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“The Full Monty’ Flashes Great Moments at theREP
Capital Repertory Theatre has selected “The Full Monty” for their summer crowd pleaser and why not? It was nominated for 9 Tony Awards and ran for almost two years on…
“The Shaggs” in its Capital Region Premiere Makes You Cherish Bridge Street Theatre
It is increasingly rare that you encounter works of art of singular conception, origin, design and execution. “The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World” could only be grabbing us…
Dorset Theatre Festival Thrills with Theresa Rebeck’s World Premiere “Dig”
On the outskirts of town lies a dusty, forlorn plant store run by Roger (Jeffery Bean who thrums with a suppressed passion) who in the opening moments of “Dig,” Theresa…
BTG Presents “Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story,” a New England Premiere at Colonial Theatre…
There are two parallel stories running thru “Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story.” The first, more frustrating one, is about the titular Cleveland D.J. who coined the…
ATF Dazzles with World Premiere of “The Enlightenment of Percival von Schmootz”
The stage has bright carnival colors of yellow, orange and red with arches left and right going up at angles and pennants festooned out to the audience. It looks like a…
“Now Circa Then,” A New England Premiere Charms in Chester
“What’s past is prologue” the young man Gideon (Luke Hofmaier) quotes from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” in this modern romance by Carly Mensch. What he is explaining to his…
Park Playhouse Scores with Winning “In the Heights”
There are moments with outdoor theater when the elements conspire with the story to give you a dazzling effect as if nature itself were jealous of all the attention paid to…
Siena Welcomes Lincoln Dress to World Premiere in Loudonville
There was a homecoming on multiple levels as Siena College presented the World Premiere of “The Lincoln Dress” this past weekend by Albany native and Siena alum John P.…