The funding comes from a state budget allocation for the 13-member Alive Downtowns! Upstate Historic Theater Coalition.
Rochester Broadway Theatre League
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RBTL’s 2023-24 season features longer runs of ‘Frozen’ and ‘Moulin Rouge’
Rochester Broadway Theatre League’s 2023-24 season features beloved movie favorites and the stories of music legends.
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God of our fathers
When the avant-garde rock musical “Jesus Christ Superstar” debuted on Broadway in 1971, it was the “Hamilton” of its time — a flashy, pop culture retelling of historical events. RBTL is presenting the musical through Sunday, as part of the show’s 50th anniversary tour.
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Circle of life
Every millennial in the audience of “The Lion King,” many of whom are now parents, grew up with the 1994 cartoon film from Disney. But does that nostalgia translate to the theatrical adaptation from 1997? Based on Friday’s packed audience at the Auditorium Theatre, it seems that way.
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RBTL announces 2019-20 season
Next season’s lineup features seven award-winning shows, including “Come From Away,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” and “Dear Evan Hansen.” Disney’s “The Lion King” will also return for a three-week run.
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Theater review: ‘Les Misérables’
Fresh off a two-and-a-half year Broadway revival, RBTL’s current season special, the national tour of “Les Misérables,” features an inimitable cast. Every lead performer is precise, nailing the well-known characters they are portraying.
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RBTL by the river: the next big thing
Moving RBTL’s theater from Parcel 5 to the riverside solves some problems, opens up new opportunities, and raises questions.
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RBTL theater site moves to the riverfront
The Rochester Broadway Theatre League will get its new theater, if its fundraising is successful. But it won’t be on Parcel 5. It’ll be by the river, part of a large, $250 million multi-use complex on the site of the former Radisson Riverside Hotel on East Main Street, across the street from the Riverside Convention Center.
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New RBTL theater could boost all arts venues, consultant says
A new report suggests that a new larger theater for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League can have a positive economic impact on other city arts venues. City officials commissioned the report from AMS Planning and Research, an arts and entertainment consulting firm, to study the new theater’s financial impact on existing arts organizations. Though the […]
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RBTL announces 2018-19 season
Hundreds of attendees made their way through slushy streets and windy snow Wednesday night for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League’s 2018-19 season announcement. All seven of the shows are Broadway crowd-pleasers; the sort of shows most theater-loving folks have already seen in New York City.
