A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM @ WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE...
by Michael Eck Sepcial to The Times Union WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. – “Oh, Thespis, we place ourselves in your hands.” And so it begins, both a play and a season. Williamstown Theatre Festival is opening its...
View Article‘Our Town’ @ PS/21, 7/7/10
CHATHAM — Thornton Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer-winning drama “Our Town” has endured as an American classic, and the enjoyable co-production by Walking the dog Theater and PS/21 shows why. The story about...
View Article‘Samuel J. and K’ @ Williamstown Theatre Festival, 7/8/10
The world premiere production of “Samuel J. and K.” on the Nikos Stage at Williamstown Theatre Festival tells the story of two unlikely brothers: Sam J. the natural-born son of a white couple from...
View Article‘Brush the Summer By’ @ ATF, 7/9/10
‘Brush the Summer By’ flawed at ATF By Steve Barnes Senior writer GLENS FALLS — Contrivance looms large in the two-character drama “Brush the Summer By,” having its world-premiere run at the Adirondack...
View ArticleENDGAME @ BERSKHIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL, 7/10/11
by Michael Eck Special to The Times Union STOCKBRIDGE, MASS. – Clov can’t sit down. Hamm can’t stand up. But that’s only the beginning of their problems. They’re having a rough day over and over and...
View Article‘Annie Get Your Gun’ @ Park Playhouse, 7/10/10
‘Annie Get Your Gun’ a scores a bull’s-eye at Park Playhouse By Steve Barnes Senior writer ALBANY — Molly Rose McGrath delivers a bravura star turn in the title role of “Annie Get Your Gun,” this...
View Article‘The Guardsman’ @ Berkshire Theatre Festival, 7/17/10
The Berkshire Theatre Festival’s game production of Ferenc Molnar’s 1910 farce “The Guardsman” features a real husband-and-wife team playing the married Actor and Actress. In the play, The Actor fears...
View Article‘Pool Boy’ @ Barrington Stage Company, 7/21/10
Some say the jukebox musical has killed the traditional musical, but Thursday’s world premiere of Barrington Stage Company’s “Pool Boy” argues the contrary. The story of a young musician from New...
View Article‘Murder for Two’ @ ATF, 7/24/10
‘Murder for Two’ a blast at ATF By STEVE BARNES Senior writer GLENS FALLS — Surely one of the lightest, funniest evenings of theater this summer is the new “Murder for Two: A Killer Musical,” running...
View ArticleImaginging Madoff @ Stageworks/Hudson, 7/25/10
by Michael Eck Special to The Times Union HUDSON – Stageworks/Hudson has done it again. The troupe’s artistic director Laura Margolis has a long track record of finding exciting new plays and giving...
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