What would happen if you combined Lisa Frank, a Disney amusement park and a 90s music video? Probably something in the same aesthetic ballpark as the unabashedly over-the-top jukebox musical “& Juliet,” which is turning the West Herr Auditorium Theater into a nostalgic dance party through December 14. Set in a remixed Y2K version of […]
Katherine Varga
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REVIEW | “Persuasion” at The Company Theatre
This month marks Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, which means there have been almost two centuries of adaptations of beloved novels that either make her readers upset or make them swoon. The Company Theatre gets it right. Their fresh and faithful theatrical adaptation of her final novel “Persuasion” plays in their new home on 28 Lawn […]
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Performers of all abilities find a home onstage with Artists Unlimited
When Anthony Vignare saw the Artists Unlimited production of “Peter Pan” as a young teen, he was in awe of the people literally soaring — in harnesses — across the stage. “It was really cool, all the flying,” he said. Not long after, those actors who caused his imagination to take flight would become his […]
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Review | “Witch,” presented by the Penfield Players
A woman — not a witch, just a woman whose town has decided they don’t like her — addresses the audience. She wonders if it would be better to burn the world down. (Who hasn’t?) She then addresses anyone who feels like they’ve lost hope, inviting them to hear a story. Such begins the clever, […]
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Theater Review | ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’
A night of intentional incompetence provides an enjoyable escape at Geva Theatre.
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Rochester’s theater season turns the spotlight on art with a message
It’s been a tough year for artists. The termination of previously awarded National Endowment for the Arts grants feels like an attempt of the current administration to regress the country to a time before the NEA’s establishment in 1965, or maybe even earlier (the era of kings?). Local theaters are also looking back, presenting seasons […]
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Theater Review | ‘Always… Patsy Cline’
A breezy concert based a true events, dressed up as a play and presented by Geva Theatre Company through August 3.
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Theater Review | ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
The Rochester Community Players mount an infectious, joyful adaptation of Shakespeare’s fairytale romp during their centennial season.
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Theater Review | ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’
The toe-tapping jukebox crowd pleaser plays at Geva through June 29.
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Theater Review | ‘Describe the Night’
The power and danger of storytelling is at the heart of “Describe the Night,” which plays at MuCCC through May 17.
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Theater Review | ‘Some Like It Hot’
A charmingly vibrant adaptation of the 1959 film plays through May 18 as part of the RBTL season.
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Theater Review | ‘An American in Paris’
This love letter to art and diversion plays at JCC CenterStage through May 18.
