King Lear Triumphant at TheatreWorks
King Lear, one of William Shakespeare’s greatest plays, is now running at TheaterWorks in New Milford, CT, with a superb cast of superior actors under the lean and keen direction of Jane Farnol. This marvelous adaptation production with twenty actors ...
Bertolt Brecht Alive at Bard College
by Kevin T McEneaney This past weekend, the Theater and Performance Program at Bard College conducted a Mainstage production of Puntila and Matti, His Hired Man (1948) by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Rebecca Wright at the LUMA Theater. This excellent ...
A Comedy of Tenors laughs in New Milford
by Kevin T McEneaney PlaywrightKen Ludwig has written two dozen plays plus a few musicals. A Comedy of Tenorsoffers behind-the-curtain satire on hyperventilating tenors more immersed in their private lives than their public performances. The characters shower in their narcissism ...
Astonishing Giulio Cesare at Hudson Hall
by Kevin T McEneaney A new Giulio Cesare production by George Frideric Handel (1724) at Hudson Hall by R.B. Schlather with the early music ensemble Ruckus, sung in Italian with period libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym (his first libretto for ...
Romeo & Juliet: A Masterwork at The Center for Performing Arts
Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet were William Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime. For perhaps misogynist ambiance, The Taming of the Shrew was his most often performed play in the 18th century. It remains a joy to witness his ...
Emilia at Rhinecliff Morton Library
by Kevin T McEneaney Emilia Bassano Lanier was the first English woman to publish a book of poems in England. The poems were devoutly religious and genteel, politely criticizing male sensibilities under King James's rule. Both her poetry book and ...
Blind Injustice: a WOW at Lincoln Center
MasterVoices presents Blind Injustice, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, Monday, February 3, 2025. Credit Photo: Erin Baiano by Kevin T McEneaney In the MasterVoices Series under the baton of Artistic Director Ted Sperling, the New York Premiere ...
The Cuckoo’s Nest Sings Again in Kingston
by Kevin T McEneaney Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest addresses the same theme as Tennessee Williams’ play Suddenly Last Summer (1958): mistreatment of people in mental asylums. Kesey had worked the night shift at a ...
Hamlet at The Center for Performing Arts
by Kevin T McEneaney You may have seen Hamlet by William Shakespeare; you may have studied it in school. You are aware that Hamlet is considered one of the greatest plays ever written. There are a multitude of books written ...
Howl at the Center is a Hot Hoot
by Kevin T McEneaney There’s a bright, speeding comet in the neighborhood and if you don’t look up The Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck this weekend, you will miss what will most likely be the most amusing local theatrical ...