As we settle into an extended period of isolation, PUSH Physical Theatre is helping assuage loneliness by creating instructional videos about what they do best — using athleticism, simple gestures, and soulful artistry to tell a story.
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Fringe Festival reports record attendance
The annual festival expanded to 12 days this year.
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Intimacy director defines consent on stage
J.C. “Jace” Meyer-Crosby is an intimacy director, working to establish a safe, respectful, and creative environment for scenes that require close physical contact between performers. It’s a relatively new term in the arts world, let alone locally.
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Memorial Saturday for Rochester theater icon Barbara Biddy
Biddy was co-founder and artistic director of the Shipping Dock Theatre. Her life and work will be commemorated on Saturday with a service that’s open to the public.
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Theater review: ‘Revival: The Resurrection of Son House’
Blues artist, son of a preacher, steel worker, farmer, husband, alcoholic, and one of the first black musicians to make a record in the United States. While these words all apply to Eddie “Son” House, they don’t begin to tell his story the way Geva’s latest world premiere, “Revival: The Resurrection of Son House,” does.
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Nazareth College Arts Center promises variety in 2019-20 season
No two events are the same in the forthcoming season at the Nazareth College Arts Center. The 2019-20 season boasts a variety of entertainers from many different artistic disciplines, and with a wide swathe of cultural perspectives.
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Theater preview: ‘Things Went Horribly Wrong’
The first staging of New York City-based playwright Sarita Covington’s new work, “Things Went Horribly Wrong,” will be performed in Rochester this week. The production closes out The Avenue Blackbox Theatre’s inaugural season, and each performance is paired with a Long Table Conversation.
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Theater review: ‘The Royale’
Based on a true story and set in 1905, the plot follows Jay “The Sport” Jackson, a black boxer who wants to become the heavyweight champion of the world, and challenges the current titleholder — a white man — to come out of retirement for the fight of the decade.
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Downstairs Cabaret Theatre announces spring program
DCT’s spring program features four shows, including war dramas and a prison-escape caper. The theater will also continue its Rochester Folkus series of singer-songwriters.
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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: ‘Indecent’
Like the play it’s about, “Indecent” is a challenge to produce onstage. There are several difficult intimacy levels that require true professionalism, and sensitive subject matter including anti-Semitism and homophobia. But it lands well, under meticulous and caring direction, at JCC CenterStage.
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Theater review: ‘Mauritius’
A play about stamp collecting doesn’t seem particularly gripping, in theory. But when the story also includes a true crime feel and comes from the pen of playwright and proven mystery writer Theresa Rebeck, things get interesting.
