Favorites of 2025: Jess Hoffman

10. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Sand Lake Center for the Arts Sand Lake Center for the Arts’s fall production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was impossible not to love. The adult cast portrayed the adolescent characters with humor and sincerity. Allison McArdle Avery’s…

REVIEW: “Once” at Capital Repertory Theatre

by Jess Hoffman Musicals about musicians are almost as common as plays about thespians, and they tend to offer the same opportunities and be prone to the same pitfalls. They can be playfully and thoughtfully metatheatrical when done well; when done poorly they can be so tediously self- referential that…

Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill Directs “Once” as Her Final Show as Producing Artistic Director

ALBANY (June 30) – “Once,” the Oscar, Tony, Grammy, and Olivier award-winning musical, comes to the MainStage at Capital Repertory Theatre from July 11 through Aug. 10. Book by Enda Walsh with music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, “Once” is described as a heart‑stirring ode to the…

Capital Repertory Theatre Announces Youth Auditions for “Once”

Capital Repertory Theatre YOUNG ACTOR AUDITIONS FOR ONCE Monday, May 5, 2025 3-6PM Producer:  Capital Repertory Theatre, 251 N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12207 Production:  ONCE, book by Enda Walsh; Music & Lyrics by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova Creative team: Director: Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill; Choreographer: Freddy Ramirez; Music Director: Emily Mikesell…

Capital Repertory Theatre Announces Tickets on Sale for 24/25 Season

ALBANY (Sept. 13) – Capital Repertory Theatre is thrilled to announce that tickets are on sale this week for the highly anticipated 24/25 season. This season’s line-up showcases a diverse array of productions, offering audiences a mix of classic favorites, innovative new work, and powerful stories that reflect the theatre’s…

Proctors and theREP Announce Their 2024-2025 Season

SCHENECTADY (Feb. 26) – Proctors Collaborative hosted “The Not So Late-Night Show” on the MainStage at Proctors Monday night to announce the 2024-25 season for both Proctors in Schenectady and Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany. Hosts John Gray and Lydia Kulbida from News 10 ABC were joined by Philip Morris,…

Berkshire Theatre Group Announces Sensory-Friendly Programming

Pittsfield, MA – Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director, CEO) are excited to announce that this season BTG has expanded the sensory-friendly programming and will offer a sensory-friendly performance for many of its summer season shows. A “sensory-friendly” performance is a production that is slightly modified to…

Berkshire Theatre Group Announces Summer 2022 Season

Pittsfield, MA – Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire (Artistic Director, CEO) are thrilled to announce BTG’s 2022 Summer Season. A full season cast announcement will be released at a later date. This season will feature a Tony Award-winning musical, a classic gothic tale of horrors, a world premiere…