When he graduated from Nazareth College in 2000, J.R. Teeter had already started a theater company, at least in name. For his senior thesis, he directed a play and gave the performers a name: Bread & Water Theater. Almost a decade and a half later, Bread & Water is still trying to give Rochester basic […]
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Needs no introduction(s)
One of the rules of Hollywood romantic-comedy has always been that “the boy” and “the girl” have got to “meet cute.” This weekend at RAPA, they will, three times over. The occasion is the latest production of Screen Plays: a triple bill of contemporary romantic comedies tied together by a theme. “It’s all about introductions,” […]
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This is our youth
If the theater lacks a young audience, it may be in part because young people don’t often see themselves portrayed realistically on stage. Spencer Christiano’s “Cow Town,” a new play opening this weekend at MuCCC, addresses that situation, holding a mirror up to modern behavior, good and bad. “Cow Town” is about … a lot […]
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“Coming Out at Caffé Cino”
When Joe Cino introduced performances at his Caffé Cino, he called out to the audience, “It’s magic time!” And the 1960’s at Caffé Cino were a magical time and place for experimental, politically radical theater. This tiny Greenwich Village venue was the birthplace of the Off-Off-Broadway movement, and the plays that Joe Cino produced there […]
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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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Stratford Festival
Assume you can manage one night at this summer’s Stratford Festival. Even then, it will be costly — B&B’s, the good restaurants, and tickets have risen dramatically in recent years. But if you’re willing to set the alarm for an ungodly hour to make the four-plus-hour drive in time, you can complete a four-play marathon. […]
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THEATER PREVIEW: 2013 Shaw Festival
How long can you call yourself The Shaw Festival if you do hardly any Shaw? For most of the last 30 of its more than 50 seasons, the Festival in nearby Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, has mounted a dozen plays, more or less, between April and late October, including three or four by George Bernard Shaw, and […]
