As the crowds thinned after Grounded Aerial’s sky-high theatrics on the side of One HSBC Plaza Friday night, a woman in a bright red shirt stood outside the nearby Xerox building yelling, “Free show here right now!” It turned out her hawking strategy was a good one: I was there because I planned to be, […]
Leah Stacy
Leah Stacy is CITY's editor-in-chief.
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Curtains up
Our top 10 picks for the 2015-16 theater season The 2015-16 theatrical season is all about fresh faces. New shows, theater companies, and directors abound, bringing a welcome energy to our local stages. It will be a busy season, but here are 10 productions that caught our attention. “James and the Giant Peach” (Rochester Association […]
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THEATER | “La Cage Aux Folles”
As part of the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival, OFC Creations and RAPA are co-producing “La Cage Aux Folles” (a musical based on the 1973 French play of the same name, which was also adapted into the 1996 film, “The Birdcage”) at the Allen Main Stage Theatre, School of the Arts (45 Prince Street). The […]
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Theater Review: “Spamalot” at Geva
“Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is officially over the hill. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the cult classic film, and Geva Theatre Center opens its 2015-16 season with a tip o’ the hat in the form of “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” best described as “lovingly ripped off from the motion picture.” The production […]
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Something more at Blackfriars
The air around Danny Hoskins crackles with the contagious energy of someone who spends entire days brainstorming. He’s spent many of the summer days indoors. His “office” is a tiny, sunlit space that doubles as the Blackfriars Theatre box office, though he’s just as likely to camp out at a wobbly card table near the […]
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Theater Review: “Avenue Q” at the Kodak Center
At first glance, the set of “Avenue Q” looks a lot like a rundown version of “Sesame Street.” There’s a brownstone faรงade and a stoop. There’s laundry strung between a few second story windows. But there’s also quite a bit of graffiti on these city walls — and most of it is swear words and […]
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Theater Review: “Rent” at Bristol Valley Theater
The quaint town of Naples is a quiet community well known for skiing in the winter and the Grape Festival in the fall — but it’s perhaps less known for its summer stock organization, Bristol Valley Theater, which boasts a six-show theatrical season running from June through August. The third show in this season’s lineup […]
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Theater Review: Pittsford Musicals’ “Next to Normal”
In 2010, “Next to Normal” became the eighth musical in history to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. A Pulitzer for a rock musical, no less, a genre typically reserved for “American Idol” rejects and revues featuring the greatest hits of now-elderly musicians. But “Next to Normal,” which Pittsford Musicals opened last Friday, has achieved […]
