Category Archives: Theater
“THE LIAR” OFFERS CHARMED DUPLICITY at HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE
If you’ve ever felt squeamish about the sing-songy rhymes of iambic pentameter, be assured that the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival production of The Liar uses this poetic form and is delightfully entertaining. The play has been wonderfully adapted and revived … Continue reading
Trisha Brown Dance Company opens the 2014 Bard SummerScape Festival
When the Trisha Brown Dance Company opens the Bard SummerScape Festival this month, it will be a bittersweet event for fans, as it also marks one of the company’s last appearances performing Brown’s large works on the great proscenium stages of … Continue reading
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival takes off with Two Gentlemen of Verona
“Two Gentlemen of Verona” at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Reviewed by Abby Luby. Continue reading
Powerhouse Theater’s 30th Season at Vassar College
The 30th season of the Powerhouse Theater with New York Stage and Film in collaboration with Vassar College opens on Thursday, June 26, with its Mainstage production of Richard Greenberg’s, The Babylon Line, (Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain, … Continue reading
Eric Overmyer’s “On the Verge” at Parker Theatre
The Department of Theatre Arts at the State University of New York at New Paltz’s Mainstage Productions will conclude its 2013 – 2014 season with performances of Eric Overmyer’s play, On the Verge. This witty, delightful and surprising production opens Thursday, April … Continue reading
PAW presents: Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris
A disturbingly sharp, yet funny satire of American unease with race relations, Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris, Performing Arts of Woodstock’s final play of its 50th season, opens on May 30 at 7:30 p.m. and runs for ten performances at … Continue reading
PAW presents Eugene O“Neill’s, “A Moon for the Misbegotten”
Performing Arts of Woodstock presents Eugene O“Neill’s masterpiece, “A Moon for the Misbegotten.” Unproduced in his lifetime, this is the first production of O’Neill’s lyrical, beautiful play in the Hudson Valley, telling the story of O“Neill’s doomed elder brother Jamie … Continue reading
“An Evening with Anna Deavere Smith” at Bard’s Fisher Center
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College presents “An Evening with Anna Deavere Smith” on Saturday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sosnoff Theater. Widely acclaimed as one of the most provocative writers and … Continue reading