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We are all familiar with the phrase, “We’ll be right back after the intermission.” Well, for Capital Repertory Theatre’s production of “The Irish and How They Got That Way” the intermission has been 18 months. The show opened on March 10, 2020 and two days later was closed because of the COVID pandemic.
Last night, at the Palace Theatre in Albany, the Albany Symphony Orchestra opened its 30th season with David Alan Miller as the music director and conductor. In a recent interview, rather than talk of his accomplishments with the ASO –of which there are many – he preferred to voice pride in the symphony’s contributions to what he called “the area’s impressive cultural eco-system.”
Musical biography ‘Ethel Waters’ set to usher in ‘new era’ for Cap Rep | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS By | Shares0 ALBANY — Capital Repertory Theatre will host the musical biography “Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow” from Aug. 20 through Sept. 26. The production will be the first fully produced show in theREP’s new theater at 251 N. Pearl St. and the first show of the theater’s 2021-2022 season. Written by Larry Parr, the show follows the life of actress and recording star Ethel Waters, who crossed racial barriers to win Grammy Awards, star in a television show and be ...
Berkshire Theatre Critics Association to Resume Operations The Berkshire Theatre Critics Association, after a year of expectation, will resume its exploration of all things theatrical in the Berkshire Region.by BWW News Desk The Berkshire Theatre Critics Association, after a year of expectation, will resume its exploration of all things theatrical in the Berkshire Region which the group identifies as all of Berkshire County, Southern Vermont including Dorset and Weston, Eastern New York State from Schenectady and Catskill to the Mass border, Northern Connecticut, and the Pioneer Valley of Ma...
Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on May 6, 2021 at 1:52 PM Food Near Me, a vibrantly colorful bodega with homemade food including salads, vegetable juices and fruit smoothies, as well as the only supply of household basics available anywhere in downtown Albany proper since a Walgreen’s location closed in February, opened Monday (5/3) at 87 N. Pearl St. The space, between The Hollow Bar + Kitchen and the former Capital Repertory Theatre, replaces a minimalist (to put it kindly) convenience store that was open only weekdays during the day for about 20 years and v...