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
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‘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
No One’s Out of Order in the Court Room
The cast of "The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women" by Brazen-Faced Varlets. Nobody likes the highly-principled bossy one. Or the rich daddy’s girl. Or the show stealer. Or the snarky one. Yet when you put them all together in a show-within-a-show production, you want every last one of them to be your new … Continue reading No One’s Out of Order in the Court Room
Opposites Attract and Repel in “The Antipodes”
Annie Baker’s script is more character study than storytelling as it depicts everything bad about corporate brainstorming sessions
“The Bridges of Madison County” Cross Love and Infidelity
This production is the epitome of romance, conflict, love, and loss, anchored by that stunning score and incredible artistry of our local actors.
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