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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.

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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 -

BWW Review: A Joyous COME FROM AWAY at SHEA'S BUFFALO Theatre

October 16, 2019

COME FROM AWAY has come to Buffalo.

BWW Review: Realistic Drama Told in SUPERIOR DONUTS at SHEA'S 710 THEATRE

October 14, 2019

A gritty reality that is so true to form that you have to remind yourself you are watching a play, versus eavesdropping on someone's life.

BWW Review: 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE Engrosses and Shocks at IRISH CLASSICAL THEATRE

September 30, 2019

Buffalo's Irish Classical Theatre Company has chosen to open their 2019-20 season with a rarity, 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE by John Ford.

BWW Review: MEAN GIRLS Cast Shines Despite Weak Score at SHEA'S BUFFALO Theatre

September 26, 2019

The brilliant comedian Tina Fey has brought her clique of nasty teenage girls to town to open the First National Tour of her Broadway hit musical, MEAN GIRLS.

BWW Review: THE LADYKILLERS Only Mildly Amuses at Shaw Festival

August 28, 2019

The Shaw has once again programmed a play known by few.

BWW Review: SEX is Alive and Well at SHAW FESTIVAL

August 2, 2019

How does an author title a play? Well, there should be something descriptive, enticing or informative to engage the audience from the outset.

BWW Interview: Lucie Arnaz Returns in I GOT THE JOB at Provincetown's Crown And Anchor

July 14, 2019

Provincetown will see yet another return visitor when Lucie Arnaz returns to The Crown and Anchor for a one night only concert of her latest act ' I Got The Job: Songs From My Musical Past.

BWW Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE Shimmers at The Shaw Festival

July 11, 2019

A pervading air of discontent and general unease looms over the lackluster St.

BWW Review: ROPE is Riveting at the SHAW FESTIVAL

June 28, 2019

The Shaw Festival has a great history of producing murder mysteries and this season we are lucky to have Patrick Hamilton's play 'ROPE.

BWW Review: GETTING MARRIED at SHAW FESTIVAL

June 25, 2019

To say that George Bernard Shaw's social commentaries were erudite would be an understatement.

BWW Review: BRIGADOON at Shaw Festival

June 10, 2019

The mystical land of BRIGADOON has emerged once again at Niagara on the Lake's Shaw Festival, and the now rarely produced musical still brings with it a sense of hope wrapped around Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's hauntingly beautiful lyrics and score.

BWW Review: FUN HOME at Shea's 710 Theatre

May 12, 2019

Intelligent, engaging and well cast theatre has returned to the former Studio Arena theatre with MusicalFare's fine production of FUN HOME.

BWW Review: HAMLET at Irish Classical Theatre

May 6, 2019

The most famous of all Danish princes is making a welcome return to the Buffalo stage in Irish Classical Theatre's riveting production of William Shakespeare's HAMLET.

BWW Review: THE BOOK OF MORMON at Shea's Buffalo Theatre

May 1, 2019

Should I laugh out loud? What is everyone else thinking? Is this for real? These emotions and thoughts are not usually associated with a musical comedy, but THE BOOK OF MORMON is anything but your typical musical.

BWW Feature: NEW LEADERSHIP at IRISH CLASSICAL THEATRE

March 27, 2019

Vincent O'Neill, Artistic Director of the Irish Classical Theatre Company, and Kevin C.

BWW Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Shea's 710 Theatre

March 25, 2019

One could say the stars aligned for one brief day in 1956 when four musicians at the edge of stardom met in the same recording studio.

BWW Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA at SECOND GENERATION THEATRE

March 15, 2019

Playwright Tony Kushner's magnum opus may very well be what he subtitled 'A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.

BWW Review: A Riveting FROST/NIXON at IRISH CLASSICAL THEATRE

March 4, 2019

The showman and the politician.

BWW Review: MISS SAIGON at Shea's Buffalo Theatre

February 27, 2019

Buffalo audiences are in for a rare treat.

BWW Preview: LA TRAVIATA at Nickel City Opera

February 15, 2019

After two years of numerous events and black box performances, Buffalo's Nickel City Opera is thrilled to be staging a full scale production of Verdi's 'La Traviata' with orchestra, costumes, sets and stellar cast at the grand theatre at Villa Maria College at 240 Pine Ridge Road, Buffalo, NY 14225.

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