Skip Navigation

Top Stories podcast:

Theatre Reviews

Show             
Story Begins
Theatre Review: "The Drawer Boy" at the Depot Theatre 08/30/10
NewsPhoto
John Christopher Jones as Angus. Photo: Depot Theatre
The Drawer Boy is running at the Depot Theatre in Westport through September 5. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the opening night and has this review. More...

Download audio | Post/Read Comments |

Story Ends
Story Begins
Theatre Review: "Up the River" at the 1000 Islands Playhouse 08/16/10
NewsPhoto
Timm Hughes as Toad. Photo: Kaufmann Photography
Up the River is running at the 1000 Islands Playhouse in Gananoque through September 4. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at a recent performance hand has this review. More...

Download audio | Post/Read Comments |

Story Ends
Story Begins
Theatre Review: "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at the Depot Theatre 08/09/10
NewsPhoto
Jeremy Michael as Leaf Coneybear Photo: Depot Theatre
The 25th Annual Putnam Copunty Spelling Bee is running at the Depot Theatre in Westport through August 22. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the opening night and has this review. More...

Download audio | Post/Read Comments |

Story Ends
Story Begins
Theatre Review: "'Master Harold' ... & the Boys" at the Firehall, 1000 Islands Playhouse 07/30/10
NewsPhoto
Sam (Conrad Coates) and Hally (Julian DeZotti)
"Master Harold"... & the Boys is running in the Firehall at the 1000 Islands Playhouse through August 21. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at a recent performance and has this review. More...

Download audio | Post/Read Comments |

Story Ends
Story Begins
Theatre Review: "The 39 Steps" at the Depot Theatre 07/26/10
NewsPhoto
The Depot Theatre, Westport NY
NewsPhoto
Michael Di Liberto & Wynn Harmon in rehearsal
The 39 Steps is running at the Depot Theatre through August 1, before moving to the Charles Wood Theatrer in Glens Falls and the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the opening night and has our review. More...

Download audio | Post/Read Comments |

Story Ends
Story Begins
Theatre Review: "Macbeth" at the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival 07/19/10
NewsPhoto
Daniel Giverin as Banquo, Lara Kessides as Fleance
Macbeth is running in repertory at the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival in Prescott through August 14. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the opening night and has this review. More...

Download audio | Post/Read Comments |

Story Ends
Story Begins
Theatre Review: "What a Glorious Feeling" at the Depot Theatre 07/12/10
NewsPhoto
Photo: Adirondack Theatre Festival
What a Glorious Feeling is running at the Depot Theatre in Westport through July 18. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the opening night and has this review. More...

Download audio | Post/Read Comments |

Story Ends
Story Begins
Theatre Review: "Eurydice" at Pendragon Theatre 07/05/10
Eurydice is running in repertory at Pendragon Theatre in Saranac Lake through September 5. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng attended a recent performance and has this review. More...

Download audio | Post/Read Comments |

Story Ends
Story Begins
Theatre Review: "Around the World in 80 Days" at St. Michael's Playhouse. 07/01/10
NewsPhoto
David Rossetti, Chip Phillips, Paul Joseph Bernardo, Andrew Zane Fullerton, Audra Wahhab. Photo: Buff Lindau
Around the World in 80 Days is running at St. Michael's Playhouse in Colchester through July 10. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the opening night and has this review. More...

Download audio | Post/Read Comments |

Story Ends
Story Begins
Theatre Review: "Another Home Invasion" in the Firehall Theatre 06/25/10
NewsPhoto
Terry Tweed as Jean. Photo: Hollie Stewart
Another Home Invasion is running in the Firehall Theatre at the 1000 Islands Playhouse through July 17. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the opening night and has this review. More...

Download audio | Post/Read Comments |

Story Ends

1-10 of 349  next 10 »  last »

Reviews to Go!
Get Connie's latest regional theatre review for your website--updates automatically! Show me
Theater
July 31, 2010 | NPR · Shakespeare in the Park is a common summer event, lending outdoor picnics a touch of classic drama. In Portland, Ore., a local theater company has taken the concept from Elizabethan England to the 23rd century. Atomic Arts is midway through its second year of Trek in the Park, faithfully re-enacting episodes of the original Star Trek for an outdoor audience.
 
July 31, 2010 | NPR · Deep in Wisconsin is a midsummer night's dream. The home of late theater legends now welcomes actors to refresh their art under the guidance of today's biggest Shakespearean stars. Guest host Jacki Lyden visits Ten Chimneys to watch the Bard reborn.
 
July 18, 2010 | NPR · For 35 years, in bucolic Loch Sheldrake, N.Y., Stagedoor Manor has been the place for pre-teen, tweens and teenaged performers to practice their craft. Host Liane Hansen talks with author Mickey Rapkin about the book, Theater Geek: The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor, the Famous Performing Arts Camp.
 
July 15, 2010 | NPR · The Olivier Award-winning play from Simon McBurney and London's Theatre Complicite will have five performances, starting Thursday, during the Lincoln Center Festival in New York.
 
July 13, 2010 | NPR · Teatro Buendia, Cuba's premier theater company, is performing at the Goodman Theatre's Latino Theatre Festival in Chicago. This is the first time it has performed in the U.S. But don't think that the group blindly supports the revolution; it does not shy away from criticizing Cuba.
 
 

NCPR Public Arts
Theater

Theatre


Connie Meng reviews professional theatre performances in northern New York, northwestern Vermont and southeastern Ontario.

Pine cones? Fish? Maple leaves??  Hear Connie explain her rating system. E-mail Connie Meng with your reviews of her reviews.

Regional Professional Theatre

6/18 thru Aug. in rep. Eurydice, Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake
6/30-10/14 Our Son's Wedding, Lake George Dinner Theatre, Lake George
7/17-9/4 in rep. The Imaginary Invalid, Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake
8/5-9/4 Up the River, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque, ON
8/27-9/5 The Drawer Boy, Depot Theatre, Westport
9/10-10/9 Till It Hurts, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque, ON
9/10-9/19 Goodnight Desdemona Good Morning Juliet, Depot Theatre, Westport
9/17-10/2 Night, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque, ON


Adirondack News Fund Founding Supporters: Paul Smith's College, The College of the Adirondacks · Wildlife Conservation Society · Adirondack Medical Center Foundation · Adirondack Museum · Niagara Mohawk Foundation · Schumann Foundation · John A. Sellon Charitable Trust · several anonymous individual donors