REVIEW: “The Girl on the Train” at Schenectady Civic Players

by Dan Mayer Author Paula Hawkins’ novel The Girl on the Train became an international best-seller, as well as a 2016film starring Emily Blunt, before being adapted for the stage. Schenectady Civic Players‘ production takes off like a speeding locomotive, but audiences may be in for a bumpy ride. The…

REVIEW: Creative License Presents “A Few Good Men”

by Jess Hoffman It was with high hopes that I braved Friday’s snowstorm to see Creative License Theater Collective’s production of A Few Good Men at the Cohoes Music Hall. I greatly enjoyed the iconic 1992 film based on this play–a gripping courtroom drama about two soldiers accused of murdering…

“A Few Good Men” Takes the Stage at Cohoes Music Hall

Cohoes, NY — Get ready for an electrifying theatrical experience as Aaron Sorkin’s iconic courtroom drama A Few Good Men comes to life at Cohoes Music Hall. Directed by Aaron Holbritter, co-founder of Creative License, this gripping production runs from January 31st to February 9th, and was originally announced with…

REVIEW: “Shakespeare in Love” at Capital Rep

by Roseann Cane Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill, Producing Artistic Director of the Capital Repertory Theatre, has long been devoted to making the company currently known as theREP a vital contributor to the community in which it lives, to, as she has written, “…to keep our mission of community service strong!” From theREP’s…

REVIEW: “Paris Time” at Capital Repertory Theatre

by Roseann Cane In the Paris Time playbill, Production Dramaturge Teresa Campbell quotes an article from The Washington Post: “France is home to the largest Jewish community in Europe, and its most troubled. A wave of anti-Semitic violence in recent years has shaken Jews in the country to the point…