Oct 24, 2007 — The American Shakespeare Center On Tour is at St. Lawrence University this week with performances of "The Taming of the Shrew", "Henry V" and "The Merchant of Venice". The group, based in Virginia, performs Shakespeare with the house lights on -- shattering the "fourth wall" between actors and the audience. ASC actors Chris Johnston and Chris Seiler stopped by our studios for a chat with Todd Moe.  Go to full article

Oct 11, 2007 — A community theatre group in the Adirondacks is putting the finishing touches on their fall production. Neil Simon's "Fools" opens Friday, October 19 (7:30 pm) at the Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek. "Fools" is a comic fable set in a small Russian village. Simon's fools aren't just bumbling clowns, but good-natured people who know that they shouldn't be this way, and that their idiocy is the result of a curse. They hire a schoolmaster to come and lift the curse by educating the daughter of the family that originally received the brunt of the curse. Todd Moe talks with some of the cast and director Colleen Doyle.  Go to full article

Oct 03, 2007 — A group of young actors has begun another season of intensive classical theatre training at the Stratford Festival's conservatory. They'll take classes on voice, movement, music and song. Earlier this summer, NCPR theatre critic Connie Meng visited the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, and spoke with actor Raquel Duffy. She's a new member of the acting company. They talked about life at Stratford for young actors including whether they get to choose their theatrical roles.  Go to full article

Sep 13, 2007 — NCPR theatre critic Connie Meng recently attended the grand opening of the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre in Ottawa, the new home of the Great Canadian Theatre Company. The sleek glass-and-metal building will accommodate theatre, dance and music. And it's being hailed as Canada's most environmentally friendly stage. Connie Meng told Todd Moe more about Ottawa's newest theatre space.  Go to full article

Sep 07, 2007 — Based in Albany, the Mop & Bucket Co. is the area's oldest improvisational theater troupe. Co-director Michael Burns talks with Todd Moe about Saturday night's performance at the historic Edwards Opera House (7 pm) and the improv theater experience. Burns says leave your fussiness at home.  Go to full article

Aug 16, 2007 — NCPR resident theatre critic Connie Meng recently returned from her annual jaunt to the Stratford Festival in Ontario. She told Todd Moe it was one of the first and is still one of the most prominent arts festivals in Canada.  Go to full article

Jul 31, 2007 — North Country Public Radio is Media Sponsor for the Community Performance Series production of "The Music Man", at Snell Theatre on the SUNY Potsdam campus, July 31 through August 4 at 7:30 pm, with am August 4 matinee at 2 pm. It's the story of a con man who comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program. But things don't go according to plan. Todd Moe spoke with the show's director.  Go to full article

Jul 18, 2007 — A new toe-tappin' musical opens tonight at the Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, Ontario. Anne and Gilbert is based on the book Anne of Green Gables by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. The story is set on Prince Edward Island, and the musical was co-written by singer/songwriter Nancy White. White is Canada's best-loved satirist and is perhaps best known for the song "Stickers on Fruit." She told Todd Moe that she grew up on Prince Edward Island.  Go to full article

Jul 10, 2007 — The St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival opens its fifth season this weekend and is expanding to two productions along the banks of the St. Lawrence in Prescott, Ontario. Two of Shakespeare's best known plays, the magical A Midsummer Night's Dream and the world's most famous love story, Romeo and Juliet will be presented at the Kinsmen Ampitheatre through the middle of August. Connie Meng caught up with A Midsummer Night's Dream director Steve Scott.  Go to full article

Jun 14, 2007 — The co-founder and manager of Pendragon Theatre in Saranac Lake says he'll retire in January 2009. Bob Pettee made the announcement at the theatre company's annual party on Sunday. But he told Todd Moe that "retire" is probably the wrong word.  Go to full article