by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The late great William Finn wrote the music and lyrics for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, originally workshopped at Barrington Stage Company in 2004 and premiered on Broadway in 2005. A winner of two Tony awards, this sweet, endearing and hilarious musical depicts the competitors…
SLOC Musical Theater Announces Auditions for School of Rock Book by Julian Fellowes Lyrics by Glenn Slater New Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Director: Kayla Toney Music Director: Jonathan Granger Choreographer: Jillian Granger Producers: Rose Biggerstaff & Michaela Torres Stage Manager: Hollie L. Miller SLOC Musical Theater pledges to continue to advocate for…
Troy Foundry Theatre and Collectiveffort are co-presenting the world premiere of Hard Candy & Misdemeanors by Cris Eli Blak this Fall 2023. Performed at Collectiveffort’s Kickback Studios (10 Second St. in Troy, NY, 12180), the play unfolds over the span of a single day in the employee break room at Roxanne Brewer’s…
by Roseann Cane For 25 years since its premiere in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Honky Tonk Angels has been produced in venues nationwide. Capital Repertory Theatre’s glitzy, extravagant celebration of country music, popular and traditional, is definitely a country music lover’s delight. Ted Swindley’s rather thin story presents a showcase for spectacular…
by Jess Hoffman The word “love” in the title Hoodoo Love might have some theatergoers mistakenly believing that it is a romantic play. This certainly crossed my mind when I went to see the Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York’s production at The Rep, as I was unfamiliar with…
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…
by Roseann Cane Erastus Corning 2nd (1909-1983), the 72nd mayor of the city of Albany, served a remarkably long term, from 1942 to 1983, earning himself the handle “Mayor for Life.” Scion of a prominent Albany family, Corning was the product of a classic political machine, where a political party–in…
ALBANY (Nov. 4) – Featuring the razor-sharp wit and bitter irony of writer Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes), The Irish… And How They Got That Way offers audiences a musical chronicle of the Irish and their journey to and within America. A buoyant score, complete with fresh arrangements of over thirty songs ranging from…
