Perhaps the greatest curtain raiser in Broadway history as well as a
show-biz anthem, “Another Op’nin’, Another Show” also kicks off the
summer season at Auburn’s Merry-Go
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Wednesday, June 6,2012
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A Really Big Shrew
Cole Porter mixes music with Shakespeare for Merry-Go-Round’s season opener Kiss Me, Kate
Wednesday, June 6,2012
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Senior Moments
Two aging widows are linked in unusual ways for Kitchen Theatre’s romantic musical comedy Waiting for Spring
In the Syracuse New Times beat, no original playwright commands
more attention than artistic director Rachel Lampert of Ithaca’s
Kitchen Theatre Company. Writers of interactive comedies might
Wednesday, May 30,2012
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Generation Gapped
Family members experience war and sacrifice in the unusual time-spanning musical John and Jen
From The Fantasticks through West Side Story, we
get an idea of what the stage musical is supposed to be: boy-meets-girl,
complications, yadda-yadda. Well, forget it. In Andrew Lippa’s
grou
Tuesday, May 15,2012
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Heavens Below
Encore Productions brings the kitchen cutups of Church Basement Ladies to an inspired location
At a time when several community theater companies are wringing their
hands in search of new venues, Steve and Marguerite Beebe’s Encore
Productions...
Tuesday, May 15,2012
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PEANUTS to You
Not Another Theater Company’s new take on Charlie Brown offers fast-moving fun
Director-conductor Colin Keating made a smashing local debut with his handling of the beguiling pocket musical A Year With Frog and Toad last spring...
Wednesday, May 9,2012
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The Long Goodbye
A slow death equals big laughs in the Redhouse’s pitch-black comedy Vigil
The most indelible image from actress Kathy Bates’ career comes from the 1990 movie Misery, where she’s the crazed fan and James Caan is the bedridden victim. In Morris Panych’s Vigil,
Wednesday, May 9,2012
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For Whom the Belle Tolls
Kate Huddleston’s powerhouse turn as Amanda Wingfield dominates Appleseed’s take on Tennessee Williams’ memoir The Glass Menagerie
The years have been kind to actress Kate Huddleston, one of the youngest people ever to get a Syracuse New Times
Syracuse Area Live Theater (SALT) Lifetime Achievement Award. As the
decades unfold
Wednesday, May 2,2012
WHAT'S SHAKIN'
WHAT'S SHAKIN'
West-Case Scenario
Bill West, the culture polymath who died at age 74 on April 24, left a
wide wake.
Wednesday, May 2,2012
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Shakes It Up
Casting innovations and fast pacing spark SU Drama’s revival of the Bard’s As You Like It
Shakespeare’s sunniest comedy and one of his two most reliable laugh-getters, As You Like It never suffers from neglect.
Wednesday, April 25,2012
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Syracuse Stage's The Brothers Size
In an unusually useful program note, Syracuse Stage producing artistic director Tim Bond tells us why the final production, The Brothers Size,
breaks rank with the rest of the season’s offerings
