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Reviews
THE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE Road Less Traveled Productions/RLTP Theatre
As playwright Madeleine George makes clear, there are a lot of Watsons in the real and fictional worlds.
Apr 25, 2024, 18:06
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THE PRICE Andrews Theatre/Irish Classical Theatre Company
Since the earliest iterations of what became theater, family machinations have been a central plot element.
Apr 24, 2024, 21:13
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GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL D'Youville Kavinoky Theatre
“Gutenberg! The Musical” is a funny and well-done desperate and dramatic money quest about the guy usually given credit for creating modern printing in the West.
Apr 23, 2024, 12:46
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THE WHITE DEVIL Compass Performing Arts Center/American Repertory Theatre of WNY
The playwrights of late Elizabethan England were fascinated with Italy.
Apr 23, 2024, 12:40
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CROWNS Daemen University/MusicalFare Theatre
“Crowns” is a musical example of social anthropology.
Apr 19, 2024, 14:39
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A PITCH FROM SATCHEL PAIGE African American Cultural Center/Paul Robeson Theatre
Slavery and racism are so thoroughly part of American history, it’s often hard to piece out segments.
Apr 10, 2024, 21:42
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PRELUDE TO A KISS Allendale Theatre/Bellissima Productions
The plot gimmick in Craig Lucas’ “Prelude to a Kiss” is one used in many movies, plays and TV shows.
It still works.
Mar 20, 2024, 14:54
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BUFFALO QUICKIES Alleyway Theatre Cabaret
“Buffalo Quickies” is a rite of the spring theater season and has been for 33 years.
Mar 19, 2024, 12:42
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HAMLET Compass Performing Arts Center/Brazen-Faced Varlets
It’s no secret how “Hamlet” winds up, only how many bodies will be on stage when the curtain drops.
Mar 12, 2024, 20:27
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THE POLISH CLEANING LADY'S DAUGHTER African American Cultural Center/Paul Robeson Theatre
Buffalo is known for great architecture and the mansions along Delaware Avenue from the days when the Queen City was one of the richest in the world.
I’ve long been suspicious of that image since wages paid to the workers in the steel mills and the grain mills and on the railroads might have been kind of low.
Mar 11, 2024, 14:24
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