REVIEW: “The Best Medicine” at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Great Barrington Public Theater, noted for producing new works, brings Robin Gerber’s one woman play, The Best Medicine to the stage. Gerber’s…
REVIEW: “Where the Mountain Meets the Sea” at the Ancram Center for the Arts
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Ancram Center For the Arts never disappoints. Where the Mountain Meets the Sea by Jeff Augustin is currently playing, featuring a Haitian…
REVIEW: “Guys and Dolls” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The classic, yet dated musical, Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on a story and characters…
REVIEW: “The Waiting” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss How rare it is to attend a brand-new musical by an unknown writer and composer and to feel captured by the very…
REVIEW: “The Elephant Man” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Have we made much progress in how we treat ‘the other?’ Do we struggle with learning and accepting the interior of a…
REVIEW: The Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Presents “Eclipsed” at theREP
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Admittedly, I knew nothing about the Civil Wars in Liberia. In fact, I know nothing about Liberia in West Africa. Eclipsed by…
REVIEW: “Polishing Shakespeare” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Typically, I resist reviewing Shakespeare’s plays. I question my understanding and knowledge of the breadth of the Bard’s work to adequately assess…
REVIEW: “Working” at the Ghent Playhouse
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss I was excited to see the revised version of Working, a Musical by Studs Terkel and adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina…