Barrington Stage Celebrates 24 Years of the Playwright Mentoring Project

(Pittsfield, MA) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Alan Paul, celebrates 24 years with the 2024 Playwright Mentoring Project (PMP) with the All PMP Fest on Saturday, April 6 at 1:00pm at the St. Germain Stage at the Sydelle and…

REVIEW: “Sympathetic Magic” at Bridge Street Theatre

by Jessica Hoffman Bridge Street Theater takes audiences to 1990s San Francisco with its production ofSympathetic Magic: a play about very smart people making very questionable decisions. Twoastrophysicists, a university chair, a sculptor, a choirmaster, an elderly anthropologist, herassistant, and a gay priest make up the cast of enigmatic characters…

Bridge Street Theatre Announces Casting for Mainstage Fall Season

Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most exciting and adventurous small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, is thrilled to announce that they have completed casting for their 2023 Fall Mainstage Season – sixteen magnificently talented actors in three funny, moving, provocative, and innovative productions, including an East Coast…

Ancram Opera House Spotlights New Work in Summer Play Lab Series

Continuing its 2023 focus on incubating and growing new artistic work, Ancram Opera House (AOH) will present a double-bill of innovative works-in-progress by Hudson Valley-based artists Seth McNeill and Emily Rubin. Performances will be at Ancram Opera House, 1330 County Route 7, Ancram, on Sunday, July 9th at 4pm. Tickets are $20, or…

Ancram Opera House Offers Two Free Artist-Led Writing Workshops

Summer Play Lab Residents Emily Rubin and Seth McNeill will conduct  writing workshops for area residents Ancram Opera House will offer two writing workshops led by Summer Play Lab artists Emily Rubin (Cancer Cabaret) and Seth McNeill (Bullet). The workshops are free, but space is limited, and registration is required.…

REVIEW: “The Lion in Winter” at Bridge Street Theatre

by Barbara Waldinger The Lion in Winter, James Goldman’s 1966 Broadway play, contains a unique mix of historical and contemporary elements.  Though the year is 1183 and the place is Henry II’s castle in Chinon, France, it’s the story of a dysfunctional family, squabbling over which of his three sons…

“The Lion in Winter” Comes to Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre

“Well, what family doesn’t have its ups and downs?” Merry Christmas, 1183! King Henry II has just released his estranged wife Eleanor from prison so that the entire back-stabbing royal family can spend the holiday together. He’s getting on in years and a succession plan needs to be mapped out.…

Bridge Street Theatre Announces Casting for 2022 Fall Mainstage Season

Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most adventurous and exciting small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, is delighted to announce that they have completed casting for their 2022 Fall Mainstage Season – eleven brilliant actors in three scintillating, provocative, and innovative plays, including a world premiere commissioned especially…