by Lisa Jarisch Satire? Farce? Social Commentary? Political humor? Ecological & Environmental Propaganda ? Black comedy? Don’t bother trying to slot the Mac-Haydn‘s first-ever production of Urinetown into its “proper place” in musical theatre; it doesn’t have one. What it does have is a place as a show that checks…
(June 29, 2022–Chatham, NY) “Urinetown” makes its debut at the Mac-Haydn Theatre, running July 7-17. Planned for the Mac-Haydn’s 2020 season (but postponed due to COVID), the production is two years in the making. Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is hilariously funny, remarkably irreverent…
by Lisa Jarisch “A Chorus Line” definitely holds a soft spot in my heart. To this day, it remains the first, last, and only show I have ever actually seen in its native habitat on Broadway. In 1977, as a freshman in college, on a bus trip during Winter Term,…
(June 16, 2022–Chatham, NY) The Mac-Haydn Theatre presents A CHORUS LINE from June 23 through July 3, 2022, kicking off their 53rd season in Chatham. The history-making sensation, winner of 9 Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, A CHORUS LINE explores the realities of life as a professional theater dancer…
