by Jess Hoffman In the era of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” I think everyone has strong opinions about truth, accuracy, and the difference, if any exists, between the two. But whatever your opinions, The Lifespan of A Fact, presented by Creative License and playing at Cohoes Music Hall, will…
COHOES, NY — Creative License, the Capital Region theater company known for pairing strong ideas with intimate, actor-driven productions, returns to the Cohoes Music Hall this winter with the acclaimed and surprisingly funny Broadway hit The Lifespan of a Fact. Performances run January 30 through February 8, 2026, at the historic Music…
by Jess Hoffman Harbinger Theatre has made a name for themselves in the New York Capital Region as a small volunteer theater company bringing lesser-known, hard-hitting plays by up-and-coming playwrights to the area. Their latest production of Swing State by Rebecca Gilman is currently playing at Sand Lake Center for…
ALBANY, NY – Harbinger Theatre will close its fourth season with Swing State by Pulitzer Prize finalist, Rebecca Gilman, and directed by Brian Sheldon. Swing State marks Harbinger’s 18th Capital Region premiere. It might also amazingly be the Capital Region premiere of Gilman, who has been one of the most esteemed playwrights…
1776 Directed by Shawn Morgan Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards Book by Peter Stone A seminal moment in American history—the Declaration of Independence—comes to life in this unconventional Broadway hit. 1776 humanizes the pages of history by portraying the men behind national icons as complex figures—prideful, frightened, uncertain, irritable,…
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…
*FREE Scene Night!* *Tuesday, 3/18**7pm**Albany Barn**56 2nd St**Albany, NY 12210* Scenes & monologues from students of Acting Class with Patrick White. New actors, new scenes and new ideas. Come see a great sampling of new and classic drama by Edward Albee, Jon Robin Baitz, Mike Bartlett, Jesse Eisenberg, Arthur Miller,…
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…
