RCP’s commitment to the plays of Conor McPherson continues with the odd, endearing, and dark “The Night Alive,” which runs through April 8.
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A new production of ‘The Tempest’ in ASL and English goes beyond translation
In Rochester Community Players’ “The Tempest,” American Sign Language tells more of the story than in previous plays featuring deaf actors.
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Calendar preview: A summer switcheroo
This week’s mix of live, streamed, and drive-through socials, concerts, garden tours, theater, and talks give you options to stay in or venture out responsibly.
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WallByrd flies the coop
Virginia Monte and her theater company, WallByrd, have produced successful, unique interpretations of classic theater works. The group is now preparing for an exciting 2017
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Theater Review: “The Field” at MuCCC
Anti-heroes are all the rage. But before Tony Soprano, Walter White, and Frank Underwood, there was Bull McCabe. He is the definitive 20th-century anti-hero: a rugged farmer, a loving father, a brutish bully who stops at nothing to establish his empire of acreage. McCabe is the force behind John B. Keane’s 1965 rural Irish drama, […]
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David reviews “SaMe SeX sHaKeSpEaRe” 2014
The Rochester Shakespeare Players’ "SaMeSeXsHaKeSpEaRe" was a hit at last year’s festival, and if you’ve ever wanted to see Macbeth in a red power suit and heels, or Hamlet as the original emo teen, you have one more chance to see the 2014 edition, on September 26. This is a nicely paced, 45-minute tour through […]
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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
When Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” first printed in 1600, it was already a hit; the title page noted that it had been “sundry times publickely acted” before then. After a 1662 performance, Samuel Pepys described it in his diary as “the most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw.” But that’s a minority opinion: […]
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Theater Review: “The Winter’s Tale” by Rochester Community Players
Part domestic tragedy, part raucous comedy, mostly improbable fairy tale, “The Winter’s Tale” is one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing and confounding works. Rochester Community Players’ production of the show, running until the end of this month, is a well-conceived take on a play seldom seen but definitely worth seeing. As “The Winter’s Tale” begins, Leontes, […]
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Theater Review: Irish Players’ “Shining City” at MuCCC
The Irish Players’ “Shining City” is described as “an Irish ghost story for today,” but it’s not a shivers-around-the-campfire kind of ghost story, nor is it full of banshees or other Celtic heebie-jeebies. There is a ghost in it, or something described as a ghost, but Conor McPherson’s play is something more subtle and more […]
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“Julius Caesar”
The current production of “Julius Caesar” at MuCCC marks two milestones for Rochester Community Players and its Shakespeare Players shingle. It is the start of the 20th season for the Shakespeare Players. (It’s worth noting that the company’s Shakespeare offerings have only increased in recent years, including the return of its Shakespeare for Young Audiences […]
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“Twelfth Night”
The combination of Shakespeare, a warm summer night, a lovely green space, fireflies, and a bottle of wine (well, not if you’re reviewing, of course) has been a popular one in Rochester for 17 years, thanks to the Rochester Community Players. The group’s Shakespeare Players shingle presents the Bard’s works throughout the year, but it’s […]
