Albany Civic Theater
By Joanna Palladino. Albany Civic Theater’s production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Fuddy Meers” is a theatrical funhouse, a world where memory fractures, language twists itself into knots, and truth arrives in unreliable bursts. The production embraces the play’s absurdity with discipline, heart, and a surprising amount of emotional insight. The result is a smart, tightly performed […]
By J Hunter. If you saw Harbinger Theatre’s productions of playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “The Motherfucker with the Hat” and “Between Riverside and Crazy,” then you know the UAlbany alum does not do Happy-Go-Lucky Rom-Coms that climax with a Merry Mix-Up. Guirgis’ plays may have funny moments, but the works themselves get deep and dark […]
Words by Joanna Palladino Opening this weekend at Albany Civic Theater is Harbinger Theatre’s production of Stephen Adly Guigis’ play, “Between Riverside and Crazy.” Directed skillfully by Patrick White, “Between Riverside and Crazy” explores the human condition with wit, humanity, and biting dialogue. A collaboration between Albany Civic Theater and Harbinger Theatre, “Between Riverside and […]
Maggie May – A Musical Comfort and a Memorable Night of Theater – by Joanna Palladino. Maggie May by Frances Poet is a contemporary play about an ordinary English family, balancing the challenges of daily life while facing the impact of Alzheimer’s. The play was written in collaboration with people living with different types of […]
Buried Child: American Gothic – The Exploration of Family and Identity at Albany Civic Theater by Joanna Peterson Palladino-Resnick It’s thrilling that Albany Civic Theater has chosen to perform Buried Child, Sam Shepard’s 1978 Pulitzer Prize winning play that explores the breakdown of the 20th century American nuclear family. In a 1996 American Theater interview […]
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