REVIEW: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Capital Rep

by Jess Hoffman I must start my review by admitting that A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is my single favorite play of all time. And because of that I have seen many productions. I have seen professional productions, volunteer productions, and even one high school production. I have…

Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Comes to Capital Rep

ALBANY (April 5) – William Shakespeare’s popular comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” begins previews at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany April 14, opens on Tuesday, April 18 and runs through Sunday, May 7. The show is directed by theREP’s Producing Artistic Director Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill. In a world where dreams and…

Troy Foundry Theatre Announces Plans for Fifth Year of Programming in 2023

Troy, NY –  Troy Foundry Theatre launched their 2023 season this month at 518 Craft with the first pop-up event of the year with musical performances by TFT Company members Connor Armbruster, Hold on Honeys (Emily Curro, Shannon Rafferty, Raya Malcolm) and Michael Gregg. The night ended with a performance…

REVIEW: “Things I Know to be True” at Great Barrington Public Theater

by Barbara Waldinger It is said that “It Takes a Village” to successfully rear a child. The same may be said about what is required to mount a superior theatrical production.  Great Barrington Public Theater’s Things I Know to Be True owes its triumph at the Daniel Arts Center to…

Great Barrington Public Theater Presents “Things I Know to be True”

“It’s the most beautiful thing in the garden. It’s the only thing that doesn’t grow in a straight line and hasn’t been pruned to within an inch of its life.” The Great Barrington Public Theater 2022 mainstage season continues Aug.4 – Aug 14 with an evocative, penetrating drama about the…

HRC Showcase Theatre to Open 31st Season with “For The People”

NEW LEBANON, NY—On May 7, 2022, HRC Showcase Theatre, now based in New Lebanon, New York will launch its 31st season with a staged reading of For the People, by Carol Mullen. For the People is the fictional story of Pittsburgh city councilwoman Meg Cabot, the first openly lesbian elected official in Pennsylvania…

Troy Foundry Theatre Presents “The Broken Record & the Oddity”

Sometimes we can hear it. Sometimes we feel its vibrations instead. No signal is perfect. The beats skip. My heart skips. Why can’t I stop smiling? Touch the sounds. Eat the smells. Take the empty air and rub it all over you. Grasp at the invisible. The electrical currents between…