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Alan Cumming & Ari Shapiro Och & Oy: A Considered Cabaret


Alan Cumming (Cabaret, The Good Wife) and Ari Shapiro (NPR’s All Things Considered, Pink Martini) both transport audiences to other worlds through their stories. Now, ...

Newsies
Newsies
7/10 - 7/27/2024


Inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899,  Newsies  celebrates the power of the human spirit! Jack Kelly and his ragtag team of newsies make ...

DRIVING MISS DAISY
DRIVING MISS DAISY
6/27 - 7/7/2024


Don't Miss Noted Hudson Valley Actors Cindy Topps, Emmitt Ferris and Ron Morehead In DRIVING MISS DAISY on Bannerman Island! Daisy Werthan, an elderly Jewish ...

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An Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr.


Leslie Odom, Jr. is a multifaceted Tony and Grammy Award-winning, three-time Emmy and two-time Academy Award-nominated vocalist, songwriter, actor, and New York Times bestselling author. With a career ...

Dear Jack, Dear Louise
Dear Jack, Dear Louise
6/21 - 7/7/2024


US Army Captain Jack Ludwig begins writing to Louise Rabiner, an aspiring actress in NYC, hoping to meet her someday if WWII allows. But, as ...

Jimmy Buffet's Escape to Margaritaville


Escape to Margaritaville - Book by Emmy Award winner Greg Garcia and Emmy nominee Mike O’Malley, Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Buffett Slip on your parrot ...

Gianni Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi
7/12 - 7/14/2024


This production features FLO's 2024 Young Artists! Hilarity abounds when family members, disgruntled because their recently deceased, wealthy relative has left them nothing, scheme to rewrite ...

Sister Act
Sister Act
6/27 - 7/14/2024


Based on the hit 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Sister Act returns to our stage for only the second time in our history! Nominated for ...

The Marvelous Wonderettes
The Marvelous Wonderettes
6/18 - 7/14/2024


Step into a musical time machine and join "The Marvelous Wonderettes" on a nostalgic journey through the 1950’s and 1960’s.

“Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B”


Think you know your Sherlock Holmes? Kate Hamill’s fast-moving, madcap, modern reboot is a fast-paced romp that re-examines the classic adventure stories you love with ...

Ragtime: The Musical
Ragtime: The Musical
7/11 - 7/20/2024


This July, the Hangar Theatre’s 2024 Mainstage season continues with Ragtime: The Musical —a timeless masterpiece that Time magazine has hailed as “a triumph for the ...

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
7/11 - 7/21/2024


When hapless Skid Row floral assistant Seymour Krelborn discovers a strange, exotic plant and nurses it back to health, he little suspects what dark forces ...

The Man Who Killed The Cure
The Man Who Killed The Cure
7/12 - 7/21/2024


Actors from all over Central New York have come together this season to bring “The Man Who Killed The Cure” to the stage of The ...

The Marvelous Wonderettes
The Marvelous Wonderettes
7/9 - 7/21/2024


The Marvelous Wonderettes is a jukebox musical comedy with a book by Roger Bean. This jukebox musical hit takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom, ...

Wait Until Dark
Wait Until Dark
7/17 - 7/26/2024


A thrilling new adaptation of the Broadway classic that inspired the 1967 film starring Audrey Hepburn!

Rent
Rent
7/18 - 7/28/2024


Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical is back at the Mac-Haydn. Having paved the way for contemporary musical theatre, RENT is a beloved cultural phenomenon, known ...

Ruthless!
Ruthless!
7/5 - 7/28/2024


Beautiful and talented eight-year-old Tina Denmark will do anything to play the lead in the school play. Absolutely anything. The question is... Where does such ...

The Addams Family Young@Part
7/27 - 7/28/2024


THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ...


THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ...

Todd vs. The Titanic
Todd vs. The Titanic
7/27 - 8/3/2024


The Adirondack Theatre Festival World Premiere Production of Todd vs. The Titanic JULY 27 – AUGUST 3, 2024 Music by Joe Kinosian, Lyrics by Kellen ...

Apartment 3A
Apartment 3A
7/26 - 8/4/2024


Creative License will present their first summer production with the poignant romantic comedy Apartment 3a by Jeff Daniels. Reeling from the loss of what she ...

The Prom
The Prom
7/26 - 8/4/2024


he multi-Tony award winning musical comedy The Prom will be the next production staged by Seneca Community Players. Winner of the Drama Desk Award for ...

TINA- The Tina Turner Musical


THERE IS ONLY ONE. HER VOICE IS UNDENIABLE. HER FIRE IS UNSTOPPABLE. HER TRIUMPH IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER. An uplifting comeback story like no other,  ...

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical


Experience Tina Turner’s triumphant story live on Broadway at the exhilarating, undeniable mega hit: TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL. The Hollywood Reporter raves, “It’s ...

All Shook Up
All Shook Up
8/1 - 8/11/2024


The music of Elvis comes to the Mac-Haydn stage for All Shook Up! Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, this rockin’ jukebox musical is a ...

Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde
7/17 - 8/11/2024


Join us at Cohoes Music Hall this summer for a pink-infused powerhouse musical that takes you on a high-energy journey from sorority girl to legal

Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
7/26 - 8/11/2024


This beloved nanny is “practically perfect” and flying into Fort Salem Theater for three weekends, bringing this family favorite to life with songs like “A ...

Been Bad
Been Bad
8/16


Celebrate new works by local authors in this $5 play reading series! ...


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