Latham, NY — Curtain Call Theatre is presenting Conscience by Joe DiPietro.  This play is Directed by Rich Lounello. Margaret Chase Smith was a woman of firsts: In 1940, she was the first woman elected by the state of Maine to serve in Congress; nine years later she was the first woman the state elected to…
by Macey Levin Girl with a Camera, is a world premiere by Byron Nilsson, produced by Constance Lopez and Lora Lee Ecobelli (both of whom are in the production) in collaboration with the Claverack (NY) Library and RARE Inc. and The Two Of Us Productions. This is the story of…
by Emily Edelman in Paul Slade Smith’s “The Outsider,” being staged by the Ghent Playhouse, a scandal that forces a state’s governor to resign thrusts the lieutenant governor into the prominence he never wanted. Smith’s fast-moving comedy is hilarious from its first moments and remains that way till the end.…
THE SUNSHINE BOYS by Neil Simon and directed by Amy Sarah LaMena will open Schenectady Civic Players’ 95th season next month. Performance dates are Friday- Sunday (September 16, 17 & 18) and Wednesday through Sunday (September 21-25). Friday and Saturday curtains are at 8 pm, Wednesday and Thursday curtains are…
Albany Civic Theater presents Seminar by Theresa Rebeck, Feb 11 – 20. Set in present-day New York City, Seminar follows four young writers — Kate, Martin, Douglas, and Izzy — and their professor, Leonard. Each student has paid Leonard $5,000 for a ten-week writing seminar to be held in Kate’s…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, April 2005 I was so excited to see Pal Joey on the Ghent Playhouse schedule this season. This 1940 Rodgers and Hart classic is seldom produced – everyone sings the songs but no one stages the show. I have seen bits of the 1952 film version starring…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, March 2004 “Never mind the why and whereforeLove can level ranks and therefore…”– W.S. Gilbert On the off chance that you have not seen, heard, or heard of H.M.S. Pinafore in the 126 years since it first opened in London in 1878, the idea that love levels…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, January 2003 The World Goes ‘Round is a revue of the music of Kander and Ebb. The amassing of songs by a particular composer/lyricist/team or made famous by a certain star or all on a common theme seems to be a very popular form of theatrical…
