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A CHORUS LINE O'Connell & Company/Ken-Ton Elmwood Commons
“A Chorus Line” is a theatrical cliché and a classic show.
Oct 18, 2021, 01:22
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ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT The Brazen-Faced Varlets/Alleyway Theatre
Just another woman in peril story, you know women who are threatened by men, basically because they are female and the men have plans for them.
That’s not what Shirley Lauro’s “All Through the Night” is about.
Oct 15, 2021, 11:00
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TO THE NEW GIRL FROM THE FORMER MRS.____: Sound advice for my husband's new wife or mistress First Look Buffalo & The New Phoenix Theatreu
Samantha Macher’s “To The New Girl from the former Mrs.___: Sound Advice for my husband’s new wife or mistress” sometimes seems like a theatrical audition.
That’s performers seeking a role who have their audition piece and a few minutes on stage to demonstrate their skill.
Sep 30, 2021, 12:09
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CAMELOT MusicalFare Theatre/Daemen College
When my parents saw the opening night of Lerner & Loewe’s “Camelot” in Toronto a long time ago, it ran 4 ½ hours.
The “re-imagined” new production at MusicalFare runs about 2 ½ hours.
Sep 24, 2021, 17:26
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FROM HONKY TONK TO PROTEST: A Woman's View of Country Music Kavinoky Theatre
Just think about it: Isn’t the image of country music a bunch of White guys in Stetsons, colorful suits, impenetrable accents from somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line and fiddles?
Loraine O’Donnell from Boonville, New York in the Adirondacks would deeply, musically disagree.
Sep 17, 2021, 14:33
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WHITE RABBIT RED BABBIT Alleyway Theatre
Nassim Soleimanpour’s “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” is a truly unusual piece of theater.
Sep 16, 2021, 12:15
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SPEED OF DARK American Repertory Theatre of WNY/Compass Performing Arts Center
Mark Humphrey is taking a new look at an old American institution, the sundown town, in “Speed of Dark.”
That’s a community where if you are Black, you better be out of town by sundown, with North Tonawanda said to be on the list.
Sep 16, 2021, 12:08
Press Releases
This Exhibition focuses on Abstract Art and the Cubist Movement.
This Exhibition focuses on Abstract Art and the Cubist Movement.
"Cubism is not a reality you can take in your hand. It's more like a perfume, in front of you, behind you, to the sides, the scent is everywhere but you don't quite know where it comes from." -Pablo Picasso
Jul 30, 2021, 15:11
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LOVE, LINDA: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter MusicalFare Theatre/Daemen College
Every marriage is a mystery and the divorce rate suggests often a mystery to its partners.
The marriage of Cole Porter and Linda Lee Thomas ranks among the most mysterious.
Jul 2, 2021, 17:23
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KENNEDY: Bobby's Last Crusade O'Connell & Company virtually
Early morning June 5, 1968, I got up to head down the hall to the bathroom of our family home and noticed the lights were on in our TV room.
That was strange because I had gone to sleep after Robert Kennedy claimed victory in the California presidential primary and announced: “On to Chicago.”
Jun 28, 2021, 12:58
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BUFFALO QUICKIES 2021 Alleyway Theatre on Main StreetQab>
There are always those conversations about people going to shows at the Shaw Festival or the Stratford Shakespeare Festival about going on the trek.
I don’t ever remember when going to a show in the Theatre District became a trek.
Jun 25, 2021, 14:21
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FOXFINDER virtual The New Phoenix in the Park
Dawn King’s “Foxfinder” is a look at paranoia on both sides of social division, a clash between a dominant leadership group and the staunch yeomen who feed the cities.
May 5, 2021, 11:33
Politics
We must support unendorsed and independent candidates
Controlling your representation is where equality reins
“We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” ― Thomas Jefferson
Apr 28, 2021, 17:46
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THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING Irish Classical Theatre Company/virtual
This is a time of death, as the long COVID pandemic continues to expand its toll.
Joan Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking,” is about a personal time of death, husband, daughter and endless time in hospitals.
Apr 14, 2021, 13:06
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BEAU JEST virtual Jewish Repertory Theatre
Parents and children are an inevitable source of scripts for theater because we all have memories of what happened at all ages.
Mar 24, 2021, 12:43
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