Looking ahead to the 2018-19 theatrical season
JCC CenterStage
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Review: ‘Dogfight, the Musical’ at JCC CenterStage
The Vietnam War is a looming menace throughout the story, but the real villain is toxic masculinity — disguised as brotherhood and camaraderie — that is portrayed with a loathsome and sickening success by the young actors.
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JCC CenterStage announces 2018-19 season
The six-show season includes plays and musicals about celebrated sex therapist Dr. Ruth, the cultural impact of the British Invasion, and the scandalous first lesbian kiss on Broadway.
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Review: ‘The Bridges of Madison County, the Musical’
A small but mighty cast presents the adapted tale of a Midwestern whirlwind affair, with a range of soaring ballads, gospel, and honky-tonk.
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Theater review: ‘First Date’ at JCC CenterStage
There are a few “firsts” in life that almost everyone can relate to: first day of school, first kiss, first home — the list goes on. But perhaps the “first” that draws the most entertaining anecdotes is a first date (even more so if it’s a blind date). The co-creators of “First Date: The Broadway […]
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Theater review: ‘Titanic the Musical’ at CenterStage
The RMS Titanic, at the time the greatest ship that had ever set out across the Atlantic, collided with an iceberg on April 15, 1912. Within two hours and 40 minutes, the ocean liner sank and more than 1,500 people lost their lives in icy waters. If this feels like a spoiler, it is — […]
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JCC CenterStage announces 2017-18 season
In what has now become an annual tradition, JCC CenterStage Artistic Director Ralph Meranto held a “virtual press conference” via YouTube yesterday to announce the organization’s 2017-18 season. From his seat in front of the camera in the pristine Lipson Lounge — part of the $17 million, 26,000-square-foot renovations the JCC unveiled last fall — […]
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Theater review: ‘The Flick’ at JCC CenterStage
“The Flick” is a show for anyone who’s worked a job where their world has grown (perhaps
too) small; for anyone who’s been radically underpaid or thrown together with a motley crew of coworkers
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Theater review: “Church and State”
JCC CenterStage
opened its 40th season doing what Ralph Meranto
does best: producing a new national work, with local actors, for local
audiences.
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Building new boards
Sampling Rochester’s diverse theater offerings in 2016-17, including RBTL, MuCCC, and Geva productions
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Theater review: “Other Desert Cities” at the JCC
“Other Desert Cities” is a great example of the powerful family dramas that regularly win over audiences. But those plays only work if the actors are effective.
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Theater review: “Coney Island Christmas” at JCC
The JCC’s CenterStage has a track record of presenting surprising, quality holiday productions. “Coney Island Christmas” is just the latest.
