Both in tribute to a rollicking show and in deference to folks sitting behind them, the audience doffed their hats during Regina Taylor’s Crowns at Geva. But men and women wore fancy hats to the opening, and some bought fancy hats from Rochester milliners in the lobby. The show celebrates the “hattitude” of Southern African-American […]
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The ghosts of past lies
When a drenched young woman, Brigid, steps out of the rain and into The Second Coming pub, her “chance” encounter with owner Niall O’Neill starts the pair on a long strange trip through a dark and stormy night. The torrent that is Key West, playing on Geva’s Nextstage, hits the audience with a barrage of […]
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Irish, Jewish, or Texan, it’s all comedy
One reward from Geva’s artistic director Mark Cuddy’s sabbatical year in Ireland is a new season richly flavored with Irish plays. There will be exciting new ones, but the first, now playing, is 100 years old. And, in every sense of the phrase, it’s a tough choice. No masterpiece, John Bull’s Other Island is talky […]
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For one brief, shining moment
Geva Theatre Center has a hit on its hands with Camelot. It’s a beloved story. Despite the show’s basic drawbacks, the large cast sings and performs well. And the King Arthur is worth the price of admission by himself. Four years after their incomparable My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe came […]
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‘Blue’ is definitely golden
Geva Theatre Center is presenting an absolutely thrilling production of Charles Randolph-Wright and Nona Hendryx’s Blue, an oddity, but a brilliant one. Randolph-Wright’s script is so loaded with genuine comedy and human emotions that I’m sorry to note that it is also predictable and often trite, like a sitcom. But I don’t care. If it […]
