“Rope,” on stage at the Shaw Festival’s Royal George Theatre, is a not-so-classic whodunit where you know who the killers are from the opening moments of the story. What you don’t know is who from their inner circle will figure it out, or how long it will take for the killers to crack. Cue the … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Rope’ at The Shaw Festival
Cherie Messore Reviews
Theatre Review: ‘Looking Through Glass’ at Jewish Repertory Theatre
It’s just your typical boy-meets-girl-meets-boy-who-dies and inhabits her body sort of play…with a twist. . . .a fine night of theatre. . . Playwright Ken Kaissar’s local premiere of ’Looking Through Glass,’ a modern adaption of ‘The Dybbuk’ is an ethereal send up to the intensity of love and the power of a promise, produced … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Looking Through Glass’ at Jewish Repertory Theatre
Theatre Review: ‘Equivocation’ at Kavinoky Theatre
Those 17th Century British Catholics: in an attempt to overthrow the (Protestant) government and monarch, they thought if they could just pack the Parliament with gunpowder and blow the dickens out of the place, the faith could rule. King James I was not amused. He also knew he wanted to control the spin. Since social … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Equivocation’ at Kavinoky Theatre
Theatre Review: ‘The Undeniable Sound Of Right Now’ at Road Less Traveled Theatre
Those of us of a certain age still sigh when we remember going to the Belle Star out in Colden. Or Central Park Grill. Or the original Tralf on Main Street. These were places where live music was king, but it was the atmosphere, the company, the whole gestalt of it all that made it … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘The Undeniable Sound Of Right Now’ at Road Less Traveled Theatre
Theatre Review: ‘Parade’ at American Repertory Theatre of Western New York
Often it’s the true stories that make the most compelling shows on Broadway. Shows like “Evita,” “Hamilton,” “1776,” (coincidentally one word titles) add music to the drama of real life. “Parade” currently staged by the American Repertory Theater of WNY, is the 1913-15 story of a man wrongfully accused of killing a young girl who … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Parade’ at American Repertory Theatre of Western New York
Theatre Review: ‘Present Laughter’ at Aurora Players
It’s a show with plenty of laughs, a romp of a plot, with a couple of little twists thrown in for the surprise factor. It’s a light and frothy show by design, but as our leading man Garry says in the first act, “There’s something awfully sad about happiness, isn’t there?” . . .a fine … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Present Laughter’ at Aurora Players
Theatre Review: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ by MusicalFare Theatre at Shea’s 710 Theatre
Some nights are worth re-living again and again. Like December 4, 1956, the night four on-their-way-to-being-musical legends came together to make some music in the Sun Music recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Yes, you’re a witness to history, because this is the night Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins jammed at … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ by MusicalFare Theatre at Shea’s 710 Theatre
Theatre Review: ‘1984’ at Kavinoky Theatre
19 days. That’s how long the creative team at Kavinoky Theatre had to select and stage “1984” as the replacement for “To Kill a Mockingbird” when it was forced pulled the show from the season schedule. . . .a powerful onstage drama. . . Kavinoky’s Executive Artistic Director Loraine O’Donnell couldn’t quell the tremor in … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘1984’ at Kavinoky Theatre
Theatre Review: ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ at Road Less Traveled Theatre
Not all stage families are like the Von Trapps. Or the Pazinskis. Meet Walter Washington, affectionately called Dad by his son Junior, his son’s girlfriend, Lulu, and Junior’s friend Oswaldo. They all share Walter’s rent-controlled apartment on Riverside Drive and they comprise the complicated, flawed, funny, frightening family in playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “Between Riverside … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ at Road Less Traveled Theatre
Theatre Review: ‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ at Springville Center of the Arts.
Here’s what I love about local theatre here in WNY: there is plenty of it, there’s something for everyone, it’s across the region, in all communities, and at every price point. While some of my reviewer brethren may give a haughty air sniff at the thought, community theatre plays an important role for both actors … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ at Springville Center of the Arts.
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