Every romantic relationship has a life cycle consisting of several stages. Often, it looks something like attraction, romance, commitment, reality, recommitment (or severance). For anyone who’s been in a long-term relationship, it’s a familiar pattern. The relatable factor of relationships is exactly what Oliver Blatt capitalizes on in his original musical, “The Book of Love,” […]
Leah Stacy
Leah Stacy is CITY's editor-in-chief.
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JCC CenterStage announces 2016-17 season
The Jewish Community Center in 1977 held a nationwide search to hire someone to build a community theatre program at its then-new Brighton campus. Over the next nearly 30 years, Founding Artistic Director Herb Katz created CenterStage, a successful program that he would leave in the hands of current Artistic Director Ralph Meranto in 2005. […]
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FILM | The Rocky Horror Bowie Show
Western New York’s Hoopla — a troupe of Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow performers from Buffalo and Rochester — will host a tribute mash-up featuring Rocky Horror and David Bowie. Super fans of Rocky Horror and Bowie will assemble at the Cinema Theater for a night of shadow casting and audience participation. On-site prop bags […]
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THEATER | “Sneakypete Underhand’s Devious Dealings”
A double-crossing doctor, Sneakypete Underhand, and his sassy sidekick, nurse Heide Bedpann, make a plan to kidnap a Hollywood starlet— but a brave member of the studio crew thwarts them. Script girl Paige Turner is tied to a buzz saw, and Cameron Mann the camera operator must save the day. Produced by The Penfield Players, […]
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BROADWAY | Bart Shatto
Great White Way and Trans-Siberian Orchestra veteran tenor Bart Shatto appears in a new one-man show, “Bart Shatto: Back to Broadway — Heroes, Villains, and Dreamers,” singing numbers ranging from “Music of the Night” (Phantom of the Opera) to “You Won’t Succeed on Broadway” (Spamalot). In between musical acts, Shatto talks about his journey from […]
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THEATER | “Dancing Lessons”
“Dancing Lessons” is the latest production to open on Geva Theatre’s Fielding Stage. The play by Mark St. Germain (who also penned “Freud’s Last Session”) follows an injured Broadway dancer who is teaching her downstairs neighbor, a high-functioning young man with Asperger’s Syndrome, how to dance. The only catch? He has a “no-touch” rule. The […]
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DANCE | “Lost Paradise”
There’s an upward trend of immersive live performances in the international theater and dance worlds, and Rochester will join that trend by hosting NYC-based Ekilibre Dance Company at Visual Studies Workshop on Sunday, April 24. Ekilibre is a contemporary troupe that travels and educates internationally, and performs the choreography, scenic designs, and musical scores of […]
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DANCE | “Evolution”
This year marks the 35th anniversary of Borinquen Dance Theatre, which provides holistic dance programs for youth, many from economically challenged families. Artistic Director Nydia Padilla-Rodriguez, an original member of Garth Fagan’s Bottom of the Bucket dance company, founded BDT in 1981 and began teaching dance classes at Hochstein School of Music and Dance in […]
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THEATER | “An Evening of Original One Acts”
One of Rochester’s long-standing community theater groups, Everyone’s Theatre Company, presents its annual evening of original one-act plays. Local playwrights Donald Anderson and Justin Rielly — founder of the Rochester-based group Aspie Works — penned this year’s six offerings. Plays include “Finger Lakes” by Anderson and “Bottle Karma,” “So Much for Blissful Negotiations,” “Waiting for […]
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Theater review: “A Moon for the Misbegotten” at Geva
Like many artists, American playwright Eugene O’Neill found his most powerful muses in his own life. Three of his most famous works — “The Iceman Cometh,” “Long Day’s Journey into Night,” and “A Moon for the Misbegotten” — are autobiographical and use characters based on members of his immediate family. Geva Theatre Center is currently […]
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Theater review: “Other Desert Cities” at the JCC
“Other Desert Cities” is a great example of the powerful family dramas that regularly win over audiences. But those plays only work if the actors are effective.
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THEATER | “A Moon for the Misbegotten”
In this four-time Tony Award-winning play, two lonely hearts meet on a moonlit night in 1920’s Connecticut and learn about each another’s past — while also charting a course for the future. “A Moon for the Misbegotten” is the last play written by America’s only Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill, and has been produced all […]
