by Barbara Waldinger The Lion in Winter, James Goldman’s 1966 Broadway play, contains a unique mix of historical and contemporary elements. Though the year is 1183 and the place is Henry II’s castle in Chinon, France, it’s the story of a dysfunctional family, squabbling over which of his three sons…
“Well, what family doesn’t have its ups and downs?” Merry Christmas, 1183! King Henry II has just released his estranged wife Eleanor from prison so that the entire back-stabbing royal family can spend the holiday together. He’s getting on in years and a succession plan needs to be mapped out.…
by Barbara Waldinger In describing Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, director Margo Whitcomb refers to “the common and overused device of an older celebrity professor and a young female student.” What makes this play unique is that Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch has written it from the male point of…
“And a dim image came to him. It was of a girl in a red coat…” Rehearsals are currently under way in Catskill for the second play in Bridge Street Theatre’s 2022 Fall Mainstage Season. The U.S. premiere of Hannah Moscovitch’s award-winning “Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes” will be…
Over at Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, we’ve just launched into rehearsals for the first play in our 2022 Fall Mainstage Season. For the first time ever, we’ve commissioned a playwright to create a totally new work to be presented on our “Priscilla” Mainstage. Based on actual events, Brad Fraser’s…
Following the enormous success of last year’s “The Addams Family Musical: Quarantine Edition”, Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre has made the decision to turn their Summer Youth Musical an annual event! This year’s production, featuring an all-student cast and slated for a two-weekend run August 4-14, will be the Tony and…
by Macey Levin Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, New York, often does extraordinary work, witness last year’s brilliant production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Last season they presented an exquisite rendering of Samuel D. Hunter’s Lewiston. Playwright Hunter recently opened A Case For The Existence of God on off-Broadway…
In a small town on the Snake River in Washington, two young men from wildly different backgrounds discover a common connection while stocking shelves together on the night shift at Costco in Samuel D. Hunter’s “Clarkston”, coming to Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre for eight performances only April 28 – May…
