REVIEW: “Jekyll & Hyde” at SLOC Musical Theater
by Sierra Pasquale Jekyll & Hyde was highly anticipated. Frank Wildhorn’s score went through more workshop productions, concept albums, and regional tryouts than almost any…
REVIEW: “Footloose” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Sierra Pasquale There is something wonderfully timeless about Footloose. On paper, it is an unabashedly 1980s story: a Chicago teenager moves to a small…
REVIEW: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at Playhouse Stage Company
by Sierra Pasquale As a millennial, I grew up on the works of Roald Dahl. His books occupied a permanent place on my bookshelf, but…
REVIEW: “The Addams Family at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Sierra Pasquale Few musicals are as delightfully macabre, charmingly eccentric, and unabashedly theatrical as The Addams Family. Based on the beloved characters created by…
REVIEW: “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” at Albany Civic Theater
by Sierra Pasquale There’s something thrillingly unhinged (and unexpectedly tender) happening at Albany Civic Theater right now. Their production of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”…
REVIEW: “In the Next Room” at Schenectady Civic Players
by Sierra Pasquale Schenectady Civic Players’ production of In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) approaches Sarah Ruhl’s quietly subversive comedy with clear affection…
REVIEW: “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” at SLOC Musical Theatre
by Sierra Pasquale There is something delightfully conspiratorial about The Mystery of Edwin Drood. A show that invites its audience not just to watch but…
Favorites of 2025: Sierra Pasquale
#1 At the Wedding – Harbinger Theater at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts Bryna Turner’s At the Wedding was the rare production that…