All posts tagged "Arts"
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4.5KArtsStandout 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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3.8KArtsClassic 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...
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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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13.5KArtsNYS Blues Festival 2018 (photos)
The 2018 New York State Blues Festival kicked-off in downtown Syracuse on Thursday, June 28. More than 20 blues bands took to the...
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3.1KArtArtRage Gallery show ‘Discord & Dissent’ satirizes contemporary politics
The 2016 presidential campaign has inspired a wave of media coverage including books, panel discussions on television and radio, and essays analyzing the viability of our...
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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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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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4.2KArtsSpark Art Space Starts IndieGoGo Campaign
For 20 years, Spark Contemporary Art Space has hosted music and visual art events for the community to share their creations. Now...
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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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4.5KArtsSammys Mark Silver Anniversary
Despite a furious nor’easter that dumped a foot of snow on Central New York last week, more than 600 die-hard music fans...
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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...
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6.0KCover StoryStacey Waterman
The local music production manager will be inducted into the Sammys Hall of Fame
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5.5KArtsJukin’ Bone Rocks On With Reunion Album
Jukin’ Bone has crossed the big one off its bucket list. Long considered the top live band to come out of Central...
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3.4KArtsDramatic Fireworks Highlight Syracuse Stage’s Raisin D’etre
Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is one of the best-known and most often-studied American plays of the last 60 years,...
