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Author: Cherie Messore
Hi Honey, We’re Home….Alleyway Theatre Starts Live Season
15 months is a long time to wait for a Quickie…even six quickies. In this case, Alleyway Theatre ‘s 30th annual New Play Festival celebration Buffalo Quickies 2021 was worth the wait. In an practically perfect post-pandemic stroke of theatre genius, Alleyway’s new Executive Artistic Director Chris J Handley and his team created an inside-outside … Continue reading Hi Honey, We’re Home….Alleyway Theatre Starts Live Season
Road Less Traveled Productions and Big Foot – A Killer Combo
Elston’s fear and fascination with this creature was the inspiration for his play.
Alleyway Theatre’s Current: 716 Reflects On Stage Online
March feels like such a long time ago, especially for our theatre community. That’s when we last set foot in a local theatre. When it was clear that live theatre wasn’t coming back any time soon, theatre companies began planning new iterations on alternative platforms. While nothing can take the place of a real live … Continue reading Alleyway Theatre’s Current: 716 Reflects On Stage Online
‘Hand to God’ at Road Less Traveled
- it will be one of the best shows you will see all season.
“Indecent” is Sublime at Kavinoky
In 1906, Warsaw was a city in revolution. The Imperial Russian Army was terrorizing workers. The city was in recession, a harbinger of things to come. Despite this grim reality, its Jewish community was creating art and celebrating its culture. Playwright Sholem Asch was staring taboos in the face with a provocative play of love, … Continue reading “Indecent” is Sublime at Kavinoky
A Sure Sign of Spring: Shea’s Announces Next Season’s Schedule
Shea’s Buffalo Theatre is going back to its roots as a movie house with the M&T Bank 2020-21 Broadway Series. Six of the seven mainstage offerings either began their lives on the silver screen or have already been made into films. Venerable producing partner Albert Nocciolino joined Shea’s President Michael G. Murphy to announce next … Continue reading A Sure Sign of Spring: Shea’s Announces Next Season’s Schedule
When Life Gives You Onions…
Stan Klimecko as Onion and Louie Visone as Ogie. Photo is by Gene Witkowski. People are quirky. Relationships are complicated. Life isn’t all sunshine and unicorns. Onions can either be really sweet and deeply flavorful if they are sautéed low and slow or sharp and bitter if they’re left raw and unadulterated. And sometimes Onion … Continue reading When Life Gives You Onions…
Sylvia Howls Along at Niagara University
I’m putting this right up front: “Sylvia” on stage at Niagara University’s William P. and Marie Leary Theatre in the Elizabeth Ann Clune Center for Theatre is a completely student run production. NU’s theatre department is indeed the stuff of legends and I respect that. All our regional stages and beyond are all the better … Continue reading Sylvia Howls Along at Niagara University
Looking Life Square in the Eye: What I Thought I Knew
Josie DiVencenzo in "What I Thought I Knew." Photo by Ali Lewis Jewish Repertory Theatre’s production of “What I Thought I Knew” packs a lifetime of emotions, decisions, and dilemmas into 90 minutes. Based on writer Alice Eve Cohen’s memoir, the story is deeply reflective at times and slyly funny, too. Josie DiVincenzo is the … Continue reading Looking Life Square in the Eye: What I Thought I Knew
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