Category Archives: Theater

COMEDY FOR A CAUSE Mario Cantone, known for his outrageous Tony-​​​​nominated one-​​​​man show Laugh Whore and stint as “Anthony” in Sex and the City, leads the lineup at this fall’s Woodstock Comedy Festival. The festival takes place on Sept. 20 – 22, 2013. Comedian, … Continue reading →

Of all the great stories from our youth, The Three Musketeers will always hold the allure and fantasy of bold and fearless adventurers. The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival brings the Musketeers alive with playwright Ken Ludwig’s stage adaptation of Alexandre … Continue reading →

Seeing a performance of “King Lear” against the backdrop of a stunning, Hudson Valley sunset on the Boscobel stage of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival aptly sets the tone for this play. The dimming, illuminated clouds in the fading sky is poignantly … Continue reading →

Actress Sharon Breslau often remarks, “Some people do extreme sports – I do extreme living.” Case in point: her new play, Gloriously Naked & Flailing is a hilarious and poignant look inside a 30-​​​​year journey of a beloved character, giving the audience perspective and insight (and … Continue reading →

The Bard SummerScape festival in Annandale-​​​​on-​​​​Hudson presents the world premiere of an original stage adaptation of The Master and Margarita (1937) by Mikhail Bulgakov. The Master and Margarita is widely recognized as one of the greatest and most beloved Russian … Continue reading →

We have much wonderful local theater in Woodstock, and some of it is a must-​​​​see. Do not on any account miss Sharon Breslau’s hilarious and heart-​​​​breaking new one-​​​​woman show, Gloriously Naked And Flailing, at the Byrdcliffe Theater this weekend at 8 pm, … Continue reading →

All’s Well That Ends Well, is one of Shakespeare’s rarely performed plays. But after seeing the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s new production, we wonder why the work is so overlooked. By resurrecting All’s Well as part of the Hudson Valley … Continue reading →

Rex & Rex opened last night at the Byrdcliffe Theater, a pillar of the original art colony in Woodstock, NY. Byrdcliffe’s wooden landmark surrounds the set of Rex Harrison’s old armchairs and fireplace. It becomes the forgotten woodshed wherein a life of … Continue reading →