Beautiful! Stunning! Evocative! Elegant! Triumphant!   Shadowland Stages’ latest production “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” is all of these things and more!   …

A young, lonely and jilted Irish singer/songwriter croons away in a Dublin bar. A pragmatic, high spirited Czech girl notices the beauty and sadness in his voice. Her love of music and caring personality draws her to him in an attempt to lift him up and make something of his musical talents. An unlikely collaboration ensues that will make you laugh, stomp your feet and cry.

It is so invigorating to enjoy a show about the absolute goodness in people. In life we tend to complain a little more than compliment. That’s a shame. Could you imagine thousands of strangers from …

Want to know how to completely captivate an audience? Reserve your tickets to what can be described as a masterclass in that subject, currently showing at Shadowland Stages in Ellenville. With a …

What’s not to love about “Hairspray?” Don’t believe me? Ask the packed house at the Forestburgh Playhouse’s opening night.   It’s a fun and joyful story about a true …

I should probably start with advice before you go see this show: bring tissues. A whole box like the woman in the row ahead of me, not a little value pack. And I also want to make sure that advice …

  In 1992, Robert James Waller’s novel The Bridges of Madison County stayed atop the bestseller list for three years. It became one of the bestselling novels of the 20th century. By the end of …

In the current play at Shadowland, the “Proof” is not in the pudding, it’s in the brilliant directing by Artistic Director Brendan Burke, the superb acting by Éilis Cahill as …

A one-person theatrical performance that is a biography of a real person such as Dr. Ruth Westheimer, needs to be approached with care and dignity. The mandate of telling a person’s life story …

Every once in a while, when you’re watching a live performance, you realize you’re in the presence of theatrical magic. It doesn’t happen often, and it takes a decidedly talented …

I judge comedies based on how I think my Cousin Thomas would have reacted. He loved a truly funny play, and his laugh was the loudest cackle you could imagine. Based off of that logic, “The …

Imagine this if you will. A jukebox musical featuring the songs of the 1980’s hit girl group, The Go-Go’s. Now imagine those 1980’s songs being sung and performed throughout an …

Back in 1927, a new musical form was introduced to the theatre-going public. “Showboat,” according to “The Complete Book of Light Opera,” was a “radical departure in …

Who doesn’t love a dance musical? If you’ve ever come across an advertisement or poster for “Newsies”, you have most certainly seen an image of some high kicking or high …

Let it be known from the outset that “King James,” the current show at Shadowland Stages is not about kings and queens and princes and princesses. It’s about a different kind of …

For those of you not acquainted with the phrase “The Full Monty”, let me educate you. It either refers to the full mount expected, desired or possible OR a striptease involving full …

I’ve said it before. There is an inherent joy in this thing called Theatre. We can take a seat in the dark and watch the lives of others unfold before us. Staring through the fourth wall …

The 2025 Forestburgh Playhouse summer season is here and has taken off with an absolutely hysterical comedy! “Boeing Boeing” (yes, as in the airline.) is set during the 1960’s where …