Laughter on the 23rd Floor focuses on Neil Simon's own early career experience as a junior writer of Sid Caears's "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour: and provides an intimate look of the cackles and chaos behind the scenes of writing and producing a hit comedy show during the 1950’s golden age of television. … Continue reading Springville Center for the Arts presents Neil Simon’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor”
Theatre Review: ‘Tuck Everlasting’ at Theatre of Youth
Theatre of Youth is presenting “Tuck Everlasting,” based on the award winning children’s book by Natalie Babbitt. In addition to the novel and this play version, “Tuck Everlasting” has also been made into a musical and two feature films, the first of which was directed by Buffalo’s Frederick King Keller and featured WNY actors Joey … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Tuck Everlasting’ at Theatre of Youth
Theatre Review: ‘Chicago’ at RBTL’s Auditorium Theatre
There is a reason “Chicago” is the longest running American musical in Broadway history! It is hot, sexy, frenetic, and relatable. Yes, there are parallels to this millennium. When watching it I couldn’t help but think about our current obsession with the 5-minute news cycle and sensational news reporting we all claim to be exhausted … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Chicago’ at RBTL’s Auditorium Theatre
Theatre Review: ‘Cats’ at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre
"Cats” is a musical like no other. After it opened in 1982, it was the longest-running Broadway show in history from 1997 to 2006, entertaining generations of theatergoers with a synthesized 1980s score and yards of spandex and fur. When it returned to Broadway nearly a decade after it closed in 2016 with updated choreography … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Cats’ at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre
Theatre Review: ‘Witness For The Prosecution’ at Niagara Regional Theatre Guild
Niagara Regional Theatre Guild, one of the oldest community theatre companies in New York State, is currently presenting the British courtroom drama, “Witness for the Prosecution” based on a story by Agatha Christie. The most famous version of “Witness for the Prosecution” was Billy Wilder’s 1957 film adaptation starring Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, and Charles … Continue reading Theatre Review: ‘Witness For The Prosecution’ at Niagara Regional Theatre Guild
Theatre Review: ‘Ordinary Days’ at Blackfriars Theatre
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
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