Buena Vista Social Club is a Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning musical that follows legendary Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, once known as the Queen of Feeling, as she reckons with her past when an ambitious young record producer offers her a rare opportunity to return to the...
Morrissey brings his 2026 Summer/Fall American tour to Shea's Buffalo Theatre on September 22, in support of his 14th solo studio album, Make Up Is a Lie, released on Sire/Warner Records. The album, produced by Joe Chiccarelli, features bandmates Jesse Tobias, Camila Grey...
The party's roaring on Broadway! THE GREAT GATSBY is a “great, big Broadway extravaganza that explodes with life and energy” (Entertainment Weekly). Directed by Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), this story of extravagance and longing features choreography by...
Classical Arts Entertainment presents The United European Ballet Company in Swan Lake, a full-length classical ballet set to the immortal score of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The production features exquisite choreography, hand-painted scenic design, and elaborate costumes created...
For 65 years, THE SOUND OF MUSIC has been one of our “favorite things.” With its timeless story and irresistibly charming score, this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic isn’t just meant to be enjoyed—it’s meant to be shared. Now, a critically acclaimed North American tour brings the...
The show explores how four blue-collar guys — Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi — grew to become the singing sensation The Four Seasons.
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, in SIX the wives of Henry VIII take the mic to reclaim their identities out of the shadow of their infamous spouse-remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a celebration...
The year is 1943 and we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse. Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Noel Coward meets Noel Fielding, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the...
Ragtime, the 2026 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival directed by Lear deBessonet, will launch its North American Tour at Shea's Buffalo Theatre in fall 2027. The production earned four Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Sound Design for Kai Harada, Best...
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 …
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…
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…
Internationally acclaimed organist Richard Hills performs an evening showcasing Shea's Buffalo Theatre's mighty Wurlitzer organ as part of the theatre's 100th anniversary celebration. The program traces a musical timeline of the theatre's history, spotlighting Great American...
The Book of Mormon is a Tony Award-winning musical comedy that follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. Winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, as well as the Grammy for Best Musical Theatre...
From the creators of South Park comes The Book of Mormon, the musical that lovingly breaks all of Broadway's rules. This story about a mismatched pair of Mormon missionaries took Broadway by storm in 2011. Book of Mormon is collaboration Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert...
SUFFS is a Tony Award-winning musical about the American women who fought for the right to vote, created by Shaina Taub, the first woman to independently win Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score in the same season. Through humor, heart, and music, the show explores the...
A musical event one hundred years in the making, SUFFS brings to life a complicated chapter in the ongoing battle for the right to vote: the American women's suffrage movement. Written by and featuring one of the most exciting new voices in theater, Shaina Taub, this epic new...
MusicalFare presents Hairspray, the Tony Award-winning musical about one girl's dream to dance and her fight for integration and acceptance, running May 7–24 at Shea's 710 Theatre. With book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, music by Marc Shaiman, and lyrics by Scott Wittman...
The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation – Young Frankenstein!
On The Canal is a world premiere musical that celebrates the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, highlighting its impact on New York's history. Written by Neal Radice, the story traces the journey of the Sheehan family as they navigate the challenges and triumphs associated with the...
Diane Phelan, Eric Anthony Lopez, Jonathan Young Lead Starring Buffalo’s TITANIC! Titanic plays May 31 – June 1 at Shea’s 710 Theatre --- Broadway’s Diane Phelan (Into the Woods), Eric Anthony Lopez (Phantom of the Opera) and Jonathan Young (Pretty Woman - Tour) and...
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Guys and Dolls Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center (9/11-9/27) |
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Ruby's High School Reunion Century Club at Strahallan (9/16-9/20) |
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Dealbreaker Memorial Art Gallery (9/19-9/20) |
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Dust Bowl Faeries, The Cloven Pendulum Murder Mystery Rochester Fringe Festival (9/24-9/26) |
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Gulp! The Gay Beach Musical Compass Performing Arts Center (9/11-9/27) |
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Hell's Kitchen Shea's Buffalo Theatre (10/27-11/01) |
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The Lion King Auditorium Theatre (4/28-5/16) |
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Hair 710 Main Theatre (9/17-10/04) |
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BOOP! The Musical West Herr Auditorium Theatre (10/03-10/10) |
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B-Sides of Broadway: A Cabaret of Cut Songs ESL Rochester Fringe Festival (9/19-9/19) |
