How do you hold on to an image of something dear to you if the image is starting to fade or blur? “Painting Churches,” on stage at O’Connell & Company from November 9 to 19, 2017 tells the story of an artist who returns to her family home to paint a portrait of her parents … Continue reading First Look: ‘Painting Churches’ at O’Connell & Company
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First Look: ‘The Crucible’ at Kavinoky Theatre
How do you captivate students (and enrich the learning experience) and still appeal to your general audience? It was a serious consideration for The Kavinoky Theatre this season. Both audiences are important: season subscribers and single ticket buyers are with you now, while today’s students are tomorrow’s patrons. The Kav addressed this by going back … Continue reading First Look: ‘The Crucible’ at Kavinoky Theatre
First Look: ‘Minding Frankie’ at Irish Classical Theatre
Maeve Binchy is one Ireland’s most beloved modern novelists. One of her early novels, “Circle of Friends”, was adapted for the silver screen (starring Minnie Driver and Chris O’Donnell) in 1995. One of her last novels, “Minding Frankie,” (published in 2010, four years before her death) was adapted for the stage, and it will make … Continue reading First Look: ‘Minding Frankie’ at Irish Classical Theatre
First Look: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ at Road Less Traveled Theatre
It’s a cut throat world. It’s competitive, fierce, scheming at times, rewarding when you’re on top, and devastating when you can’t succeed. Sometimes you can pay the bills, other times you struggle. But enough about theatre. David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize winning play "Glengarry Glen Ross" tells the story of real estate agents trying to unload … Continue reading First Look: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ at Road Less Traveled Theatre
“Visiting Mr. Green”. . .Again at Jewish Repertory Theatre
Jewish Repertory Theatre’s 15th season, aptly named A Sentimental Journey, begins next week with a flashback to its first season. “Visiting Mr. Green”, written by corporate executive-turned writer Jeff Baron, was part of JRT’s first season, and it’s back in this season’s line up, with Saul Elkin reprising the role of Mr. Green. Thinking back … Continue reading “Visiting Mr. Green”. . .Again at Jewish Repertory Theatre
First Look: ‘Sons & Lovers’ at Buffalo United Artists
Relationships are so….complicated. First comes attraction, then flirtation, then that delicious push-pull of anticipation, and then you find out …there’s competition. Yikes. And when your paramour has other things going on, well, it’s no picnic. All this and more is central to the plot of “Sons & Lovers,” Buffalo United Artist’s first show of this … Continue reading First Look: ‘Sons & Lovers’ at Buffalo United Artists
In Rehearsal with ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ at MusicalFare Theatre
For any theatre company, somewhere between picking and promoting a season of shows and opening night, a production is born. For the cast of “Peter and the Starcatcher,” soon to be onstage at Musicalfare, this means perfecting British, Scottish or pirate accents, finding their Zen in multiple roles, and learning how to be water. As … Continue reading In Rehearsal with ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ at MusicalFare Theatre
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