Elizabeth Williamson takes over for Mark Cuddy as artistic director of Rochester’s Geva Theatre Center in June.
Mark Cuddy
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Diverse final season for Geva’s retiring artistic director
Geva Theatre Center announces its lineup for its 49th season, which will be retiring artistic director Mark Cuddy’s last.
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Geva’s Mark Cuddy to retire next year
Mark Cuddy, Geva Theatre Center’s artistic director of 27 years, will retire in 2022 at the end of the regional company’s 49th season.
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Geva retools its 2021-22 schedule in these ‘absolutely, might’ times
As the arts attempt to emerge from the pandemic shutdown, Geva Theatre Center has a gradual seven-step plan to return to live performances.
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The arts, the writing on the walls, and the writing on the streets
The Black Cinema Series and the new public art project by Shawn Dunwoody at Manhattan Square Park are part of the effort to promote racial equity in Rochester.
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Review: ‘La Cage Aux Folles’
At its core, it’s a flashy, an undeniably fun night out — albeit difficult to pull off without a talented male cast. Fortunately, Geva’s cast is more than equipped to handle the high-heeled, leather- and feather-filled dance numbers.
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Remembering Rochester theater icon Barbara Biddy
As co-founder and artistic director of Shipping Dock Theatre, the late Barbara Biddy gave Rochester audiences entertainment that could be edgy, but was frequently thought-provoking for over 30 years.
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Our quest to become a ‘City of the Arts’
We’ve said for years that we’re a City of the Arts, and we have all the ingredients to be one.
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Theater review: “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Geva has created an honest, compelling tribute to Harper Lee’s
classic story.
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Geva announces 2015-16 season
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: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
For a director, William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is always threatening to become “A Midsummer Night’s Nightmare.” The wide-ranging play, currently at Geva Theatre Center, dives headlong into comedy at the same time that it sidles more subtly toward tragedy. The challenge is to give full expression to its contradictory nature yet come away […]
