The cast of From Honky Tonk To Protest: A Woman's View of Country Music at D'Youville Kavinoky Theatre I’ll put this right upfront: I’m not a country music fan. That didn’t stop me from thoroughly enjoying From Honky Tonk to Protest: A Woman’s View of Country Music onstage now at D’Youville Kavinoky Professional Theatre (note … Continue reading It’s a Hoot at D’Youville Kavinoky Theatre
Cherie Messore Previews
Road Less Traveled Productions and Big Foot – A Killer Combo
Elston’s fear and fascination with this creature was the inspiration for his play.
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…
BPO, ICTC, the Bard, and Mendelssohn…Oh My!
Both the audience and the performers are thrilled in a way that doesn’t happen for a typical play.
First Look: ‘A Child’s Christmas’ in Wales at Irish Classical Theatre Company
It is Thomas’ words – so elegant in their simplicity – that makes this collection of stories so vivid, real, and heart-felt.
New Phoenix Rising in Sterling for 25th Season
New Phoenix Theatre will celebrate its 25th anniversary season with four shows that represent its hallmark eclectic appeal. Founder Richard Lambert says,” After 25 years I feel lucky to still be doing this, and as a small alternative theatre we’re still glad people are interested.” The season begins September 20 with ‘Izzy,’ written by local … Continue reading New Phoenix Rising in Sterling for 25th Season
First Look: ‘1776’ at O’Connell & Company
Long before Hamilton took the musical theatre stage by storm, there was “1776 The Musical.”Winner of the 1969 Tony Award for Best Musical, this retelling of how John Adams convinced our Founding Fathers to sign the Declaration of Independence returns to Western New York thanks to O’Connell & Company, and this time it will have … Continue reading First Look: ‘1776’ at O’Connell & Company
First Look: ‘Annapurna’ at New Phoenix Theatre
Michael Lodick left a legacy to Buffalo’s theatre community in many ways. Before he passed away last year, he added another regional premiere to the New Phoenix Theatre season. “Annapurna,” the dramedy by Sharr White, opens on Friday, April 26. Lodick selected the show and cast it before his untimely death, and was to direct … Continue reading First Look: ‘Annapurna’ at New Phoenix Theatre
First Look: ‘1984’ by George Orwell at Kavinoky Theatre
In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Atticus Finch tells his young son, “Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” Loraine O’Donnell, Kavinoky Theatre’s executive artistic director has lived with this sentiment the past week, since another production company … Continue reading First Look: ‘1984’ by George Orwell at Kavinoky Theatre