Geva Theatre Center today announced its 2015-16 season which will feature 14 major productions and events across the non-profit theatre’s 43rd year. The season’s lineup will feature a mix of well-known titles, like the musical comedy “Monty Python’s Spamalot”; Tony Award winners, such as “Red,” the acclaimed drama about painter Mark Rothko; and an offering […]
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Theater Review: “Little Shop of Horrors” at Geva
With joy, edge, and a playful 60’s tone, “Little Shop of
Horrors” is an irresistible musical — and Geva’s new production
doesn’t disappoint.
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Little partners with Geva for new film series
Geva and The Little Theatre have teamed up to present a cult musical film series on Wednesday nights, kicking off this week with “Little Shop of Horrors.” The series continues with John Waters’ classic pro-integration, teenage dream, “Hairspray,” on January 28; “The Wiz,” set not in Kansas, but Harlem, and starring a young Michael Jackson, […]
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“The Man Who Came to Dinner”
Now being performed at Geva’s Nextstage through Saturday, December 27, “The Man Who Came to Dinner” comes to the stage courtesy of Rochester’s Screen Plays, a wonderfully creative theater group dedicated to performing classic American plays that were made iconic on film (in this case, the 1942 motion picture starring Bette Davis, Monty Woolley, and […]
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Theater Review: “The Man Who Came To Dinner” at Geva’s Fielding Nextstage
Now being performed at Geva’sNextstage through Saturday, December 27, “The Man Who Came to Dinner” comes to the stage courtesy of Rochester’s Screen Plays, a wonderfully creative theater group dedicated to performing classic American plays that were made iconic on film (in this case, the 1942 motion picture starring Bette Davis, Monty Woolley, and Ann […]
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Geva announces capital campaign
Representatives at Geva Theatre Center announced at a Thursday morning press conference that the organization has publicly launched a $10 million capital campaign. About $8 million toward the $10 million has already been raised since the campaign entered a quiet phase of fundraising in 2009. Front & Center: The Campaign for Geva seeks to transform […]
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Theater Review: “Wait Until Dark” at Geva
Until fairly recently, genre plays — romantic comedies, murder mysteries, and so on — were a theatrical staple, whether on Broadway or in community theaters. Movies, and especially TV, gradually took them over (without making them any less formulaic). But the best of these plays are tidily written, and when they are well performed, they’re […]
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Geva, RPO make changes to respond to financial challenge
In a letter to patrons sent out earlier this week, Geva Theatre Center announced that it has made several operational changes to “ensure that the organization continues its progress toward financial stability and growth.” Those changes included the elimination of five full-time positions in administration, marketing, development, and production, and the institution of unpaid furloughs […]
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Death comes knocking
Claustrophobia sets in immediately. Dusty purple envelopes the walls. Giant silver flowers dance across the wallpaper, dizzying me. The construction of the room draws the eye in. This set is created with purpose. The plot of Vigil, a morose comedy now running at Geva, mirrors the set: dark and disorienting. A bare wooden floor, sparse […]
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‘Shear Madness’: the ride
‘Shear Madness’: the ride Warning to those suffering from vertigo: Do not ride Shear Madness. The largely improvisational comedy, now at Geva, runs at a frenzied pace, thrusting the audience through an enervating and hilarious trip. The evolution of the play began in Rochester in 1976 when Geva put on a play called Who Dunnit?. […]
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When it comes to musicals, Geva can do that
Artistic director Mark Cuddy switched Geva’s final show of the season to A Chorus Line before the professional performing rights get tied up for the 2006 Broadway revival. One of four nominees for a national poll on the best American musical ever, A Chorus Line next year might start on Broadway for another 15-year run. […]
