“The Hound of the Baskervilles”, currently playing at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, is adapted from the famous novella by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This is one of the most suspenseful Sherlock […]
Theatre Review: ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ at The Shaw Festival
Theatre Review: ‘The Orchard (After Chekhov)’ at The Shaw Festival
The Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre is my favorite theater at the Shaw Festival. Its intimacy and ability to draw in an audience in so many different configurations is so interesting and oftentimes […]
Theatre Review: ‘The Music Man’ at The Stratford Festival
Meredith Wilson’s “The Music Man” is just one of those classic musicals. There’s comedy, romance, dance breaks, a traditional soprano leading lady and a score full of catchy songs performed by a […]
Buffalo-born vocalist to appear with musician/playwright Joey Giambra August 25th
Buffalo native and vocalist Jay Louis Dref has returned to his hometown this summer to perform at various venues throughout the area. Recent appearances included sold-out crowds at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, North Park Theatre […]
LYNNE KURDZIEL FORMATO TO BE HONORED IN BUFFALO’S THEATRE DISTRICT PLAZA OF STARS
On Monday, September 10, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. the Theatre District Association of Western New York will honor local theatre choreographer, director and educator Lynne Kurdziel Formato by presenting her with a Star at the Theatre […]
Theatre Review: Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show” at The Stratford Festival
I have seen a few amateur productions of “The Rocky Horror Show” that were. . .painful. I remember after the last production I saw of it, I wished that the day would […]
Theatre Review: Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre
Wow. Disney does it yet again. Spectacle, glitz, glamor, fantastic effects, brilliant costumes. To say that I was blown away would be an understatement. Disney’s “Aladdin”, now playing at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre […]
Theatre Reviews: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ and ‘The Comedy of Errors’ at The Stratford Festival
I had the pleasure of traveling into the heart of Ontario, Canada on Saturday to attend the Stratford Festival for a day. Stratford, named after Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, hosts […]
First Look: ‘Aladdin’ at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre
Millennials finally have disposable income, and when it comes to the nostalgia of yesteryear, we are first in line to see anything that will take us back to our childhood. The 1992 […]
Bringing The Bard Home
It took a fall off a tightrope to bring an innovative take on William Shakespeare’s work to rural Western New York. Actor Joshua Rice was performing in an Arkansas children’s theatre company […]
