by Macey Levin Ralph Albert Blakelock is one of the least famous artists of the Hudson River School overshadowed by Thomas Cole and Frederic Church amongst others. In 1916, however, his “Brook By Moonlight” (below) was bought for $20,000, the highest price ever paid for a painting by a living…
by Macey Levin David Zellnik’s musical entitled “Yank” about gay soldiers during World War Two ran off-Broadway in 2005; it had several workshops in New York, but no Broadway producer or company took an option to produce it. In 2017 a production in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, sent Zellnik to…
by Macey Levin Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, New York has begun its third “Solofest” with “Bent Compass” by Neil Brookshire and Colin Sesek. The creation of this play is a story unto itself. Brookshire and Sesek met in 2004 while working at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. When Sesek, an…
“Papa said it was a curse. That Blakelock was cursed. Papa said because Blakelock was his dad he carried it too, and that I have it. He said I had him in my blood. That I was just like him.” The tragic and nearly forgotten life of painter Ralph Albert…
An investigation into a young Brazillian artist’s mysterious death leads an American playwright on a profound journey of introspection in “O Time” being presented at Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre March 21-23 as the third installment in BST’s SoloFest 2025. Written and performed by David Zellnik (“Yank!”) and directed by Danilo…
Alone in the world (as only a widow can be), Kate Skinner finds herself “trapped in a one-woman show? in a new ?one-woman show” called “Help! I’m Trapped in a One-Woman Show!”, receiving its world premiere March 14-16 as Show #Two in Bridge Street Theatre‘s SoloFest 2025. “Help!…” tells the…
February 25 – March 16, 2025 Bridge Street Theatre presentsSoloFest 2025 Show #TwoThe World Premiere ofHELP! I’M TRAPPED IN A ONE-WOMAN SHOW!Written by Mark Hampton with Kate SkinnerPerformed by Kate SkinnerDirected by Michael EdwardsThree Performances Only!Friday March 14 and Saturday March 15 at 7:30pmSunday March 16 at 2:00pmBridge Street Theatre’s…
Attention, area Veterans (and fans of great theatre in general)! “Bent Compass”, a one-man show which explores the transformation of a young man from a raw Army recruit to a seasoned combat Medic to a civilian attempting to re-adjust to life back in the world, is coming to Catskill’s Bridge…
