All posts tagged "stage"
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2.8KArtsFrom 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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4.5KArtsStandout 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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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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3.2KStageA Shakespearean Summer: 12 venues for live theater in CNY
Our special Summer Times edition hit the stands in mid-June, and we stuffed it with every venue and directory we could think...
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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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4.4KArtsGrandmaster 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...
