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Wednesday, July 18,2012
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Cats

By James MacKillop
The kitty city of Cats comes to life in Cortland Repertory’s spirited musical
Wednesday, July 11,2012
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Hound of the Baskervilles

By James MacKillop
Three actors tackle many roles in the Sherlock Holmes send-up Hound of the Baskervilles
Wednesday, July 11,2012
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Mrs. Mannerly

By James MacKillop
The teacher-pupil dynamic is upended in Jeffrey Hatcher’s comic memoir Mrs. Mannerly
Tuesday, July 3,2012
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Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5: The Musical

By James MacKillop
Dolly Parton is famous for two things. (No, not those anatomical peaks, but we’ll get back to them.)
Wednesday, June 27,2012
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Lube Job

Cortland Repertory’s Grease offers a slick mix of rockin’ licks and nostalgic kicks

By James MacKillop
If the 30 or so most popular musicals, Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s Grease is the most changeable. Older shows, like Anything Goes...
Wednesday, June 20,2012
WHAT'S SHAKIN'

The Pitch Seeks Its Niche

By James MacKillop
Merry-Go-Round producing director Ed Sayles said part of the inspiration for his new summer theater series called “The Pitch,” a collection of new plays and musicals presented each weeke
Wednesday, June 20,2012
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The Lehrer Report

The greatest hits of longtime satirist Tom Lehrer are still fresh and funny in the Appleseed musical Tomfoolery

By James MacKillop
Yes, songster, satirist and mathematics professor Tom Lehrer is still alive. He’s 84 now, or 29 degrees in Celsius...
Wednesday, June 20,2012
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Crossdressed to Impress

Frank Fiumano, Bob Brown and gorgeous costumes spark TheaterFirst’s happy revival of La Cage aux Folles

By James MacKillop
The new mounting of La Cage aux Folles, the initial outing of TheaterFirst Productions at the State Fairgrounds’ New Times Theater, comes with 103 original...
Wednesday, June 13,2012
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Just Say Go!

Cortland Repertory kicks off the summer with The Ladies Man, a fast, furious Feydeau farce

By James MacKillop
Georges Feydeau (1862-1921), that prince of farceurs, lives on more in citation than production. For door-slamming comedies of sexual surprise...
Wednesday, June 13,2012
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A Pew Good Men

Christian pop rockers are satirized in the sinfully amusing musical Altar Boyz

By James MacKillop
With the premiere of Altar Boyz at the Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St., we now see how Ed Sayles’ much-heralded Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival is going to draw...
 
 
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