theater. Performance dates are Friday–Sunday, Dec 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17. *Dec 8 performance will feature the understudies* Friday and Saturday curtains are at 7:30 pm, and Sundays…
by Jessica Hoffman There are a handful of things in this world that seem to be universally hilarious. Small children swearing, for one thing, always make me giggle inappropriately. And no matter who you are or what your morals are, a well timed fart can be the funniest thing in…
The Half Life of Marie Curie By Lauren Gunderson Directed by Laura Darling In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. By 1912, she was the object of ruthless gossip over an alleged affair with the married Frenchman Paul…
by Jess Hoffman If you, like me, were a child of the 90s, you may have grown up on the 1996 film Matilda. And if, like me, you were an avid reader with tastes leaning toward the sarcastic and subversive, you may have grown up with a deep love for…
