Within the ordinary hides the potential for the extraordinary. Set in New York City circa 2008, “Ordinary Days” follows the lives of four ordinary individuals. Each a transplant to the city, having their own hopes and dreams, their own “big picture,” yet each struggles with what it means when inevitably life happens and their picture … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Ordinary Days’ at Blackfriars Theatre
Theatre Review: ‘Hitmakers – The British Are Coming!’ at JCC CenterStage Theatre
The British are coming! The British are coming! Or at least they are in the JCC CenterStage cover band version. For the fifth year, CenterStage creates their take on a rockumentary, this time focusing on the British Invasion of the 1960s. The writing and directing team of Jack Garner, Esther Winter, Casey Filiaci and Ralph Meranto … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Hitmakers – The British Are Coming!’ at JCC CenterStage Theatre
First Look: ‘Ragtime’ at MusicalFare Theatre
There are shows that are ahead of their time. There are shows that are written, produced, and close before they are able to get their due. Then they get rediscovered and are more topical than ever before. This is what happened to the show “Ragtime” the 1998 Broadway musical with a book by Terrence McNally … Continue reading First Look: ‘Ragtime’ at MusicalFare Theatre
Theatre Review: ‘The Kathy & Mo Show: Parallel Lives The Dark Side’ by O’Connell & Company at Shea’s Smith Theatre
Sketch comedy was a mainstay of variety shows from the Golden Age of Television. Shows like The Garry Moore Show and The Carol Burnett Show were famous for these brief comic vignettes. “The Kathy & Mo Show Parallel Lives The Dark Side,” winningly produced by O’Connell & Company on the Shea’s Smith Theatre Stage, is … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘The Kathy & Mo Show: Parallel Lives The Dark Side’ by O’Connell & Company at Shea’s Smith Theatre
RLTP Celebrates New Work
Theatres are usually dark on Monday nights, but Road Less Traveled Productions is shining its spotlight tonight in honor of regional playwrights whose work was selected for the 10-Minute Play Fest, a new initiative. Tonight’s 10-Minute Play Fest features seven area playwrights who penned new works to compete in this first-time outreach. Said Scott Behrend, … Continue reading RLTP Celebrates New Work
Theatre Review: ‘The Illusion’ at Road Less Traveled Theatre
One of the things I like best about Road Less Traveled Theatre’s productions is that you are immediately immersed in the show, or at least in its ambience. Think of last season’s “Glengarry Glen Ross,” when Anthony Alcocer as the ‘motivational trainer’ began the show before the obligatory “please turn off your cell phone” announcements … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘The Illusion’ at Road Less Traveled Theatre
Theatre Review: ‘Beautiful – The Carole King Musical’ at RBTL’s Auditorium Theatre
If musicals aren’t for you—this is your musical! I am often put off by musicals that are just a framework into which song after song are stuffed—whether good, bad, logical, benign or poignant. I know I should be able to suspend my disbelief and go along with people breaking into song as they cook dinner, … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Beautiful – The Carole King Musical’ at RBTL’s Auditorium Theatre
Lancaster Opera House brings “Deathtrap” to the stage.
What do you do when you’re hired to direct a flawlessly scripted Ira Levin play that is one of the most produced thrillers in history and was the longest running thriller on Broadway? Nothing. Except pick a great cast, and keep the work simple, elegant, and pristine. And that’s just what Katie Malinson did with … Continue reading Lancaster Opera House brings “Deathtrap” to the stage.
Theatre Review: ‘Sense & Sensibility’ at Irish Classical Theatre
Gossipy, back-biting, smugly superior…yup, sounds like life in the British countryside, late 18th century style. This was the proverbial fodder for Jane Austen’s mill. Kind hearted sisters stripped of their place in society, weak-willed men who don’t deserve them, and lots of smart, witty repartee make Austen’s novels a divine read and a delight on … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Sense & Sensibility’ at Irish Classical Theatre
First Look: ‘The Kathy & Mo Show – Parallel Lives The Dark Side’ by O’Connell & Company at Shea’s Smith Theatre
Call them The Power for Trio for What’s Good in This World. O’Connell and Company has three powerhouse actors behind a new-to-Buffalo production at Shea’s Smith Theatre, for six performances January 18 to 27. Mary Kate O’Connell and Pamela Rose Mangus are reprising their roles in “The Kathy & Mo Show Parallel Lives” for the … Continue reading First Look: ‘The Kathy & Mo Show – Parallel Lives The Dark Side’ by O’Connell & Company at Shea’s Smith Theatre
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