REVIEW: “Parallel Lives” at Albany Civic Theater
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The audience is told before Parallel Lives opens at the Albany Civic Theater that Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy, the playwrights and…
REVIEW: “13: The Musical” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Memories of being 13 are often painful. Trying to fit in, struggling with physical changes of adolescence, and hoping to be popular…
REVIEW: “Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 – 2020” at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The stress of the Covid -19 pandemic was bound to make its way into the theater canon. New mothers, during this time,…
REVIEW: “The Lisbon Traviata” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss This seems to be the season for reviving Tony award-winning playwright Terrence McNally’s plays. Having just reviewed Frankie and Johnny at the…
REVIEW: “Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune” at Shakespeare & Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Lovemaking, music, and laughter greet us before the lights come up on the Elayne P. Bernstein stage in Terrence McNally’s Frankie and…
Paula Goes on Seth’s Big Fat Broadway Cruise
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss (Berkshire on Stage critic Paula Kaplan-Reiss recently went on Seth’s Big Fat Broadway Cruise with Seth Rudetsky! Here she shares her experience…
REVIEW: “Fireflies” at Shakespeare & Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss I knew I had to see and review Fireflies by Matthew Barber at Shakespeare & Company. My husband just published his novel,…
REVIEW: “Dirty Blonde” at the Ghent Playhouse
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Mae West is the subject of Claudia Shear’s play, Dirty Blonde, being performed at the Ghent Playhouse. First seen on Broadway in…