Hello, Dolly! Triumphs in Rhinebeck

Amy LeBlanc as Dolly by Kevin T McEneaney If you like singing and love dancing, Hello, Dolly is the place to take your soul for refreshment, entertainment, laughter, and a…

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Sarah Bernhardt’s Resurrection of Hamlet in Rhinebeck

Rebecca Brown Adelman as Hamlet by Kevin T McEneaney Perhaps the title above should read Rebecca Brown Adelman resurrects Theresa Rebek’s excellent play Bernhardt/Hamlet (2018) in Rhinebeck at the Center…

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The Play’s the Thing to make you laugh in Rhinebeck!

Final Bow P.G. Woodhouse’s 1926 adaptation of Ferenc Molnár’s 1924 comedy The Play at the Castle (an absurdist play possiblyly influenced by the uncompleted 1922 masterpiece novel The Castle by…

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Iolanthe: Gilbert & Sullivan Visit Bard

Final bow Who says they died decades ago? Both of them were at the Bard Sosnoff Theater bar last night drinking a nightcap. They live on despite rumors of their…

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Aphrodite attacked by Euripides at Bard College!

Sophia Barbatsuly as Aphrodite by Kevin T McEneaney As a student, I had studied classical Greek, but gave it up due to my fifty-hour work schedule, yet I did acquire…

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Freud and Lewis debate at Theatreworks

Freud’s Last Session at Theatreworks in New Milford offers superb acting in a two-person heavyweight drama: an elderly Sigmund Freud, played with biting wit by Francis A. Daley, duels verbally…

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It’s A Wonderful Life at The Center

by Kevin T McEneaney Yes, life, theater, and Christmas can be wonderful! The Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck is producing a stage version of Frank Capra’s 1946 classic film,…

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Kinky Boots Rocks the House in Rhinebeck

by Kevin T McEneaney The rollicking punk musical Kinky Boots (2012) by Cindy Lauper is a sold-out sensation at The Center for Performing Arts. Based on the 2005 British film…

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