
Michael Rabice
Theatre Journalist Michael Rabice has written 384 articles for BroadwayWorld since 2014, covering Buffalo Theatre.
Michael Rabice has over 40 years of experience attending plays, musicals and opera all over the world. He is a frequent performer in opera and has appeared with the Glimmerglass Opera, Artpark Opera, Greater Buffalo Opera and Nickel City Opera. Michael has extensively studied the history of the American musical theatre throughout the past century. In addition, he has written many essays on the impact of musical theatre on American culture, as well as how musical styles of a specific era impacted the Broadway stage and it's orchestrations. He regularly attends theatre in Buffalo, Toronto , Niagara-on-the-Lake, and New York City. Michael serves on the Board of Directors of STARRING BUFFALO. He has been a Contributing Editor at Broadwayworld since 2014.
About Michael Rabice
- First Show
- Woman of the Year with Lauren Bacall
- Favorite Show
- Mame -Revival with Angela Lansbury
Favorite Stories
- BWW Review: OKLAHOMA! at Shea's Buffalo - I spent 2 years studying Oklahoma, it's effects on American culture, Musical Theatre and it's importance influencing the future of the American Musical Comedy. This production was controversial and I felt passionate about my view.
- BWW Review: THE BAND'S VISIT at Shea's Buffalo - This show is unorthodox in it's simplicity and quiet method of story telling, not often seen in Musical Theatre. I found it beautifully crafted, written, acted and directed
- Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at Shea's 710 Theatre - Every once and a while a production surprises me with how perfect the cast and direction is. This show was made up of local Buffalo actors who could hold their own on any professional stage
- Review: SIX at Shea's Buffalo Theatre -
- Review: GASLIGHT at Shaw Festival -
Most Popular Articles


Review: HAIR at Musicalfare At SHEA’S 710 Theatre
September 20, 2026

Review: EMMA at Irish Classical Theatre
September 28, 2026

Review: FUNNY GIRL at Shaw Festival
June 1, 2026

Review: WICKED at Shea's Buffalo Theatre
November 14, 2025

Review: THE NOTEBOOK at Shea's Buffalo Theatre
October 8, 2025
Latest Articles

Review: EMMA at Irish Classical Theatre
September 28, 2026
A gleeful production of a Jane Austen classic has hit the stage with such comedic joy that the cast can barely contain it’s boundless talent in the Irish Classical Theatre’s ebullient production of EMMA that opened their 2026-2027 season.

Review: HAIR at Musicalfare At SHEA’S 710 Theatre
September 20, 2026
The psychadelic musical HAIR that put rock music onto the Broadway stage in 1968 may feel dated to some but that time capsule will always be fully recognizable.

Review: BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB at Shea's Buffalo Theatre
September 17, 2026
The Buffalo theatre season most assuredly opened with a bang as the first national tour of the hit Broadway musical BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB launched in the Queen city right here at Shea's Buffalo Theatre.

Previews: GULP! THE GAY BEACH MUSICAL at BUFFALO UNITED ARTISTS
August 26, 2026
With some ingenuity, determination and good old fashioned research, Buffalo United Artists has unearthed the seldom performed musical, GULP! THE GAY BEACH MUSICAL .

Review: AMADEUS at Shaw Festival
August 24, 2026
The Shaw Festival seems to be having a small tribute festival to Shaffer brothers as it is presenting two of their known pieces this season.

Review: SLEUTH AND ONE FOR THE POT at SHAW FESTIVAL
August 8, 2026
An embarrassment of artistic riches has yet again convened in Niagara on the Lake for this season’s Shaw Festival.

Review: JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE at Shaw Festival
June 18, 2026
That belovedly droll English valet of old, Jeeves, has resurfaced to the delight of everyone in the the charming play JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE now onstage at The Shaw Festival.

Review: A FEW GOOD MEN at Road Less Traveled Productions At Shea’s 710 Theatre
June 14, 2026
Nothing can be as exciting as a heated courtroom drama.

Review: HIS GIRL WATSON: A SHERLOCK NOIR at Alleyway Theatre
June 11, 2026
Everything old is new again.

Review: FUNNY GIRL at Shaw Festival
June 1, 2026
When FUNNY GIRL opened on Broadway it was a smash hit in 1964 and would jettison the career of Barbra Streisand.

Review: GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY at Road Less Traveled Theater
April 27, 2026
An unlikely pair creating an unlikely piece of theatre essentially sums up the new production of GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY now playing at Road Less Traveled Theater.

Review: THINGS WITH FRIENDS at ALLEYWAY THEATRE
April 24, 2026
An existential 'thing' rooted in theatre of the absurd and gritty reality with undertones of self destruction and weighty Christian symbolism.

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre
April 15, 2026
Sometimes people really do run away and join the circus.

Interview: Kennedy Kanagawa And Kayla McSorley of RENT at STARRING BUFFALO AT SHEA'S
April 14, 2026
Starring Buffalo will produce the Pulitzer prize winning musical RENT as it’s spring production.

Review: HEDDA GABLER at Kavinoky Theatre
March 8, 2026
Lady Macbeth, Blanche DuBois, Medea… all are dream roles for any actress to conquer.

Review: EXIT STRATEGY at Road Less Traveled Theater
March 1, 2026
Intrigue, angst and raw emotions run rampant in the dazzling new production of Ike Holter’s EXIT STRATEGY now playing at Buffalo’s Road Less Traveled Theater.

Community Chorus Auditions for RENT at Starring Buffalo
February 23, 2026
STARRING BUFFALO has announced auditions for local singers to join their community chorus for their upcoming production of RENT.

Review: A SKULL IN CONNEMARA at Irish Classical Theatre
February 22, 2026
When a cast list calls for grave diggers and props list call for skulls you may think you’re planning a production of HAMLET.

Review: MAMMA MIA at Shea's 710 Theatre
January 20, 2026
One of the highest grossing movie musicals of all time just happens to be that wonder hit MAMMA MIA based on the 2001 Broadway stage musical .
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