Author: Jessica Sims
Albany, NY (Jan. 21) – FLY, the celebrated drama about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces, will open at Capital Repertory Theatre for previews on January 28. The production runs through February 20. Written by Trey Ellis and Ricardo Kahn, FLY tells the story... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY (January 10, 2022) — Proctors Collaborative announced today that they have entered a partnership with the American Red Cross for the upcoming show, Come From Away. Come From Away is the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves... Read more » ... Read More
Albany, NY, 11/16/21 — Proctors Collaborative has been named one of this year’s Excellence in Historic Preservation award winners. Proctors is being recognized this year for their dual restoration efforts on behalf of the Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany and Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs. Since 1984, the Preservation League’s... Read more » ... Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS (Nov 4)- The 2021 Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards were announced Sunday at Universal Preservation Hall before a live audience. The night’s big winners were The Sea The Sea, who won Album of the Year, and in a tie with Joel Brown, Record of the Year. Nippertown... Read more » ... Read More
Nov 15, 2021 – Proctors Collaborative is pleased to announce the First National Tour of Mean Girls—the record-breaking new musical comedy produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman, and Paramount Pictures based on the hit film—will be coming to Proctors from Tuesday, June 28 to Sunday, July 3. Mean Girls features a book by nine-time Emmy Award® winner Tina Fey, based on... Read more » ... Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS (Nov. 12) – Proctors Collaborative is excited to announce the next block of upcoming shows at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs. After a brief opening in Feb. 2020, as with many venues across the country, UPH had to close its doors briefly before opening again during the... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY (Nov 11) — All rise for Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic novel that tells the story of racial injustice and cultural change in the American South through the eyes of six-year-old Scout, daughter of lawyer Atticus Finch. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird will be... Read more » ... Read More
ALBANY (Nov. 4) – Featuring the razor-sharp wit and bitter irony of writer Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes), The Irish… And How They Got That Way offers audiences a musical chronicle of the Irish and their journey to and within America. A buoyant score, complete with fresh arrangements of over thirty songs ranging from... Read more » ... Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The 2021 Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards has announced its musical line-up and emcee for the 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 ceremony at Universal Preservation Hall. Schenectady’s DJ Ketchup is serving as emcee for the third iteration of the Eddies Music Awards. Performing are: ... Read more » ... Read More
BOOK AND LYRICS BY ALAN JAY LERNER MUSIC BY FREDERICK LOEWE DIRECTED BY BARTLETT SHER TO PLAY SCHENECTADY ON MAY 17-22, 2022 Proctors Collaborative is pleased to announce that the North American tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed production of Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY, directed by Bartlett Sher, will play Proctors from... Read more » ... Read More