Good People Who Syracuse Stage Where 820 E. Genesee St, Syracuse When Through May 12 Tickets $18-49 Review by Paige Cooperstein The old-timers used to call the Kennedys “lace curtain,” says Mike Dillon in Good People, David Lindsay-Abaire’s latest play. It means they had money and turned their backs on the neighborhood kids of Boston, which is exactly what … 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 Audio Preview by Paige Cooperstein For a musical, Violet features more than its fair share of sitting down. The leading threesome – Violet, Flick and Monty – spend most of their time on a Greyhound bus … Continue reading »
A Midsummers Night Dream Who Syracuse Stage Where 820 E. Genesee St, Syracuse When Through Feb. 17 Tickets $18-49 Review by Eesha Patkar Reading Shakespeare plays in class or sitting through painful high school productions starring your theatrically inept friends doesn’t prepare you for the real thing. And boy, Syracuse Stage’s rendering of Midsummer Night’s Dream is the real thing. … Continue reading »
Two Trains Running Who Syracuse Stage Where 820 E. Genesee St, Syracuse When Through Feb. 17 Tickets $30-54; 18 and under, $20 Review by Christina Riley “There are always and only two trains running. There is life and there is death. Each of us rides them both.” These forebodingly heavy words set the premise for August Wilson’s Tony Award- … Continue reading »
Two Trains Running Who Syracuse Stage Where 820 E. Genesee St, Syracuse When Jan. 30 – Feb. 17 Tickets $30-54; 18 and under, $20 Audio Preview by Paige Cooperstein August Wilson’s play Two Trains Running takes place at a diner in the largely African American Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. LeLand Gantt, a Pittsburgh native, plays the neighborhood numbers runner, Wolf. He … Continue reading »
White Christmas Who Syracuse Stage Where 820 E. Genesee St. Syracuse When Through Dec. 30 Tickets $30-54; 18 and under, $20 Review by Christina Riley If you’re hoping for a white Christmas this year, you don’t have to wait till Dec. 25. Syracuse Stage’s production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas rings in the season with holiday merriment to make the season … Continue reading »
White Christmas Who Syracuse Stage Where 820 E. Genesee St, Syracuse When Nov. 30-Dec. 30 Tickets $30-54; 18 and under, $20 Audio Preview by Paige Cooperstein Syracuse Stage rings in the holiday season with a production of Irving Berlin’s musical “White Christmas.” Following two old army buddies who become Broadway producers, this Christmas classic unites showbiz hijinks with romance. Bob Wallace … Continue reading »
Moby Dick Who Syracuse Stage Where 820 E. Genesee St. Syracuse When Through Nov. 4 Tickets $30-49 Review by Greg Cwik To adapt Moby Dick for another medium is to embark on an inherently impossible excursion. The adventure lies not within the whalers’ tales of the raging sea and prowling sea beasts and the dark, bottomless abyss of a grave they … Continue reading »
Moby Dick Who Syracuse Stage Where 820 E. Genesee St. Syracuse When Oct. 10 – Nov. 4 Tickets $30-49 Audio Preview by Christina Riley Julian Rad’s adaptation of “Moby Dick” comes to Syracuse Stage Friday. The “whale of a tale” opened off-off Broadway in 2003, and was nominated for three Drama Desk awards. This play with music … Continue reading »
GRR’s Christina Riley sat down with Kyle Bass, Syracuse Stage’s dramaturg. She captured an inside look on what it’s like working with Ping Chong and co-writing “Cry For Peace: Voices From the Congo.” Most importantly, we find out what exactly a dramaturg does. By: Christina Riley Kyle Bass sits at his desk on the second … Continue reading »
