musical theater

Adirondack Theatre Festival’s 30th Anniversary season is underway. Multiple Broadway and television veterans are joining local talent for a starry showcase of new work. Miriam Weisfeld is the Adirondack Theatre Festival’s Producing Artistic Director.

Opera Saratoga’s season begins Friday with Mozart's “Cosi Fan Tutte,” followed the next night by “Guys and Dolls” and on Sunday, June 30, with the world premiere of “Mad Scramble for Crumbs.”Opera Saratoga's Artistic and General Director Mary Birnbaum joins us for a preview of the performances that run through July 7 at the Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga.

Don Stephenson is playing Doc Brown in "Back to the Future The Musical" North American Tour with Caden Brauch as Marty McFly.

The 2022 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, "Back to the Future: The Musical" is taking off from Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York this week. The Broadway and West End hit show is based on the Universal Pictures legendary film. It will play Proctors from June 6 to June 8.

“Suffs” stars book writer, composer, and lyricist Shaina Taub, is directed by Leigh Silverman, and is produced by Jill Furman, Rachel Sussman, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Malala Yousafzai. Ally Bonino is making her Broadway debut as Lucy Burns in “Suffs” - having originated the role at off-Broadway at The Public in 2022.

“Back to the Future: The Musical” adaptation of the beloved 1985 film is currently running at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre, at The Adelphi Theatre on the West End in London, and the North American Tour will have its first performances at Proctors in Schenectady, New York June 6-8.

Based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks, the new Broadway musical adaptation of “The Notebook” features music and lyrics by multi-platinum singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, a book by playwright Bekah Brunstetter and is directed by Michael Greif and Schele Williams with choreography by Katie Spelman. Tony Award winner Maryann Plunkett plays Older Allie and Dorian Harewood is Older Noah. Both actors have been nominated for Tony Awards this season.

From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st century girl power! “Six” runs tonight through Sunday, May 12th at Proctors in Schenectady, New York. Cassie Silva is currently playing Anne Boleyn in the 2024-25 North American "Boleyn" Tour of "Six the Musical," beginning just last month.

Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys and Pulitzer Prize-finalist playwright Kristoffer Diaz, along with Tony nominated director Michael Greif and Tony nominated choreographer Camille A. Brown bring their collective talents to the exhilarating new coming-of-age Broadway musical: "Hell's Kitchen." It’s currently in previews at The Schubert Theatre, opening on April 20, after a sold-out and extended-run at The Public Theatre off-Broadway last fall into early this year. Kristoffer Diaz is a playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and educator.

Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer is currently playing The Lady of the Lake in “Spamalot” on - the horse-hoove coconut-foley will cease, for now, after April 7. This first Broadway revival since the original 2005 production, opened on November 16, 2023.Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer recently finished her run on Broadway as Delia in Beetlejuice where she received Drama Desk and Drama League nominations. A versatile and vivacious performer, Kritzer’s Lady of the Lake essentially steals the show, according to the review in The New York Times.