Playhouse Stage Company and City of Albany Partner to Present Free Theatre for Young Audiences Production in Washington Park

Playhouse Stage Company and the City of Albany partner to present a fully free Theatre for Young Audiences production at Washington Park — doubling down on accessibility and introducing a new generation to the magic of live performance ALBANY, NY (April 28, 2026) — Playhouse Stage Company, the Capital Region’s professional…

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…

Playhouse Stage Opens “Oklahoma!’ at Park Playhouse

Fast-paced, fresh take on Broadway’s original classic will play in Albany’s Washington Park throughout July, with encore weekend at Guilderland’s Tawasentha Park.Albany, N.Y. (June 27, 2025) – Playhouse Stage Company continues its 37th Season this summer, as they welcome audiences to their venerable outdoor venue at Park Playhouse in Albany’s Washington…

Playhouse Stage Company Announces 37th Summer Season

Enduring Rodgers & Hammerstein classic OKLAHOMA! to play at Albany’s Park Playhouse & GPAC, with new musical THE WAITING premiering at Cohoes Music HallAlbany, N.Y. (January 2, 2025) –Today, Playhouse Stage Company announced plans for its 37th Summer Season presenting professional musical theatre to Capital Region audiences in 2025. The company…

Playhouse Stage Company Announces Five New Productions for 37th Season

A Christmas Story, The Little Mermaid and the dark comedy Heathers: The Musical among the titles that the company will produce at Cohoes Music Hall this season.Cohoes, N.Y. (September 19, 2024) – This year, Playhouse Stage Company marks its 37th Season presenting professional and youth musical theatre to Capital Region audiences. In a video…

REVIEW: “The Secret Garden” at Playhouse Stage Company

by Jess Hoffman Playhouse Stage Company has chosen a play with local roots for its second summer production. Based on a 1911 novel of the same name, The Secret Garden first premiered in 1989 in New York’s Capital District in a collaboration between Skidmore College and Capital Rep, according to…

REVIEW: “Something Rotten” Playhouse Stage Company in Washington Park

by Paula Kaplan-Reiss As someone privileged to see the original Broadway production of Something Rotten in 2015, starring Brian D’Arcy James and Tony winner Christian Borle, I was excited to have the chance to see this satirical musical again. Yet, I tempered my expectations for the outdoor production offered by…