Last time out. Montreal (8-3-3, 27 points) had its full complement of ex-Rhinos on the field (Martin Nash, Mauro Biello, Eduardo Sebrango, and Gabriel Gervais), but that dog refused to hunt as Rochester (8-4-2, 26) denied the Impact a third straight win, netting a 2-0 victory at Frontier on a lovely Saturday night. Montreal’s loss, […]
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Rhinos beat themselves
Last time out.The Score won an autographed ball in the Perinton Youth Hockey raffle during Friday’s 3-2 home overtime loss against Montreal, but that trinket wasn’t enough to dissuade us from seriously considering a leap off the Court Street Bridge on the way home. The Rhinos watched a 2-0 lead evaporate with 10 minutes left […]
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Mixed Bill Shakespeare festival
This 51st season of Canada’s Stratford Festival is dedicated to the recently deceased great international designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch. She set the Festival’s incomparable design standards for many years, and invented Stratford’s much-imitated combination Elizabethan/ancient Greek/modern thrust stage. I don’t know what the outspoken Ms. Moiseiwitsch would say about the peculiar mishmash of spectacles in Stratford’s […]
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These shoes are made for nailing
The Nextstage at Geva Theatre Center is offering the fully staged, world premiere production of September Shoes,by Jose Cruz González — a work Geva helped develop as part of its 2002 Hibernatus Interruptus Festival. A very accomplished Hispanic director and cast give this mysterious, passionate play a vibrant, affecting performance. But though it ends in […]
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The Shaw Fest turns 42
Under new artistic director Jackie Maxwell, the Shaw Festival opened its 42nd season with what looked like a typical line-up of five plays — typical, that is, of recent seasons, but hardly traditional. Their world-class ensemble again brings dazzling aplomb to a Broadway musical of questionable value. Once more, a resident director re-interprets a […]
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Geva celebrates Independence Day
Geva’s 30th season ends with the perfect show for the 4th of July. But though the plot of 1776 ends on July 4, Geva’s extended run finishes on June 29. The production is dedicated to author Peter Stone, Oscar winner, Emmy winner, and Tony winner, who died only a few weeks ago. His book and […]
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“Rags” becomes riches at Blackfriars
Ragswas a legendary Broadway flop. Starring opera diva Teresa Stratas, it had alot going for it. It was based on a bookabout Jewish immigrants by Joseph Stein, who wrote Fiddler on the Roof.It had music by Eastman School alumnus Charles Strouse, who composed operas and shows like Annie and Bye, Bye Birdie.It had lyrics by […]
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Mellow Bellows
In 1969, thousands of peace-loving music devotees gathered near a small town in the Catskills for what was to become a landmark in American cultural history. The Woodstock that George Bellows knew and loved, half a century earlier, was an altogether smaller affair. But for many of the artists who came to work there, it […]
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RCB inspired by memory of Draper
There probably wasn’t a dry eye at the final performance of Rochester City Ballet’s spring season, but the overall feeling was upbeat. The company’s April 26 concert, at Canandaigua Academy, began with a video tribute to Timothy M. Draper. Beautifully composed by videographer Timothy Leverett (for example, an inspiring photo of Draper at work appeared […]
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The violence monologues
Necessary Targets, the current production at Shipping Dock Theatre, is a play about two American counselors who travel to a Bosnian refugee camp with the purpose of helping women there talk about the war. As the American characters are forced to question whether they’re really helping the refugees, the play becomes a cautionary tale for […]
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Wilder’s less-than-wild Theophilus North
A well-known, old graybeard is newborn here, thanks to the distinguished work of the folks at Geva Theatre Center, led by artistic director Mark Cuddy. Matthew Burnett’s Theophilus North — based on novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder’s final novel — has made it to the stage for the first time. The world premiere production […]
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The accomplished and the insufficient
As you may know, April has been christened National Poetry Month by the high priests of American verse. Splashy displays highlighting new collections of poetry can be found in chain and independent bookstores. Libraries and colleges are hosting readings by hundreds of poets, both distinguished and emerging. When we read or listen to a […]
