Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up Who Redhouse Arts Center Where 201 S. West St. Syracuse When Through May 11 Tickets $20; $15 for members Review by Eesha Patkar Ever since time immemorial (or just the 20th century, really), an impudent little boy with a fondness for flying and the color green has stubbornly insinuated himself … Continue reading »
Noises Off Who Redhouse Arts Center Where 201 S. West St. Syracuse When Through April 6 Tickets $20; $15 for members Review by Josh Austin What’s that aged advice for amateur actors? Oh, yes: When you’re nervous, just imagine the audience in their underwear. But what happens when acute stage fright slips into a conscious coma? Props are forgotten, lines … Continue reading »
The Full Monty Who The District Festival Where The Empire Theater, 581 State Fair Blvd. Syracuse When Through March 24 Tickets $20 per show; $50 for all three Review by Paige Cooperstein ‘The Full Monty’ is a production by Redhouse Arts Center and is presented as part of The District Festival, a collaborative Syracuse theater event presented by Rarely Done Productions, Appleseed … Continue reading »
The Baltimore Waltz Who Redhouse Arts Center Where 201 S. West St. Syracuse When Through Feb. 2 Tickets $15-25; $10 for students Review by Greg Cwik The Baltimore Waltz, Paula Vogel’s series of semi-coherent, comic vignettes, is ostensibly a charade of language and communication breakdown. The play begins with a wiry young woman named Anna … Continue reading »
W;t Who Redhouse Arts Center Where 201 S. West St. Syracuse When Through Feb. 2 Tickets $15-25; $10 for students Review by Christina Riley Gripping monologues, poignant turns of phrases, erudite speeches and a heartfelt, real life struggle form the essence of Wit, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, one-act play. However, these aspects are dourly overshadowed in … Continue reading »
Hairspray Who Redhouse Arts Center Where 201 S. West St. Syracuse When Through Dec. 15 Tickets $15-25; $10 for students Review by Josh Austin It’s a musical filled with big hair and huge voices. Hairspray, The Redhouse’s latest production, channels everything gaudy. A subversive accolade to the ‘60s, this musical brings a retrospectively packaged pop-driven, glammed up feel to … Continue reading »
Hairspray Who Redhouse Arts Center Where 201 S. West St. Syracuse When Nov. 30- Dec. 15 Tickets $15-25; $10 for students Audio Preview by Paige Cooperstein The Redhouse’s production of “Hairspray” is full of engaged community members, according to actor Andrew Mauney, who plays the teen heartthrob Link Larkin in the show. In addition to the professional actors, … Continue reading »
From Foster Care to Fabulous Who Redhouse Arts Center Where 201 S. West St. Syracuse When Through Nov. 17 Tickets $20 regular; $15 members Review by Josh Austin Still cradling his hamper and longing for penguins, one skinny jean-wearing, flamboyant spitfire has overcome a tough childhood—albeit still reminiscing, and touting a vague rendition of his … Continue reading »
Alice in Slasherland Who Redhouse Arts Center Where 201 S. West St. Syracuse When Through Oct. 27 Tickets $25 Review by Josh Austin By the end of the show, there was blood everywhere. It was smeared across the skeletal set, shirts were soaked in crimson and blotches of red were painted across the faces of the cast. Occasionally, the blood … Continue reading »
Assassins Who Redhouse Arts Center Where 201 S. West St. Syracuse When Through Oct. 13 Tickets $15-25; $10 for students Review by Josh Austin With the 2012 presidential election coming to its climax, The Redhouse presents a musical portrait of assassins and attempted murderers, who have all set their sights on a president, introducing a … Continue reading »
