Bang Bang You’re Dead Who Rarely Done Productions Where 441 E. Washington St., Syracuse When May 10 – 11 Tickets Free; Donations encouraged Audio Preview by Paige Cooperstein Bang Bang You’re Dead is full of smart Central New York teens, dealing with social issues as well as acting challenges. Ryan Coots, a junior at Cicero-North Syracuse High School, plays the drums for the … Continue reading »
Violet Who Syracuse University Where Storch Theatre, 820 E. Genesee St, Syracuse When Through April 28 Tickets $18 for adults; $16 for students and seniors Review by Eesha Patkar “Close your eyes and let music set you free,” sang the Phantom in Phantom of The Opera. Musical numbers that come to life by the perfect … Continue reading »
Mr. Marmalade Who Black Box Players Where 820 E. Genesee St. Syracuse When Through March 2 Tickets Free with reservation Review by Christina Riley There is 4-year old girl with an imaginary, drug addict, executive, boyfriend and a 5-year-old suicidal boy who must repeat preschool for petit larceny charges and multiple suicide attempts. These two disturbing characters are the focus for … Continue reading »
Top Girls Who Syracuse University Drama Department Where The Storch Theatre, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse When Through Feb. 24 Tickets: $16-18 Review by Eesha Patkar Where does a woman’s success lie? Is it in the cutthroat trenches of corporate careers, or in the daily humdrum of a white-picket fenced house? Can the two ever … Continue reading »
‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore Who Syracuse University Drama Department Where The Storch Theatre, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse When Through Nov. 11 Tickets: $18 Review by Greg Cwik On an austere set of smoldering gray—angular, impending joists and shadowy arches with sliding opaque doors and a wiry-thin fascia looming above like inevitable finality—a gaunt man jaunts across stage … Continue reading »
‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore Who Syracuse University Where Storch Theatre, 820 E. Genesee St, Syracuse When Nov. 2-11 Tickets $18 for adults; $16 for students and seniors Audio Preview by Paige Cooperstein When Syracuse University Drama puts on ‘‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore,’ it’s like a Quentin Tarantino movie and a Lady Gaga concert, according to director Celia Madeoy. Cast … Continue reading »
Seascape With Sharks & Dancer Who Black Box Players Where 820 E. Genesee St. Syracuse When Through Nov. 3 Tickets Free with reservation Review by Josh Austin If the ever-clichéd line “opposites attract” were true, it is beyond evident in Don Nigro’s Seascape With Sharks and Dancer, the first show for the Black Box Player’s season. This play is a … Continue reading »
Merrily We Roll Along Who Syracuse University Where Storch Theatre, 820 E. Genesee St, Syracuse When Through Oct. 7 Tickets $18 Review by Josh Austin It’s safe to say the ever-clichéd line that “all good things must to come and end” after watching Merrily We Roll Along. It doesn’t matter that the only palpable “good things” were recognized … Continue reading »
Quilters Who Syracuse University When Through April 7 Where Storch Theatre, 820 E. Genesee St, Syracuse Review by Lauren Smart There are female ensemble musicals that work. And for me Quilters is not one of them. This 1984 Tony-loser stitches together prairie stories with a clumsy approach to story and mostly boring songs reminiscent of Americana folk music. Ostensibly the musical … 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 »
