Lombardi Who Not Another Theater Company. When Through April 7 Where The Locker Room 528 Hiawatha Boulevard, Syracuse Runtime 105 minutes, with 15 min intermission. Review by Lauren Smart For some people a good Sunday afternoon requires cold beer and football. Thanks to Not Another Theater Company, you can have your good Sunday afternoon Friday or Saturday night … Continue reading »
Red By John Logan Who Syracuse Stage Where Archbold Theater 820 East Genesee Street, Syracuse When March 7-25 Tickets $18 – $50 Review Aasimah Navlakhi Red. What is it to you? Sunsets, or fire? Roses, or a slash of the wrist? Santa Claus, or Satan? For much of John Logan’s Red, my brain was frantically working … Continue reading »
The Lower Depths Production by SU Drama Directed by Gerardine Clark Location Storch Theatre, 820 E. Genesee Syracuse When Feb. 24 – March 4 Tickets $18 Runtime 2 1/2 hours GRR Review By Mary Gibble Russian realism has a bad rep. Most sour away from its blunt discussion (sometimes idealization) of death, philosophical dialogue and mundane plots. This genre … Continue reading »
“A Raisin in the Sun” Presented by Geva Theatre Location 75 Woodbury Boulevard, Rochester When Feb. 21- Mar 25 Tickets $25 -61 GRR Review By Sarah Desantis Like many people, I first encountered Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun in a high school English class. Unfortunately, because my high school was in the almost exclusively white town of … Continue reading »
“Les Miserables: The 25th Anniversary Concert Tour” Presented by Famous Artists Broadway Series Location Crouse Hinds Theater, 411 Montgomery Street Syracuse When Feb. 21-26 Tickets Vary Preview by Aasimah Navlakhi The first time I experienced Les Miserables was in April 2004. Nearly 20 years after it originally opened in London, I sat in my quiet, wintry dorm room in England, … Continue reading »
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Presented by: Hangar Theatre Where: 801 Taughannock Blvd. Ithaca When: Dec. 9-16 Tickets: $18-26 Review by Chris Ballard Nothing brings a family together like the impending Christmas season and soft onset of snow in Central New York. And no one realizes this more than passionate-turned-despondent protagonist George Bailey in Hangar Theatre’s … Continue reading »
Presented by Studio 24 Location CNY Jazz Central 441 E. Washington Street, Syracuse When Nov. 18-26 Tickets $20 Runtime 90 minutes Word about town: The Post-Standard GRR Review By Lauren Smart It’s not often a show from or about Texas doesn’t embarrass me. Until June, I was a “lifer” – a term I can almost hear Molly Ivins … Continue reading »
“The Crucible” Presented by Appleseed Productions. Location Atonement Lutheran Church, 116 West Glen Avenue, Syracuse When October 21 – November 5 Runtime 2 hours, 30 minutes with intermission Tickets Adults, $18; Students/seniors, $15. Group rates available. Good to know Plenty of parking; complimentary dessert and coffee. Review By Leah Stacy Appleseed Productions has been a fixture in Syracuse theater circles for 19 seasons, … Continue reading »
“Dracula” Presented by Geva Theatre Center Location 75 Woodbury Blvd., Rochester, NY 14607 When October 11 – November 13 Runtime: 2 hours, 30 minutes with intermission Tickets Start at $25. Review By Leah Stacy After Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, read “Dracula” in June 1897, he penned a personal letter to Bram Stoker. “(Dracula) … Continue reading »
Directed by Sharee Lemos Presented by Appleseed Productions Location Atonement Stage 116 W. Glen Ave, Syracuse Running time 2 1/2 hours, with intermission Dates September 9-24 Tickets Adults $18, Students/Seniors $15 It’s almost coincidental that lighting design is the only glaring problem in Appleseed Productions’s otherwise marvelous “Shadowlands.” The story of C.S. Lewis’ struggle with suffering is told through … Continue reading »
