Reviewed by Patrick Heffernan When I have the chance to see live theater, I always try to take it. I was thrilled to receive an email from Trixie offering me the opportunity to review a show at the last minute this weekend. Without knowing anything about the show, the theater, or the cast, I made…
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Invitation to a March – Ghent Playhouse Production
Invitation to a March was first performed on Broadway in 1960, with cast members Jane Fonda and Celeste Holm. The play later became a TV movie in 1972 with Blythe Danner and Danny Bonaduce. In 1960, Howard Taubman of the New York Times wrote: Under a mantle of fantasy Arthur Laurents has fashioned Invitation to…
MAC-HAYDN THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2023 SEASON OF MUSICALS
(January 25, 2023–Chatham, NY) The Mac-Haydn Theatre has announced its 2023 season schedule, composing the theatre’s 54th summer season. The lineup of hit musicals includes “42nd Street,” “Footloose”, “The Sound of Music,” “Godspell”, “Jersey Boys” and “The Marvelous Wonderettes.” Tickets are now on sale at www.machaydntheatre.org. Consisting of some of the most highly-requested shows in…
Art School of Columbia County’s January-February Art Classes for Adults, Teens and Children
The Art School of Columbia County (ASCC) is pleased to announce art classes for children, teens and adults beginning the week of January 16. ASCC is a non-profit organization dedicated to making art education accessible in the lives of all people throughout the greater community. The teachers are all practicing, professional artists and experienced art…
The Ghent Playhouse Announces New Season
Sam Reilly, President of the Board of the Directors at The Ghent Playhouse, talks about the theater’s upcoming season. The Ghent Playhouse is short trip up Route 66, about fifteen minutes from the City of Hudson. Tell Trixie’s List readers a little about The Ghent Playhouse – where are you located, your history, and what…
“Full Monty” Does Not Disappoint – Bigger and Better!
One could write any number of gender studies dissertations on the Mac-Haydn’s current production of the “Full Monty”, such as: “An Analysis of Western Post-Modern Industrial Male Ego within a Declining Economy”“Women in the Workplace and the Effects of Financial and Feminine Sexual Freedom”“Body Image Issues in Rust Belt American (particularly Buffalo, NY) in the…
Trixie Interviews Sherry Vine
Sherry Vine took a few moments from her very busy schedule to chat with me about Hudson and her upcoming show at Poured Candle Bar, Potty Mouth – Thursday and Friday, July 14-15. Click here for details. Trixie: Why do you love Hudson? Sherry: Hudson is so cute and quaint. I love the shops, and…
URINETOWN: You’ll Be Pissed if You Miss it!
by Romeo Barkley and Trixie Starr Run, don’t waddle walk to the Mac-Haydn Theatre to see the newest production of Urinetown. The play centers on a truly bizarre dystopian plot of a post drought world where citizens have to pay to pee. Written over twenty years ago, it is uncomfortably apropos given America’s current water…
A Bintel Brief
Funny, moving, and poignant, A Bintel Brief takes us back decades and reflects on immigrant Jewish life. The Jewish Daily Forward, (or, the Forverts, in Yiddish), based in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, started in 1897 and by the late 1920’s, had a daily circulation of over 250,000. The newspaper’s progressive ideology focused on social justice,…
MAC-HAYDN THEATRE ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2022 SEASON
The Mac-Haydn Theatre has announced its 2022 season of shows, kicking off on June 23 and running through October 2. The Mac-Haydn Mainstage season will feature A Chorus Line, Urinetown, Kiss Me, Kate, Next to Normal, The Full Monty, Xanadu, and Forever Plaid. The Mac-Haydn returns to the full 7-show mainstage schedule the theatre has…