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...
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
