In addition to entertaining audiences, thoughtful works of stage and screen usually have something to say about the human condition. It's fitting, then, that Blackfriars' current show, "According to Goldman" - a play that's all about movies and...
THEATER REVIEW: "Lipstick Massacre"
"Lipstick Massacre" is an original murder-mystery comedy written by Michael Steck, best known to Rochester audiences as drag queen Pandora Boxx. It's a frothy pastiche of several genres, including bawdy drag comedy, over-the-top soap opera, and...
Look out Lestat. Beware Edward Cullen and Bill Compton. A vampire rival has emerged, and he's gliding across the floorboards of Geva Theatre, fanged bared. As Dracula, the prototype for all of today's young vampiric upstarts, Darren Stevenson of...
THEATER REVIEW: "Speed the Plow"
David Mamet's 1988 play "Speed the Plow" is a profane, high-powered satire of the movie business and the unrelenting cynicism and underlying fear of those who pursue money and power at all costs. It takes an equally high-powered cast of three to...
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: The Next Stage
For nearly a decade, all eyes in the Rochester cultural scene were fixed on Renaissance Square, specifically on the performing arts center that was at one point a key component in the project. The initial plans called for multiple performance...
THEATER REVIEW: "The Clean House" at Geva
I love jokes. I love to listen to them and tell them. I especially like the way that something so quick and short establishes a believably unreal world that pops with the punch line. It creates its own kind of sense; we call it non-sense. So I...
Talk about tough shoes to fill. From the beginning, the great pianist Dave Brubeck's signature...
If you're crafty, you're already hard at work on the special holiday project of the season....
What child hasn't dreamed of flying, battling bad guys, and saving the world? Role-playing as...
Step right up to the greatest show in town: City Newspaper's Best of Rochester 2009! Every...
I was recently talking with a friend who, due to various schisms in his family, doesn't...
Recent Comments
Barb Healy said:
Loved the review, and had a similar response when I saw the show. PUSH are amazingly gifted performers, and Dracula was a fine vehicle to...
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Velma said:
The JCC should be applauded for bringing challenging theatre by contemporary masters to our local stage. David Mamet material is difficult for...
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Georgiana said:
I just saw this, and Rhiannon Kramer was terrible. It was truly unbelievable how amateur and just downright awful her performance as Karen was. ...
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Kyle said:
What? There's a sequel? "Same Time, Next Year" has been loved and hated. I fall into the "loved" camp. I'd love to see what the next years bring...
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Liz said:
Having seen the show last evening, I can say that this review is spot on.
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