Hudson Valley Ovation

Review by Erin Hebert The CenterStage Production of The Women, directed by Lisa Lynds and produced by Lou Trapani, delivers a rare insight into the lives of the most glamorous, wealthy, and miserable socialites of Manhattan—and each quip and catty comment is an absolute delight. The Clare Boothe Luce play, which first opened on Broadway in…

The New Deal Creative Arts, a non-profit performing arts group based in Hyde Park, offers a gripping rendition of Arthur Miller’s 1953 drama, The Crucible. The play opens this Friday, November 8, and runs for two weekends. Written by Wendy Urban-Mead In the spring of 1692 in present-day Danvers, Massachusetts, began a series of events…

Review by Tamara Cacchione             Many did indeed "attend the tale of Sweeney Todd," in the beautiful Taconic Hills Auditorium up in Claverack, NY.  This bold and elegant production, produced by The Two of Us Productions and The Roving Actors’ Repertory Ensemble was a captivating and moving theater experience in a busy regional theater season.…

Article by Tamara Cacchione & Joe Eriole A New Work by a Local Playwright Leaves its First Audience Moved and Intrigued A sold-out crowd of theater-goers mingled over wine and cheese at the Clove Creek Dinner Theater on the last Sunday evening of September.  As the audience found their seats, Louisa Vilardi thanked them for…

ForAll Theater gears up for a production of Macbeth opening October 11th! See a need, fill a need. This is exactly what brought Nils Sawnson to open ForAll Theater in Peekskill earlier this year. An emigrant to the Hudson Valley from Colorado by way of New Jersey, Swanson was in search of a theater company…

Magic and Mood in Rhinebeck "Without a hurt, the heart will hollow." This painful truth is nearly hidden in the lilting, nostalgic melody of The Fantasticks’ iconic opening song, “Try to Remember.” It is fitting, really, that it should be so, since much of the staying power of this record-setting show is to be found in…

Review by Teresa Gasparini Hilarious. H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S. Hilarious. Caution: Actors at play.How many times do we say to ourselves “Oh, to be a kid again.”? The thought of it is often appealing when you think back on your carefree childhood with low stress and fun around every corner, at least as it compares to our adult…

A Kennedy Myth & Mystery, Through The Eyes of The Women In The Eye Of The Storm “Boiler Room Girls.” The nickname was not hard to come by. The windowless work area in the basement of Senator Robert Kennedy’s Washington, DC campaign offices did, indeed, double as the building’s boiler room. And the “girls” to…

A Vision Worth Reviving Review by Joe Eriole Castaway Productions' presentation of Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Sean Matthew Whiteford, accomplishes something notable in any revival of a well-known and oft-performed show: it offers the audience something more than they expected.  Superstar began its life as  a 1970 rock opera album based on the last week of…

Clove Creek’s Comedic Production of I Hate Hamlet is “Not to Be” Missed! Review by Louisa Vilardi In Clove Creek Dinner Theater's I Hate Hamlet, director Brandon Patterson has assembled a cast full of wit and energy that will leave you with a belly full of delicious food and laughs. Andrew Rally’s (Steven Bendler) agent has…