REVIEW: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Capital Rep

by Jess Hoffman I must start my review by admitting that A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is my single favorite play of all time. And because of that I have seen many productions. I have seen professional productions, volunteer productions, and even one high school production. I have…

REVIEW: “The True” at Capital Repertory Theatre

by Roseann Cane Erastus Corning 2nd (1909-1983), the 72nd mayor of the city of Albany, served a remarkably long term, from 1942 to 1983, earning himself the handle “Mayor for Life.” Scion of a prominent Albany family, Corning was the product of a classic political machine, where a political party–in…

RAISE A GLASS TO TheREP AT “THE IRISH AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY” 

ALBANY (Nov. 4) – Featuring the razor-sharp wit and bitter irony of writer Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes), The Irish… And How They Got That Way offers audiences a musical chronicle of the Irish and their journey to and within America. A buoyant score, complete with fresh arrangements of over thirty songs ranging from…