REVIEW: “Spring Awakening” at Playhouse Stage
by Jess Hoffman Playhouse Stage Company has taken on a challenging yet rewarding project with their current production of Spring Awakening. For those unfamiliar with…
REVIEW: “The Minutes” at Albany Civic Theater
by Jess Hoffman I have been enamored with playwright Tracy Letts ever since I read his Pultzer winner, August:Osage County for a high school theater…
Home Made Theater Presents “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
For two weekends, starting on Friday, October 27, Home Made Theater will present the Tony Award winning comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike…
REVIEW: “Something Rotten” Playhouse Stage Company in Washington Park
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss As someone privileged to see the original Broadway production of Something Rotten in 2015, starring Brian D’Arcy James and Tony winner Christian…
REVIEW: “Boeing, Boeing” Circle Theatre Players at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts
by Jess Hoffman I’ve spoken to some theatergoers who tell me how tired they are of Boeing Boeing. It’s not that it isn’t a good…
REVIEW: Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 2007 Being my curmudgeonly self, I was less than thrilled with the announcement that the Mac-Haydn would bring me…