Posts By James MacKillop
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3.8KArtsFast and furious farce opens Syracuse Stage season
Far from being mindless, what Syracuse Stage's "Noises Off" has to say about vanity and art resonates deeply. The show runs through...
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3.5KArtsMurder most fun in lively revival of ‘The Mousetrap’ at CNY Playhouse
There’ll be none of that “Shh-shh, don’t tell” business. Under Dan Stevens’ direction, the cast of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap (through Sept....
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2.8KArtsTwo-man show provides whodunit hilarity at Auburn’s MGR playhouse
Savor for a moment the paradox in the title of Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair’s musical comedy Murder for Two, running through...
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2.5KArtsCortland Rep performers keep their own flare during swizzle-stick nostalgia
The summer shows from Cortland Repertory Theatre are coming to a close with The Rat Pack Lounge, a musical salute to the...
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3.6KArtsUnusual productions on tap for the upcoming CNY theater season
The upcoming stage season features plays with short titles (Elf), plays with long titles (Jackie Sibbles Drury’s new work has 26 words)...
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2.9KArtsAmateur divorcee detectives shine in comedic ‘Women in Jeopardy!’
Cortland Repertory Theatre continues its summer with the company’s annual female-centered comedy. Last year it was an obscurity, Katherine DiSalvino’s Nana’s Naughty Knickers. This year’s choice,...
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5.8KArtsRoller disco boogies abound in swirling ‘Xanadu’ at Ithaca theater
The time of roller disco, legwarmers, rainbows and unicorns may not have lasted long, but it continues to be celebrated in popular culture as if...
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3.0KArtsCNY Playhouse’s ‘It’s Only a Play’ portrays comical backstage cattiness
There’s plenty of comedy to chew on with It’s Only a Play from playwright Terrence McNally, who arguably ranks among our top...
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3.1KArtsIrving Berlin’s classic Jukebox takes the stage in Auburn with ‘Holiday Inn’
Music from the golden age of pre-rock composers is still played all the time, but many of the best numbers are buried...
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4.4KArtsClassics reillustrated with new flourishes in Cortland and Ithaca
“Our Town” Cortland Repertory Theatre artistic director Kerby Thompson prerecorded his curtain speech for Thornton Wilder’s Our Town (running through Saturday, Aug....
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3.7KArtsGlimmerglass Festival operas include a grim fairy tale and wartime horrors
It’s our classiest cultural commute: Cooperstown’s world-class Glimmerglass Festival is the only venue under a two-hour drive from most parts of Onondaga...
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2.9KArtsFrom Sizzling Schwarz To Austen’s Power
Pippin A massive hit in 1972 and the 34th longest-running Broadway musical of all time, Stephen Schwartz’s Tony Award-winning Pippin has been...
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4.6KArtsStandout cast lends powerful voices to CNY Playhouse’s ‘Rock of Ages’
Jukebox musicals allow fans to revisit the past without mawkish nostalgia or sneering camp. Chris D’Arienzo’s cleverly put-together Rock of Ages, which runs through July 28...
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2.9KArtsCortland Repertory’s ‘Newsies’ brings showmanship to gritty history
Getting the flop Walt Disney film Newsies (1992) on the musical stage was a two-decade-long struggle for prolific composer Alan Menken. Although often placed in the...
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3.9KArtsClassic work ‘Chicago’ takes Ithaca’s Hangar Theatre stage
Turning from a new tuner with the world premiere of Anne of Green Gables this week at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse to an old-school classic, director Michael Barakiva’s rowdy...
