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MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES Road Less Traveled Productions/RLTP Theatre
There’s nothing like a real crime for the base of a fictional story.
It’s done on TV all of the time and certainly novels can tell a fictional version of a true story.
Oct 1, 2022, 20:41
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THE MAGNOLIA BALLET Alleyway Theatre
It was writer William Faulkner who commented “The past is not even past.”
Sep 28, 2022, 21:09
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CHURCH AND STATE School 77/Ujima Theatre
There is an entire stream of humor about politicians lying or at least not telling the truth.
Sep 22, 2022, 22:36
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DOUBT, A PARABLE
It’s not a secret that people in religious positions can take advantage of their roles for power or sex in life.
It runs across the religious spectrum.
Sep 20, 2022, 22:08
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NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Daemen University/MusicalFare Theatre
Opening shows of the theater season are fascinating, since they can set the tone for an individual company’s season and because there is more time than usual for rehearsal and there may be access to performers who aren’t available during much of the upcoming year.
Sep 18, 2022, 22:21
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THE PARADIGM BOMB 545 Elmwood/The Compass Performing Arts Center
For generations of bomb-throwing terrorists, the key question is: Will you actually do it?
Will it work?
Can you be forced to do it?
Sep 16, 2022, 13:29
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ROCK OF AGES Kavinoky Theatre
Do you remember the 80’s?
Do you remember the endless flows of shows about romance in Hollywood?
Sep 7, 2022, 01:06
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TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre/Shaw Festival
George Bernard Shaw was always a writer who believed if two words might pen his thoughts, three words would be better.
Sep 2, 2022, 14:09
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Curtain Up! Set For Friday, September 16th
We’re back! Curtain Up! 2022 Theatre District Association President Chris J Handley has announced plans for the event which will take place in Buffalo's historic Theatre District on Friday September 16, 2022. This will be the 41st annual celebration of the opening of Buffalo’s professional theatre season presented by Theatre District Association of Western New York and sponsored by M&T Bank. It is the first time back in person since 2019.
Aug 22, 2022, 10:09
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EVERYBODY Shaw Festival/Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre
So often, Death is regarded as the end of a long life, but a certain destination.
Think of Tod or Mort or Mors, words from multiple languages for the same thing.
Aug 16, 2022, 12:39
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EVERY LITTLE NOOKIE Studio Theatre/Stratford Festival
Everyone in the generation of children moving into the adult world knows they know more than their parents about almost everything, not just computers.
Ask them.
Aug 3, 2022, 23:11
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Shakespeare in Delaware Park
If you see a lot of classic Shakespeare, like the “Richard III” I saw at Stratford recently, you occasionally need the relaxation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Jul 31, 2022, 10:51
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ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Tom Patterson Theatre/Stratford Festival
Shakespeare is always said to speak to the ages, although many believe his time has passed.
Jul 29, 2022, 10:37
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RICHARD III Tom Patterson Theatre/Stratford Festival
Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is at the heart of the Stratford Festival: Alec Guinness as Richard Gloucester in the festival’s first season in a giant tent in 1953, to a wonderful production this year with Colm Feore in the new Tom Patterson Theatre.
Jul 26, 2022, 12:44
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LITTLE WOMEN Avon Theatre/Stratford Festival
At its heart, “Little Women” is a story about a mother and her four daughters trying to get by in wartime, with a husband and father who has left for the front lines to serve as a chaplain.
Jul 25, 2022, 10:26
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