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Reading ‘The True’ in anticipation of fall theater season

InPlay Capital Region

Apr 1, 20203 min read

Reading ‘The True’ in anticipation of fall theater season

By Patrick White Special to InPlay Capital Region “The True,” a book by Sharr White, is his imagined story of the 1977 Democratic Primary...

Path to City Hall was child’s play for Saratoga Springs mayor

InPlay Capital Region

Mar 30, 20208 min read

Path to City Hall was child’s play for Saratoga Springs mayor

Editor's note: The coronavirus pandemic has caused many dislocations and missed opportunities for all of us. The story below was based on...

Help available for freelance artists who have lost jobs

InPlay Capital Region

Mar 20, 20201 min read

Help available for freelance artists who have lost jobs

Are you a freelance member of the arts community who is struggling financially because of the coronavirus pandemic? Or maybe you just...

A whole lotta action in Capital Region theater

InPlay Capital Region

Mar 11, 20202 min read

A whole lotta action in Capital Region theater

By Patrick White InPlay Capital Region In the past week, there has been an extraordinary confluence of great news in Capital Region...

'All My Sons' howls with renewed fervor in Averill Park

InPlay Capital Region

Mar 9, 20204 min read

'All My Sons' howls with renewed fervor in Averill Park

“ALL MY SONS” What: A play by Arthur Miller Remaining dates: 8 to 10 p.m. on Thursday (March 12), Friday (March 13) and Saturday (March...

Duanesburg resident wins two free movie tickets

InPlay Capital Region

Mar 5, 20201 min read

Duanesburg resident wins two free movie tickets

Zena Butler is the winner in our latest ticket contest. Butler, of Duanesburg, gets two free tickets to see the Anna Karenina Musical...

InPlay Capital Region

Mar 4, 20201 min read

Theater this weekend

Here’s what’s happening in the Albany-area theater scene: Friday, March 6 -- "All My Sons" first performance, Circle Theatre Players, at...

‘The Glass Menagerie’ shines at historic site in Schenectady

InPlay Capital Region

Mar 2, 20205 min read

‘The Glass Menagerie’ shines at historic site in Schenectady

THE GLASS MENAGERIE What: A play by Tennessee Williams When: Friday, March 6, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 7, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 8, 3...

Abundance of highlights in 'The Mountaintop' at Linda in Albany

InPlay Capital Region

Feb 29, 20204 min read

Abundance of highlights in 'The Mountaintop' at Linda in Albany

THE MOUNTAINTOP What: A play by Katori Hall When: Tonight (Feb. 29), 7:30; Sunday (March 1), 3 p.m. Where: The Linda WAMC's Performing...

'Ben Butler' playing to stellar reviews at Curtain Call in Latham; show ends Feb. 8

InPlay Capital Region

Jan 31, 20202 min read

'Ben Butler' playing to stellar reviews at Curtain Call in Latham; show ends Feb. 8

“Ben Butler,” a play about the challenges a Union general faces with a runaway slave during the Civil War, has opened to rave reviews by...

Ella Fitzgerald play, an original, will debut in Valatie in February

InPlay Capital Region

Jan 1, 20206 min read

Ella Fitzgerald play, an original, will debut in Valatie in February

“Ella The Ungovernable,” a play about Ella Fitzgerald’s incarceration at the New York Training School for Girls in Hudson in 1933 --...

Mother/daughter jazz team of Nakasian, Swift coming to Colonial in Pittsfield Oct. 19

InPlay Capital Region

Oct 10, 20192 min read

Mother/daughter jazz team of Nakasian, Swift coming to Colonial in Pittsfield Oct. 19

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Berkshire Theatre Group welcomes Pittsfield CityJazz Festival: Veronica Swift with Stephanie Nakasian at The...

Pulitzer winner ‘Roses’ headed to Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre this month

InPlay Capital Region

Oct 1, 20193 min read

Pulitzer winner ‘Roses’ headed to Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre this month

As the final production in its 2019 Subscription Season, Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre presents a real American classic – Frank D....

Coming-of-age comedy 'Stroke of Luck' gallops into production in Lenox, Stockbridge

InPlay Capital Region

Sep 22, 20192 min read

Coming-of-age comedy 'Stroke of Luck' gallops into production in Lenox, Stockbridge

BOSTON -- Director Christian Frelinghuysen’s new feature film “Stroke Of Luck”, a coming-of-age comedy about love, life and a talking...

Pittsfield resident earns free tickets to New Orleans music show at Colonial Theatre

InPlay Capital Region

Sep 19, 20191 min read

Pittsfield resident earns free tickets to New Orleans music show at Colonial Theatre

Michael Durst of Pittsfield, Mass., is the winner of InPlay Capital Region’s second ticket-giveaway contest! Durst today earned two free...

Here's how to win two free tickets to Sept. 20 show at Colonial Theatre!

InPlay Capital Region

Sep 5, 20191 min read

Here's how to win two free tickets to Sept. 20 show at Colonial Theatre!

The second “InPlay Capital Region” ticket giveaway is underway! To be considered for two free tickets to “A Night in New Orleans” at The...

Music, comedy shows hit The Garage in Pittsfield in September

InPlay Capital Region

Sep 2, 20192 min read

Music, comedy shows hit The Garage in Pittsfield in September

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Theatre Group is thrilled to present Jen Durkin and The Business on September 13 at 8 p.m. at the...

InPlay Capital Region

Sep 1, 20191 min read

Our first contest winner!

Marquis Heath of Albany won our Facebook contest this holiday weekend, earning two free tickets to see “What We May Be” at the Berkshire...