Posts By James MacKillop
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5.4KArts‘Anne of Green Gables’ makes world premiere at Auburn theater
Matte O’Brien and Matt Vinson are two young Americans who think the most famous of all Canadian novels, Anne of Green Gables (1908), is really...
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3.7KArtsHappy feet ignite Cortland Repertory’s funky flashback ‘Saturday Night Fever’
Disco died, but Saturday Night Fever still lives. It’s a paradox: Although a fashion moment, with bell-bottom pants and bright colors, fades away, one of...
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4.0KArtsStage shows swirl with twisted fairy tales and twisty romantic fare
Into the Woods After six years of turning its bustling Shoppingtown mall venue into an audience destination, artistic director Dustin Czarny’s Central New York Playhouse continues...
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3.0KArts‘Rough Crossing’ sails onto summer stage at Cortland Repertory
At Cortland Repertory, Tom Stoppard’s uproarious comedy Rough Crossing might fairly be described as little-known, yet its setting and premise are immediately familiar. We are on...
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3.5KStage‘Mamma Mia!’ kicks off summer season for Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
The biggest jukebox musical of them all has been drawing huge regional crowds for nearly two decades, but only with touring companies. That’s ABBA’s Mamma Mia!...
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4.3KArtsComedic gender-bending abounds in two recent Central New York plays
Matt & Ben Presented by Ithaca’s Kitchen Theatre Company Boys will be boys. Sometimes, these days, girls are also boys. So consider Mindy Kaling...
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4.7KArtsSU drama’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ brings laughs, musicality not seen in other renditions
University directors have to rely on the talent that happens to be at hand, and Director Brian Cimmet has all the right...
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3.1KStageMore tricks than treats in Syracuse Stage’s ‘The Magic Play’
Actor Brett Schneider likes to quote the 19th-century maestro Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin as saying, “A magician is an actor playing a magician.”...
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4.4KArtsGrandmaster flashiness dominates CNY Playhouse ‘Chess’ match play
We approach a cult musical differently from your garden-variety hit. With a hit like Guys and Dolls or South Pacific, we don’t expect surprises and...
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3.6KArtsNew Rarely Done Production show pays tribute to Broadway’s Stephen Schwartz
Along with being a Central New York premiere, this is the second-ever U.S. production of the show, titled "Defying Gravity."
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2.9KArts‘The Baltimore Waltz’ drama toes the line juxtaposing comedy and dread
The show is being performed by the Syracuse University Drama Department.
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3.4KArtsThree Fine Productions, One Final Weekend To Catch Them
A Few Good Men Earlier in this decade Central New York Playhouse’s predecessor, Not Another Theater Company, was establishing a network of performers as well...
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4.1KArtsFred Grandy’s Turn Highlights Smooth Revival Of On Golden Pond
An unexpected loud clatter punctuates the opening scene of Ernest Thompson’s domestic comedy On Golden Pond, running through Sunday, March 18, in...
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5.2KArtsThe Redhouse at City Center continues downtown Syracuse’s theater renaissance
There’s a new Syracuse name and location to learn: City Center, in the 400 block of South Salina Street. That’s what we...
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3.2KArtsAIDS-Era Play Recalls Growing Up Gay
Larry Kramer, now 82, is an American playwright and AIDS activist best known for his groundbreaking 1985 work The Normal Heart. In...
