A darkened, hushed theater has therapeutic qualities. If the show is compelling, it’s a place where troubles of the week can be left behind as the drama unfolding onstage transports the audience to a different reality. This was a good week for theater, and an even better week to see “Mother (and me),” which runs […]
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Theater review: “Finding Neverland”
Adapted from the 2004 film about writer J.M. Barrie’s inspiration behind his famous creation, Peter Pan, “Finding Neverland” is currently on stage at RBTL’s Auditorium Theatre
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Theater review: “Church and State”
JCC CenterStage
opened its 40th season doing what Ralph Meranto
does best: producing a new national work, with local actors, for local
audiences.
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Something for everyone
Geva opened its 2016-17 season with the comedy.
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You do the maths
The touring production of the Tony-winning Broadway hit opened at RBTL this week
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Theater review: “Assassins” at Blackfriars
There really
isn’t a moral to the story. And it doesn’t need one. “Assassins” is part history
lesson, part black comedy, and wholly enjoyable.
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Theater review: “Heathers” at Blackfriars
“Heathers”
is a dark, divinely good time — truly an exclamation point on the end of
Hoskins’ first season with Blackfriars.
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Theater review: “The May Queen” at Geva
Molly Smith Metzler’s tragicomedy “The May Queen” made its debut in 2014 as a commission from the Chautauqua Theater Company. It has always been a compelling work, but a lot has changed since its inception. For one thing, the playwright (originally from Kingston, New York) has moved to Los Angeles and joined the writing team […]
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Theater review: “The Book of Love” at DCT
Every romantic relationship has a life cycle consisting of several stages. Often, it looks something like attraction, romance, commitment, reality, recommitment (or severance). For anyone who’s been in a long-term relationship, it’s a familiar pattern. The relatable factor of relationships is exactly what Oliver Blatt capitalizes on in his original musical, “The Book of Love,” […]
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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 […]
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Theater review: “Other Desert Cities” at the JCC
“Other Desert Cities” is a great example of the powerful family dramas that regularly win over audiences. But those plays only work if the actors are effective.
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Theater review: “The Seafarer” at MuCCC
Each March brings the annual Irish Players of Rochester production, and this year the group has chosen a modern day comedy with a Mephistophelean twist. “The Seafarer,” which opened this weekend at MuCCC, is categorized as “an Irish comedy with tragic possibilities.” Essentially, it’s a black comedy with plenty of humor on morbid or weighty […]
