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RETURN TO SEYMOUR STREET New O'Connell & Company Theatre
In a winter where the snowdrifts just seem to constantly re-appear, why not a play set in an ethnic neighborhood in the middle of winter with an old family house bedeviled by ghosts?
Jan 27, 2023, 17:34
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Lancaster Opera House presents CLUE
The Lancaster Opera House announces its upcoming production of Clue, which opens on February 24, 2023, and runs through March 12, 2023, with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm; and Sundays at 2:30 pm. Tickets are $27 for adults, $25 for seniors (62 and above), and $15 for students. The theater is located at 21 Central Avenue, Lancaster, NY 14086.
Jan 25, 2023, 16:38
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THE MAI Andrews Theatre/Irish Classical Theatre Company
At the heart of the luxury home in Marina Carr’s “The Mai,” is an illusory large window looking out across an Irish lake.
After seeing the show, scenic designer Collin Ranney should have added a laundry basket and a clothesline because of the degree of family dirty laundry scattered through Carr’s script.
Jan 25, 2023, 10:46
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ALLEYWAY THEATRE ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERE OF THE ALEPH COMPLEX
Alleyway Theatre kicks off the second half of its season with a fantastical new drama about the power of human connection. THE ALEPH COMPLEX, by Deborah Yarchun, is the latest recipient of Alleyway’s Maxim Mazumdar New Play Award. The new play is directed by Robyn Lee Horn and will begin previews February 10, with an opening night set for February 15. Playwright Yarchun will be featured in conversation with Horn following Pay What You Can Previews on February 12 and 14.
Jan 24, 2023, 15:12
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STOMP Out Hunger with Shea’s Buffalo Theatre and FeedMore WNY
STOMP has made it its mission to partner with food banks across the country to STOMP Out Hunger. The show began its quest to reduce hunger in North America with a partnership with Philabundance, the Philadelphia region’s largest hunger relief organization, in December of 2007. The producers were looking for a way to give back to the community and with the timing of the holidays the partnership was a natural one. However, due to the current economic climate including high unemployment rates and state budget cuts, hunger organizations have seen an overwhelming demand for food assistance. As such, STOMP has dedicated itself to bringing attention to the heightened needs of food charities across the country all year round by sponsoring canned food drives and donating ticket proceeds in as many cities as possible.
Jan 23, 2023, 16:36
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LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL Daemen University/MusicalFare Theatre
Since Lanie Robertson’s “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” opened an unbelievably long run nearly four decades ago in a long-gone theater on Franklin Street, the show has surfaced occasionally, often with Joyce Carolyn as doomed singer Billie Holiday.
Jan 19, 2023, 17:21
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FIRST LOOK BUFFALO’S INAUGURAL SEASON CONTINUES WITH LETS PLAY HOUSE: EIGHT SHORT PLAYS. ONE EMPTY HOUSE.
First Look Buffalo Theatre Company, dedicated to the development and production of new plays, presents LET’S PLAY HOUSE: EIGHT SHORT PLAYS. ONE EMPTY HOUSE. This production features eight short world premiere plays that all take place in the same setting, an empty house.
Jan 19, 2023, 11:41
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Stage IV Lung Cancer Survivor Releases Book On Faith & Evangelism
BUFFALO (January 17, 2023) – Stage IV lung cancer survivor Pamela Walck is celebrating the release of her new book, Bridge of Love: 30 True Stories of Faith in Action, available through online retailers Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million and Walmart.
Walck’s book includes stories about her life, including finding her father dead, battling Crohn’s disease, and becoming a Christian. The book details her many evangelistic encounters with people of various faiths and no faith at all, as she attempts to tell them about the life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Walck, who lives near Buffalo, New York, says the book is “about faith and evangelism.” Despite the many hardships life has thrown at her, she perseveres in telling others about having a relationship with God.
Jan 18, 2023, 08:51
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Shea’s Performing Arts Center Announces 2023 Spring and Summer Camps
Buffalo, NY, January 17, 2023 – Shea’s Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce Shea’s 2023 Spring and Summer Camps. Students of all ages will have the opportunity to train in acting, dance, singing, and writing with three different camps: Sing Your Story, Stories of Motion, Shea's Summer Musical Theatre Intensive, The Actor's Edge Summer Theatre Intensive, and Comedy Connections.
Jan 17, 2023, 17:15
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Tuesdays with Morrie
Running February 2-26, 2023
Based on the 2006 best-selling memoir, Tuesdays with Morrie is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie’s appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life.
Jan 17, 2023, 16:24
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Collaboration the key in addressing recent snow storm and blizzard
As we all know, our region recently dealt with two major winter weather events as Mother Nature hit Erie County hard in November with a major snow storm and then again last month with the terrible Christmas Blizzard of 2022. While much has been said about the impact of both, and the history books will certainly provide great detail about the devastating blizzard, I am proud of the collaboration that took place throughout the county. We coordinated a response that eventually grew to include thousands of workers and hundreds of pieces of equipment of all types that assisted hard-hit communities.
Jan 13, 2023, 16:03
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CHARLES DICKENS' GREAT EXPECTATIONS Andrews Theatre/Irish Classical Theatre Company
Charles Dickens is known as a novelist, this time of year for “A Christmas Carol.”
But, he was a keen social critic, based on his own poverty-stricken family roots and their time in debtors prison.
Dec 1, 2022, 08:06
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Victoria Pérez Named the Interim Director of Arts Engagement and Education at Shea's Performing Arts Center
Buffalo, NY | November 30, 2022 – Shea’s Performing Arts Center announces today Victoria Pérez has been named the Interim Director of Arts Engagement and Education.
Nov 30, 2022, 09:32
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GUARDS AT THE TAJ Road Less Traveled Productions/RLTP Theatre
If you’re in a government position of power, you may feel you need the odd bodyguard or two.
If you’re a president, a king, an emperor or a dictator, you know you need a bodyguard.
Nov 20, 2022, 22:19
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BEEHIVE Daemen University/MusicalFare Theatre
All the way through “Beehive,” I kept expecting Jeff Kaye’s ghost to come onto the MusicalFare stage.
He was the DJ of my youth, here and in Boston in the period of the Sixties rhythmically portrayed in this jukebox musical.
Nov 12, 2022, 17:18
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