Tobacco Road
Set in the shadow of the Great Depression, Tobacco Road follows the Jeeter family as the old agrarian South collapses beneath their feet.
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Review: SLEUTH AND ONE FOR THE POT at SHAW FESTIVAL
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…
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. …
Past Shows
When Worlds Collide
American Repertory Theater of WNY is proud to present “When Worlds Collide”, an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Holiday tale, “A Christmas Carol”. This new reimagining of the old tale features 716 playwrights and poets as they weave their words into the Victorian language...
Something Wicked
James Marzos deliciously fiendish story of three brothers, murder, a plot, and three hangings
The Underpants
Coming off a winter hiatus, ART/WNY kicks off the second-half of the 2016-17 season with renowned comic actor and author of PICASSO AT LAPIN AGILE, Steve Martin's wild satire adaptation of the classic 1910 German farce DIE HOSE by the playwright Carl Sternheim. Artie Award...
Moonlight and Magnolias
The 2012-13 season concludes with Ron Hutchinson's rip-roaring MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS. Renown film producer David O Selznick is desperate to finish the screenplay to Margaret Mitchell's epic novel Gone With The Wind, so locking the door and stocking the room with bananas and...
First Lady Suite
Last season ART made local theater history by producing the acclaimed (and awarded) FLOYD COLLINS by Adam Guettel. This season ART is proud to be presenting the Buffalo debut of Michael John LaChiusa's FIRST LADY SUITE. Described by The Guide to Musical Theatre, FIRST LADY SUITE...
Jesus Hates Me
The New Year finds a strange but hilarious Americana comedy entitled JESUS HATES ME by Wayne Lemon. In the backdrop of a putt-putt golf course (called the "Blood of the Lamb") with a religious theme, five Texans take a existential journey to try to see their lives more clearly...
The Dead English
Taking a unique look at the classic story of a Transylvania bloodsucker and puts a mod-musical spin on it, ART in collaboration with Theatre Jugend presents a refreshing original-music take on a moldy classic. With composition and lyrics by Steven E Sitzman and librettist Justin...
The Guys
Anne Nelson's THE GUYS was written shortly after the fateful 9/11 terrorist attacks and is based on the actual exchanges between Nelson and an NYC fire captain who lost men responding to the dire situation. She reflects this encounter in her work THE GUYS in which an NYC writer...
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The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes VIII Shea's Smith Theatre (8/14-8/30) |
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Dealbreaker Memorial Art Gallery (9/19-9/20) |
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Sunday Brunch with Yoko & Mikayla Sunday Brunch with Yoko & Mikayla (11/15-11/15) |
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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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B-Sides of Broadway: A Cabaret of Cut Songs ESL Rochester Fringe Festival (9/23-9/23) |
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The Lion King Auditorium Theatre (4/28-5/16) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Shea's Performing Arts Center (6/08-6/13) |
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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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Songs to Drink Wine To: Prosecco Edition Blackfriars Theatre (9/15-9/20) |