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 Bored Teachers: Is It Friday Yet?! Comedy Tour brings its all-new material to Shea's Buffalo Theatre on October 24, 2026. Founded by former teachers James and Marilou Tarantino, Bored Teachers has grown from a grassroots social community into a global teacher-entertainment...
Hell's Kitchen is the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical from 17-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, directed by Michael Greif with choreography by Camille A. Brown and a book by Kristoffer Diaz. The story follows Ali, a 17-year-old girl searching for freedom, passion, and...
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...
A world premiere ballet production reimagining Lewis Carroll's classic story, designed in collaboration with pop art icon Romero Britto. The production blends classical ballet with Broadway-style theatrical design and the vibrant energy of pop art, featuring breathtaking sets...
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 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…
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 …
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Swan Lake by The United European Ballet Company West Herr Auditorium Theatre (10/21-10/21) |
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Tony N'' Tina''s Wedding Shea's Smith Theatre (3/05-3/21) |
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Dealbreaker Memorial Art Gallery (9/19-9/20) |
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A Rebel Revisited: Movement Variations Inspired by Martha Graham Torn Space Theater (9/18-9/18) |
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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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Gulp! The Gay Beach Musical Compass Performing Arts Center (9/11-9/27) |
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Tobacco Road American Repertory Theater of WNY (10/15-10/31) |
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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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Rent Shea's Smith Theatre (1/29-2/14) |
