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ROCHESTER THEATRE PREMIERE October 10–25, 2026 Tony & Olivier Award-Winning Musical! Book, Music, and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein The remarkable true story! What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover when 38 planes, carrying...
Margot and Charlie settle in for their Saturday morning ritual with one goal: beat their Saturday crossword record. Two people who know each other inside and out work through the hardest puzzle of their lives together. Somewhere between the familiar clues and the impossible...
An examination of the inmates within a system trying to discover meaning in the face of isolation and doubt in one's own worth over a 25-year bid. The play explores familial ties, love, race, inmate-correctional officer relations, the passing of time, and the succeeding...
After failing out of community college, Sam, 21, tries to regain his confidence by starting a live-action role-playing group. But the only people who show up are his unstable older sister, Claret, who has a history of destroying Sam's relationships, and Arden, a misguided steam...
A presentation of five short plays by one of Western New York's leading playwrights, performed by an ensemble of six of the area's best actors. From comedy, to drama, to science fiction, this genre-bending evening of bite-sized theater aims to offer a little something for...
Janelle and Brittany haven't spoken since they were teen besties at summer camp; when they're accidentally reunited years later, they happily pick up where they left off, sharing vacations, the PTA, and their BFF daughters. Brittany wants nothing more than a friend for life, but...
Produced by MusicalFare Theatre, this production is the company's first show of the season, featuring classic hit songs such as Aquarius, Easy To Be Hard, and Let The Sunshine In.
A happy hour event bringing short-form competitive improv comedy to the Shea's 710 lounge and cabaret, led by Buffalo Comedy Collective. The evening pairs Buffalo ComedySportz' fast-paced, referee-led improv format with spooky specialty cocktails and candy for the crowd...
Part of the Creative Exchange at Shea's 710 series held at the newly renovated Shea's 710 Theatre lounge and cabaret.
The evening pairs Buffalo ComedySportz' fast-paced, referee-led improv format with spooky specialty cocktails and candy for the crowd. Those looking to get into the Halloween spirit early are welcome to come dressed in costume for a chance to win great prizes. Sponsored by...
You wake to find your body is unfamiliar; your hair is all messed up; and all those around you will bend over to accommodate your every request, no matter how senseless or immoral. You are now the most powerful person in the world, and sure, that seems like a wild unhinged...
Part of the 2026-2027 M&T Bank Broadway Season presented by RBTL & Albert Nocciolino. “WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT BETTY BOOP?” ( Chicago Tribune ) For almost a century, the Betty Boop ® character has won hearts and inspired fans around the world with her trademark looks, voice...
The play centers on a housewife seemingly content with her lot in life. Exciting additions to her household, a television and new pants, ignite a desire for her to become a woman of the times, though her husband has his reservations. Set in the living room of their home in...
The play follows two parallel storylines: Jason Caine, a man in personal and financial collapse, forms a dangerously intimate and tragic relationship with an advanced AI chatbot, and Stacey Grandholm, a senior executive at the company behind the technology, becomes the victim of...
Lucy is a soul being who was supposed to be born in the 1970s, but because of the environmental Love Canal atrocities, she was never born after her mother miscarried. Now she is an activist soul being who occasionally comes to physical life to move the needle on environmental...
In 1922, Daisy Buchanan ran down a woman with Jay Gatsby's car and drove away. Fifty years later, she explains in her granddaughter's hospital room that it wasn't nearly the worst thing she's ever done.
On June 24, 1986, three Yugoslavian teenagers claim to see an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the small town of Bruskiva, and the visions continue every day for two whole years. During a socialist upheaval that makes practicing religion increasingly dangerous, the...
Morrissey brings his 2026 Summer/Fall American tour to The Anthem in support of his 14th solo studio album, Make Up Is A Lie, his first release for Sire/Warner Records in 30 years. Produced by Joe Chiccarelli and recorded at Studio La Fabrique in Southern France, the album...
Based on a real tabloid story, Bat Boy is a comedy/horror musical about a half-boy/half-bat creature discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. With a driving rock score and a wild cast of characters, this musical is directed and choreographed by Doug Weyand with music...
Morrissey brings his 2026 Summer/Fall American tour to the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in support of his 14th solo studio album, Make Up Is A Lie, his first release for Sire/Warner Records in 30 years. Produced by Joe Chiccarelli and recorded at Studio La...
Professor Robert Langdon is called to the Louvre in the dead of night, where he unwittingly becomes the center of a murder investigation. When cryptologist Sophie Neveu arrives at the scene, she alerts Robert that he is being asked to solve the crime while also being the prime...
Morrissey performs at the Louisville Palace on October 21, 2026, as part of his 2026 Summer/Fall American tour in support of his 14th solo studio album, Make Up Is a Lie, released via Sire/Warner Records. The album, produced by Joe Chiccarelli and recorded at Studio La Fabrique...
Swan Lake by The United European Ballet Company Step into the magical world of Swan Lake, one of the most iconic and beloved classical ballets of all time, brought to life in a breathtaking production filled with romance, mystery, beauty, and theatrical magic. This enchanting...
By the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County.
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. Artistic Director Keelie Sheridan also stage directs thi…
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. With such musical hits as “Let the Sun Shine In ” and “Aquarius,” the musical that shows hippies burning their green cards…
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. The Latin rhythms were infectious and the energy sizzled as the spectacular production took t…
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. The dark mystery SLEUTH by Anthony Shaffer is now playing to great acclaim at the Court House Theatre and more recently and the comic drama AMADEUS by Sir Pe…
An embarrassment of artistic riches has yet again convened in Niagara on the Lake for this season’s Shaw Festival. Two very different plays are given world class productions sharing many of the same talents. Last week I attended Anthony Shaffer’s psychological thriller SLEUTH at the intima…
What did our critic think of ALL-STAR DANCE GALA at Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater?…
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. After the recent demolition of the Royal George Theatre in Niagara on the Lake Ontario, the Shaw Festival h…
Nothing can be as exciting as a heated courtroom drama. And author Aaron Sorkin most assuredly masters his craft in the stage version of his blockbuster movie A FEW GOOD MEN now playing in a riveting presentation by Road Less Traveled Productions at Shea’s 710 Theatre.…
Everything old is new again. And our old sleuth Sherlock Holmes is back at it in an all new adventure with more twists and turns than ever. Playwright Kevin Cirone was a winner of the 2025 Maxim Mazumdar New Play Award for his new play HIS GIRL WATSON: A SHERLOCK NOIR, based on the beloved charact…
When FUNNY GIRL opened on Broadway it was a smash hit in 1964 and would jettison the career of Barbra Streisand. It became a staple on repertory companies, regional and community theatres and summer stock. But the looming memory of Streisand's iconic performance on stage and then on screen seemed …
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Come From Away CenterStage Theatre at the JCC (10/10-10/25) |
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The Lion King Auditorium Theatre (4/28-5/16) |
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Sister''s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi''s Gold Shea's Smith Theatre (12/23-12/23) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Shea's Performing Arts Center (6/08-6/13) |
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Hair 710 Main Theatre (9/17-10/04) |
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Swan Lake by The United European Ballet Company West Herr Auditorium Theatre (10/21-10/21) |
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Sunday Brunch with Yoko & Mikayla Sunday Brunch with Yoko & Mikayla (11/15-11/15) |
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Churchill Starring Daniel Payne Shea's Smith Theatre (11/05-11/08) |
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Tobacco Road American Repertory Theater of WNY (10/15-10/31) |
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Rent Shea's Smith Theatre (1/29-2/14) |
