Review: ALL-STAR DANCE GALA at Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater
What did our critic think of ALL-STAR DANCE GALA at Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater?…
Review: JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE at Shaw Festival
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…
Review: A FEW GOOD MEN at Road Less Traveled Productions At Shea’s 710 Theatre
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.…
Review: HIS GIRL WATSON: A SHERLOCK NOIR at Alleyway 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…
Review: FUNNY GIRL at Shaw Festival
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 …
Review: GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY at Road Less Traveled Theater
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. Yes, horror writer Stephen King has paired up with musician John (formerly Cougar) Mellencamp to write a musical. And someho…
Review: THINGS WITH FRIENDS at ALLEYWAY THEATRE
An existential 'thing' rooted in theatre of the absurd and gritty reality with undertones of self destruction and weighty Christian symbolism. That could not even begin to summarize the slick yet often perplexing production of THINGS WITH FRIENDS now completing it's run at Buffalo's Alleyway Theat…
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre
Sometimes people really do run away and join the circus. Author Sara Gruen had great success with that idea in her award winning novel WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, and Hollywood soon after took the story to the silver screen. Now a Broadway musical has hopped on the bandwagon and the result is often a …
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Shea’s 710 Theatre
Sometimes alchemy really happens. A blockbuster title with a perfect cast at the most appropriate time of year makes up the spectacular new production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR now playing at Shea’s 710 Theatre. …
Review: HEDDA GABLER at Kavinoky Theatre
Lady Macbeth, Blanche DuBois, Medea… all are dream roles for any actress to conquer. And Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler ranks right up there with these supercharged women who dominate the stage. Kavinoky Theatre is presenting a new version of HEDDA GABLER by Patrick Marber ( from a literal tr…
Past Shows
The Merry Widow
Debt is crippling Petrovenia! Bumbling Baron Zeta (Ken Schlimgen) sees only one solution… a marriage! His plans involve the spell-binding Hanna Glawari (Holly Bewlay), who’s...
Ali Ewoldt workshop
Ali Ewoldt has appeared as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, Cosette in Les Miserables (Broadway, National Tour), The King and...
Imagine The World Made Over
After four decades of service, Alleyway Theatres Founder and Executive Director Neal Radice offers his thanks and bids farewell to the Alleyway audience with a...
Scotch And Madness
The holidays can be a difficult time at Psychological Counseling Services, especially for the overnight crew which consists of only Fred. But this Christmas, hes...
Factory For Murderers
Jack The Ripper is terrorizing London and, while Scotland Yard seems to be helpless, one detective discovers a truth better kept unknown forever. The 2018...
A Christmas Carol
Western New Yorks longest running theatrical presentation and fifth longest running stage version of Dickens masterpiece in the nation... probably the world! Dont be sold...
Navigators
Fresh off his Broadway Hit play Lifespan Of A Fact, Gordon Farrell continues his longstanding connection with Alleyway Theatre with the premiere of his latest...
Buffalo Quickis
Sring means Quickies! Our 28th annual offering of one-act plays features world premieres of recent finalists and one-act winners of the Maxim Mazumdar New Play...
Bridge Of Roses
An international collaboration of talents from Italy, United Kingdom and the U. S. will have its premiere on the Alleyway stage. Star crossed lovers challenge...
A Christmas Carol
This is Western New York’s longest running theatrical presentation and the fifth longest running stage version of Dickens’ masterpiece in the nation... probably the world!...
Philosophus
Yes, it’s as absurd, off-beat and funny as it sounds. Voltaire, along with his trusted companion Collini, is on the run. It seems he has...
Buffal Quickies
Spring means Quickies! Alleyway's annual offering of one-act plays features world premieres of recent finalists and one-act winners of the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition....
Buffalo Quickies
Our 27th annual celebration of one-act plays features world premieres of recent finalists and one-act winners of the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition. A smorgasbord...
Beginning Again
The world premiere of a play by David Alan Brown. Roland has been kicked in the head by the loss of his wife, and everything...
Beginning Again by David Alan Brown
Roland is on a search for peace after the loss of his wife. Along the way, he finds that the murky corners of his pain...
A Christmas Carol
This is the nation’s fifth longest running stage version of Dickens’ masterpiece, adapted and directed by Neal Radice. Our delightfully faithful adaptation will shift your...
To The Top
A pair of amusingly hapless wanderers join forces and strike out together on a path that leads ever upward. A little danger is to be...
Night Work
When waitress Anna Schmidt delivers a food order past ten o’clock at the old Rotisserie Restaurant on Main Street, State inspectors step in to make...
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The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes VIII Shea's Smith Theatre (8/14-8/30) |
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B-Sides of Broadway: A Cabaret of Cut Songs ESL Rochester Fringe Festival (9/19-9/19) |
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Tony N'' Tina''s Wedding Shea's Smith Theatre (3/05-3/21) |
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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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The Lion King Auditorium Theatre (4/28-5/16) |
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B-Sides of Broadway: A Cabaret of Cut Songs ESL Rochester Fringe Festival (9/23-9/23) |
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Sunday Brunch with Yoko & Mikayla Sunday Brunch with Yoko & Mikayla (11/15-11/15) |
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Rent Shea's Smith Theatre (1/29-2/14) |
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The Golden Girls - The Lost Episodes Viii Shea's Smith Theatre (8/14-8/30) |