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We all know the old adage ‘laughter is the best medicine’ and have probably experienced that moment when something is so funny it takes all our worries away. You forget about the headache …
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Margaret Bruetsch
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7/23/24
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We all know the old adage ‘laughter is the best medicine’ and have probably experienced that moment when something is so funny it takes all our worries away. You forget about the headache …
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Margaret Bruetsch
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7/23/24
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Not everyone is going to like sitting through Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize winning play “How I Learned to Drive” now playing at the Forestburgh Playhouse. The fact is that it will …
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Bill Moloney
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6/28/24
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Dear Shadowland,
“Dear Jack, Dear Louise” is a hit. It’s heartwarming, funny, nostalgic, thought-provoking and quite possibly one of my favorite shows I’ve ever …
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Margaret Bruetsch
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6/25/24
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My mother’s favorite singer-songwriter is Dan Fogelberg and one of the earliest songs I remember knowing every word to is his hit song “Same Auld Lang Syne.” It tells the story of …
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Margaret Bruetsch
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9/19/23
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Hearing the phrase, “I’m your number one fan!” now sends chills down my spine.
“Misery” now playing its one week run at the Forestburgh Playhouse will evoke similar …
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Bill Moloney
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9/1/23
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Depending upon your musical inclinations, age (and memory!), you may not realize how many chart topping hits the Four Seasons had. You may not know who the Four Seasons were. But the second you hear …
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Bill Moloney
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8/18/23
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Sometimes, when you’re reviewing a show, there just aren’t enough positive adjectives to describe it. Take for example, the current offering at Shadowland Stages in Ellenville. You can …
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Carol Montana
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8/15/23
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Growing up, I was more of a 1313 Mockingbird Lane kind of guy. (You boomers should know that one) For some reason, I didn’t tune into the Addams Family. But popularity for the finger-snapping …
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Bill Moloney
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8/4/23
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SOUTH FALLSBURG — “Oliver Twist”, by Charles Dickens was a classic novel; “Oliver” the play, opened in London in 1960, was quickly moved to Broadway where it won a Tony …
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William A. Brenner
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7/28/23
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There’s a ton of talent in these here mountains!
The Forestburgh Playhouse has been providing professional theatre to the Hudson Valley for more than 75 years. Besides the obvious treats …
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by Bill Moloney
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7/21/23
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The current offering at Shadowland Stages is a story of music, of friendship and ultimately of love between Louise Seger and country legend Patsy Cline.
“Always … Patsy …
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Carol Montana
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7/18/23
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“Bring out your dead!” bellows the medieval corpse collector as he pulls his body laden wooden cart. A weary villager drags a victim of the grim reaper out to the cart only to have its …
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Bill Malone
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7/7/23
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ELLENVILLE — “The 39 Steps,” showing now through July 9 at Shadowland Stages in Ellenville, is a riotous sendup of much of Alfred Hitchcock’s vast body of work, including his …
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Carol Montana
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6/30/23
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Before I even write the words, I know what you’re gonna say.
“What? You’ve never played the game?” “You’ve never seen the movie?” “Are you …
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6/30/23
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It has been a mere year and a half since I retired from the police world, but the memories of those days seem to be from so much longer ago. The opening of the Forestburgh Playhouse season is always …
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Bill Moloney
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6/23/23
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The Forestburgh Playhouse has been on quite the tear!
Winding us up with “Mamma Mia” right into the wacky world of “Rotten”, the Miracle in the Woods is once again …
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Bill Moloney
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8/19/22
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Full disclosure: John Denver is my favorite performer ever. So, it figures that I was predisposed to like “Almost Heaven: Songs of John Denver,” which premiered at Shadowland Stages in …
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Carol Montana
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8/19/22
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The one-and-only William Shakespeare has attained God-like stature within the realm of theatre. He is the golden idol of “the Play” and no one in history can compare to his collective …
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Bill Moloney
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8/5/22
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