As we enter the darkest period yet of the coronavirus pandemic, venues such as Rochester’s Auditorium Theatre are shuttered in uncertainty.
Rochester Broadway Theater League
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When the show must go on
Theaters don’t have the green light to reopen, but there are signs of theatrical life — if you know
where to look for them.
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The city should do an ‘arts impact’ study
City Council’s big, ornate Chambers in City Hall was packed last week with people concerned about the future of the key downtown piece of real estate known as Parcel 5. Mayor Lovely Warren has chosen a combination of a new theater for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League and an apartment building created by Morgan Communities. […]
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The hate that Trump bred
“Make America white again” signs. “Jews will not replace us” chants. Nazi flags. Torches and Nazi salutes. The predictable horror spawned by Donald Trump finally erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend in the white nationalists’ Unite the Right rally. The reaction of the president? To wag his finger at the resulting violence, which he […]
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Theater review: RBTL presents “Matilda”
Roald Dahl never shied away from the darker aspects of life, even in his many books for children. From “The Witches” and “The BFG” to “George’s Marvellous Medicine,” truly terrible things happen to the young protagonists of his stories; his books provide a very real sense of danger that most entertainment for children seems to […]
