Talk of a new performing arts center, of course, has been around for decades. But politics and finances have prevented a project from ever getting off the ground.
Rochester Broadway Theatre League
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Feedback 4/29
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The war on Earth
Despite the environmental history of their political party, Republican candidates are denying the need for strong climate-change efforts.
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More and more theaters
Building or renovating performing arts venues is just the first step. To keep them going takes big endowments, ticket sales, fundraising.
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RBTL announces 2015-16 season
The Rochester Broadway Theatre League announced its 2015-16 season Wednesday evening. The energetic six-show lineup opens with “Newsies” on October 6, and includes “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” “Matilda” on its first U.S. tour, the soulful “Motown,” and “White Christmas” making a holiday appearance. “Dirty Dancing” will end the season beginning May 10, 2016. Also […]
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Theater Review: RBTL presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”
The Rochester Broadway Theatre League opened its 2014-15 season Tuesday night with the first performance of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” The popular biblical musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice (their first major collaboration together), takes its inspiration from the Book of Genesis, telling the story of a […]
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Feedback 6/4
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Rochester wants money to study theater
The City of Rochester is asking the state for $270,000 to study the possibility of building a new performing arts center downtown. Mayor Lovely Warren says that the city has applied for funding through the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council. The city would contribute $30,000 toward the study. The study would look at the […]
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ARTS: RBTL announces 2014-15 season
The Rochester Broadway Theatre League unveiled its 2014-15 season Wednesday night. The new season definitely highlights the “Broadway” part of the RBTL’s title, as all six shows are major musical-theater hits of Broadway’s past and present. The six-show season subscription includes: –“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (November 11-16), Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s […]
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More local boys (and girls) done good
Rochester is definitely a town with a longstanding music and theater culture. With numerous area schools offering high-level music and theater programs, and many community-theater groups, it has been a training ground for a surprising number of actors who have gone on to fame on Broadway and in Hollywood. We’ve produced some actors who went […]
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PAC fever
Just what role Monroe County would play in terms of a downtown performing arts center is unclear. Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren says she has spoken to Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks about helping fund a downtown arts center, and that Brooks is open to the possibility. But a Brooks spokesperson says that without an actual […]
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Theater Review: RBTL’s “Sister Act: The Musical”
“Raise Your Voice” is the penultimate song of the first act of “Sister Act: The Musical.” It gives audiences everything they’re looking for in a stage show based on “Sister Act,” the surprisingly popular 1992 comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg. There are quirky nuns adorably learning how to sing, uplifting spiritual songs, and plentiful joyful […]
