by Macey Levin The third and final offering this year at Bridge Street Theatre’s Solofest is Archie Parish’s Parting Words by Ernest Thompson, author of On Golden Pond. This less than two hour play runs the gamut of human emotions portrayed by Mr. Thompson, who as the director and the…
Catskill, NY — Bridge Street Theatre concludes its 2026 SoloFest festival with Archie Parish’s Parting Words, a deeply personal solo performance written and performed by Academy Award–winning playwright Ernest Thompson (On Golden Pond). The production runs March 20–22 in Catskill as the final installment of the theatre’s annual festival of…
by Jess Hoffman As a general rule, I dislike one-actor plays. Watching one performer speak to the audience for the length of an entire show is not fun for me, unless it has a really intriguing premise, a uniquely talented actor, and a director with vision. Luckily, the first show…
Catskill, NY — Bridge Street Theatre continues its 2026 SoloFest series with the world premiere of “Herkimer! How My Ignorant Immigrant Ancestors Saved America and You Can Too,” a funny, captivating, and unexpectedly timely solo performance written and performed by Ned Averill-Snell and directed by Bridge Street Theatre Associate Artistic…
Catskill, NY — Bridge Street Theatre launches its 2026 SoloFest series this weekend with Palatable Gay Robot, a bold, fast-paced solo comedy written and performed by Broadway actor and comedian Stephen Brower. The limited three-performance engagement runs March 6–8, 2026, and kicks off the theatre’s annual festival of intimate, artist-driven…
Catskill, NY — Bridge Street Theatre is proud to announce the return of SoloFest, the company’s annual celebration of dynamic, intimate, artist-driven performance. Running over three consecutive weekends this March in Catskill, SoloFest 2026 brings an eclectic trio of powerful solo works to the stage — blending comedy, history, storytelling,…
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…
