The one-man show both honors and humanizes one of America’s greatest playwrights.
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Rapping with the dead
“The Summer Land,” a new play, examines Rochester as the hub of the Spiritualist movement of the 1840s.
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A downtown nightclub gets kinky
The Tony Award-winning musical “Kinky Boots” takes centerstage at ROAR October 13-29.
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Theater Review | ‘Young Frankenstein’
The irreverent Transylvanian romp from Mel Brooks runs through Oct. 27 at Geva Theatre Center.
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The play’s the thing
Rochester Community Players features the work of 10 local scribes in the first Playwrights Showcase at MuCCC Oct. 9 – 13.
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Plotting the boards
From new plays to political commentary, local theaters have lined up a fresh fall season.
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Inaugural RocHaha Festival brings more than just laughs
Local artists and performers from around North America present comedic theater Sept. 24-28 at MuCCC.
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Theater Review | ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’
Sondheim’s strange masterpiece plays at Blackfriars Theatre through Sept. 22.
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Sankofa Theatre Festival looks back and moves forward
The 15th annual iteration of new works by Black playwrights runs August 20-25 at MuCCC.
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Theater Review | ‘Pericles: Prince of Tyre’
Rochester Community Players stages a whimsical storybook version of one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known productions at Highland Bowl through July 27.
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Castaways and cutouts
To mount a lesser-known Shakespeare production at Highland Bowl, Rochester Community Players lean into the two-dimensional.
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Opera Review | ‘Two Corners’
Finger Lakes Opera’s world premiere is a poignant, true story about the hard work of racial reconciliation.
