Joanna Palladino
By Joanna Palladino. Schenectady Civic Players returns to the salon with a warm, funny, emotionally generous production of “Steel Magnolias” — and under the direction of Kelly Sienkiewicz, the show understands something essential about the play: memory has a soundtrack. Set inside Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, Robert Harling’s beloved play lives and dies […]
Theater Review: Youth Is a Country You Can’t Go Back To—But You Can Hear It Here By: Joanna Palladino Static, swing, and Southern ghosts in a one-man mixtape about becoming Tennessee Williams Harbinger Theatre’s production, A Distant Country Called Youth doesn’t just trace the early life of Tennessee Williams—it tunes it. Adapted by Steve Lawson and directed by Linda […]
Theater Review: The Roommate at Albany Civic Theater: No Regrets. No Apologies. No Intermission. By Joanna Palladino Albany Civic Theater’s production of The Roommate by Jen Silverman, directed by Benita Zahn, is an intimate, sharply observed study of reinvention. In this staging, transformation is not only spoken — it is scored. The Roommate centers on Sharon, a recently divorced […]
Joanna Peterson Palladino Resnick‘s birthday bash was held at Hangar on the Hudson Friday night, combining an incredible celebration of friends and music. The Hammerhead Horns performed on stage, including collaborations with Johnny Rabb, Luke McNamee, and the birthday girl herself! Cake was served, many took turns at whacking the piñata, and Joanna was serenaded […]
Theater Review: The Revolution is Quiet- But It’s Fully Charged at Schenectady Civic Players by Joanna Palladino. Schenectady Civic Players isn’t tiptoeing around the subject with its new production of In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play). This production plugs straight into what Sarah Ruhl’s play is really about: women discovering pleasure, agency, and […]
By Joanna Palladino. Albany Civic Theater’s production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Fuddy Meers” is a theatrical funhouse, a world where memory fractures, language twists itself into knots, and truth arrives in unreliable bursts. The production embraces the play’s absurdity with discipline, heart, and a surprising amount of emotional insight. The result is a smart, tightly performed […]
THEATER REVIEW: Harbinger Theatre’s Swing State – by Joanna Palladino. Harbinger Theatre’s production of Rebecca Gilman’s Swing State at Sand Lake Center for the Arts is an intimate, emotionally resonant evening of theater — a show built with care, precision, and deep respect for the script’s quiet power. It’s a production that lingers long after […]
By: Joanna Palladino Opening this weekend at Steamer 10 Theatre in Albany is Harbinger Theatre’s production of Abe Koogler’s play Deep Blue Sound. Directed flawlessly by Chris Foster, Deep Blue Sound modernizes the Thornton Wilder’s classic Our Town and explores the human tendency to seek connection and our challenges in securing it. The play asks the question: Why are people so unable […]
Schenectady Civic Players’ “A Perfect Ganesh” Delivers a Touching Journey of Self-Discovery and Acceptance Words by Joanna Palladino. Photos by Willie David Short V. “Wanna get away?” If you have ever found yourself wanting to pack your bags and get a change of scenery in hopes of changing your life, or changing your outlook […]
Maggie May – A Musical Comfort and a Memorable Night of Theater – by Joanna Palladino. Maggie May by Frances Poet is a contemporary play about an ordinary English family, balancing the challenges of daily life while facing the impact of Alzheimer’s. The play was written in collaboration with people living with different types of […]
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