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THEATER: "Wicked"

By Eric Rezsnyak on June 4th, 2008

"Wicked" is essentially a critic-proof play. Like the recent Indiana Jones and "Sex and the City" flicks, a reviewer could pen ... Read More

THEATER: "Bathhouse: The Musical"

By Eric Rezsnyak on July 9th, 2008

I've never been to one (really, Mom, I swear), but I imagine a bathhouse is much like the Downstairs Cabaret 2 space: dark, cramped, and at the pre... Read More

REVIEW: The Shaw Festival

By Michael Lasser on July 23rd, 2008

The Shaw Festival is off to a very strong 2008 season. As always, the plays come mainly from George Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries, and in... Read More

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THEATER: Blackfriars' "Noises Off"

By Jessica Bakeman on July 24th, 2008

"Noises Off"Through July 26Blackfriars, 28 Lawn St$15-$25454-1260, blackfriars.org. Full of sexual innuendo, slamming doors, and sar... Read More

THEATER: "Pride and Prejudice"

By Michael Lasser on May 28th, 2008

"Pride and Prejudice"Through June 22Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd232-GEVA, gevatheatrecenter.orgAdapting a great novel to the sta... Read More

THEATER: Preview: The Stratford Shakespeare Festival

By Michael Lasser on May 14th, 2008

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has to be eager for a new season to take everybody's mind off the controversy that filled the winter months, and... Read More

THEATER: Preview: 2008 Shaw Festival

By Michael Lasser on May 7th, 2008

It's easy for a small town with a big summer festival to be overwhelmed by celebratory shenanigans. But Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Ontario village th... Read More

THEATER: "The Wild Party"

By Eric Rezsnyak on April 30th, 2008

In 1928, Joseph Moncure March wrote an epic narrative poem titled "The Wild Party." Set in the Roaring 20's, it told the story of enterta... Read More

DANCE: Garth Fagan Dance

By Casey Carlsen on April 30th, 2008

On a recent afternoon, Garth Fagan Dance was rehearsing in their Chestnut Street studio, a loft-like space with sumptuous high ceilings, stained gl... Read More

THEATER: "The Piano Lesson"

By Eric Rezsnyak on April 23rd, 2008

Geva's production of "The Piano Lesson" is the worst kind of show to review: everything is so good that it's tough to know where to start... Read More

DANCE: "Sankofa"

By Casey Carlsen on April 23rd, 2008

If you've seen Garth Fagan Dance or The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform, you've seen elements of African dance - but just the elements. ... Read More

THEATER: "Bad Dates"

By Eric Rezsnyak on March 26th, 2008

  "Bad Dates" - currently in its final week - is something of a departure for Geva. It's a small, cutesy, one-woman show that would ... Read More

THEATER: "Avenue Q"

By Eric Rezsnyak on March 5th, 2008

"Avenue Q" Through March 9Rochester Broadway Theatre LeagueAuditorium Theatre, 885 E Main St232-1900 | $30-$55 | rbtl.orgSo: awesome. Awe... Read More

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