Bob Goepfert

The national tour of the musical “Funny Girl” opens at Proctors in Schenectady on Tuesday. It’s based on the life of comedienne Fanny Brice, one of the most important figures in 20th century entertainment.

The fallout from COVID keeps being discovered. The most recent is the reason for the Solo Fest at Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill. When I attended “Help! I’m Trapped in a One-Woman Show” on Sunday, March 16, co-founder Steven Patterson told me the reason they created the festival was the abundance of one person shows available because actors wrote them while in isolation during COVID.

There is a strong temptation to start a review of “Shucked” with a pun. Preferably a bad pun. However, if you are like me and delight in terrible puns this is the show for you.

There are many reasons to attend “The Lehman Trilogy” which is at Capital Repertory Theatre through April 6. One is the powerful performances of three superior actors. Another is the focused direction of Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill. They are all in service of a text that is eloquent, compelling and even educational.

“The Lehman Trilogy,” which opens on Tuesday at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, is that rare work in which the writing is deeper than the synopsis indicates.

On their website Albany Pro Musica offers a statement that reads “Voices Capturing the Human Spirit.”

“Heathers – the Musical”, which is playing at Cohoes Music Hall through March 9, defines why over the past several months the company has been, arguably, the most consistent and successful theater in the area.

On Tuesday, the visually splendid and sensitive “Life of Pi” opens at Proctors. It is a magical work that is almost subliminally touching. It’s a work that stimulates the imagination and touches the emotions.

I have certain benchmarks that signal winter is on the backside of the slope and spring is coming. And it’s not paying attention to a Pennsylvania groundhog.