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Wednesday, February 6,2013
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Do the Locomotion

Two Trains Running continues the annual run of August Wilson productions at Syracuse Stage

By James MacKillop
Some of the puzzles in Two Trains Running are immediately open to us now. As this is the seventh Syracuse Stage production from August Wilson’s...
Wednesday, January 30,2013
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Southern Discomfort

Ithaca’s Kitchen Theatre Company hosts the area premiere of the unusual Civil War drama The Whipping Man

By James MacKillop
Among the many provocative questions Matthew Lopez’s The Whipping Man asks is, “Were there enough Jewish Negroes at the end of the Confederacy to form a minyan?” That is, a minimum
Wednesday, January 23,2013
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Good Grief

The Redhouse offers the edgy dark comedies Baltimore Waltz and W;t in repertory

By James MacKillop
We thought we knew what dark comedy is. The audience is supposed to squirm, feel a bit uneasy and then smile with teeth clenched. Redhouse director Stephen Svoboda wants you to know that even in
Wednesday, January 16,2013
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Cheatin’ Hearts

By James MacKillop
Adultery is usually a risky if exhilarating business, especially for persons in elected office. Eliot Spitzer and John Edwards could fill you in on all the details. Across the pond the sexual mi
Wednesday, January 2,2013
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Seasons of Showboating

Seasons of Showboating

By James MacKillop
Top among the 2012 highlights in local theater included: Local actor makes it big, No. 1. Kentucky-born Steve Kazee was languishing...
Wednesday, December 12,2012
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Classic Reillustrated

The 1939 Kaufman-Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner merits a spirited revival from Central New York Playhouse

By James MacKillop
Dan Rowlands is a young director who is never shackled by history. A year ago last summer for Appleseed Productions he clasped onto Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic and Old Lace, arguably the mo
Wednesday, December 5,2012
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Irving Avenue

The classic songbook of Irving Berlin dominates Syracuse Stage’s lavish production of White Christmas

By James MacKillop
Everyone refers to the current show at Syracuse Stage as White Christmas, but the title on the playbill puts the composer’s name first: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. This is not merely
Wednesday, December 5,2012
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Size Matters

Cato’s Krystal Scott commands the stage for the Redhouse’s nostalgic musical satire Hairspray

By James MacKillop
Since taking over as artistic director at the Redhouse nearly two years ago, Stephen Svoboda has established several reliable patterns. One is that he will not be limited by the intimate size of t
Wednesday, December 5,2012
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Witch Way Is Up?

The land of Oz goes topsy-turvy in Famous Artists’ revival of Wicked

By James MacKillop
Not all repeat business is the same. Heart-swelling fans have always flocked back to shows they flat-out love, like Peter Pan, Cats or The Fastasticks. An informal intermission survey of your reviewer
Wednesday, November 28,2012
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Sweet Dreamer

By James MacKillop
A few local performers are so embedded in roles that they can’t wear them out. Frank Fiumano as Albin/Zaza in La Cage aux Folles comes instantly to mind, as does Bill Molesky’s Scrooge in Di
 
 
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