The Only Way Home, Shadowland
In the same way that an artist’s preliminary drawing can bring us closer to the creative process than the finished painting it precedes, there’s a pleasing intimacy to a staged reading that one…
Wall Street Odyssey: A Live Rock Opera this Thursday
Wall Street Odyssey: A Live Rock Opera – which premieres as a one-night performance at the Backstage Studio Productions (BSP) Lounge on Wall Street in Uptown Kingston this Thursday, August 23 – began…
Sparks fly at Ten Chimneys in New Paltz
In the wilds of Wisconsin, in a tiny rural town called Genesee Depot, stands a National Historic Landmark that was once a Mecca for aspiring actors and playwrights. Ten Chimneys was the summer…
Mount Tremper Arts Festival begins
Imagine witnessing a mindbending performance or dance piece in the making, then hanging out with the artist and performers around the campfire under a sky brilliant with stars. The experimental, collaborative nature of…
Kids Almanac (June 7-13)
Young Dog with a new trick: CD launch this Saturday at Rosendale Café this Saturday I have been a huge fan of Dog on Fleas for…
Teen Macbeth at Byrdcliffe this weekend
It takes nerve for a novice to get up on a stage and act a part – especially in a play where the language isn’t exactly the contemporary idiom, as in the works…
Cocoon Theatre revives Waiting for Godot in Rhinebeck
Waiting for Godot has been described as “a play in which nothing happens, twice,” referring to the second act being a reiteration of the uneventful first act. Even a seasoned fan of the…
The Vagina Monologues in Kingston & New Paltz
Lara Hope got hooked on The Vagina Monologues when she was attending SUNY-New Paltz, and her annual production of the play, now in its third year, has become an important fundraiser for Family…
Something rich and strange at the Bardavon
We may not always like it, but Shakespeare fans get used to producers and directors trying to come up with ways to put a modernized spin on our old favorite plays. I’ve seen…
Hummable humbug: A Christmas Carol: The Musical in Woodstock
My boy Milo is a Christmas Carol nut. Every year we see Scrooged, the Mr. Magoo classic, Alastair Sim’s, Albert Finney’s and Jim Carrey’s portrayals of the holiday curmudgeon. We also see the…
