WallByrd Theatre Company, a new Rochester group, stages an updated version of the little-known Jacobean tragedy.
Emily Putnam
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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 […]
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Character in the 21st century
Rising local playwright Kate Royal captures the voice of the millennial generation
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Theater Review: “Mammoth” at MuCCC
With “Mammoth,” a new play at the Multi-use Cultural Community Center, writer-director Kate Royal provides further evidence that western New York has an emerging ecosystem for young, intrepid playwrights. The 2013 SUNY Geneseo graduate has already gained some recognition for her play, “The Nameless Days of Gumdrop Smith,” which debuted at the 2014 Rochester Fringe […]
