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Newsies
Newsies
7/10 - 7/27/2024


Inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899,  Newsies  celebrates the power of the human spirit! Jack Kelly and his ragtag team of newsies make ...

Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde
7/17 - 8/11/2024


Join us at Cohoes Music Hall this summer for a pink-infused powerhouse musical that takes you on a high-energy journey from sorority girl to legal

Bandstand
Bandstand
8/14 - 8/31/2024


It’s 1945 and our boys are coming home! Bandstand  tells the story of musician Donny Novitski who is about to take on the mission of ...

ALWAYS PATSY CLINE, By Ted Swindley


Always… Patsy Cline is a true story about Cline's friendship with a fan from Houston named Louise Seger. Incudes 27 of Patsy's famous songs.

An Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr.


Leslie Odom, Jr. is a multifaceted Tony and Grammy Award-winning, three-time Emmy and two-time Academy Award-nominated vocalist, songwriter, actor, and New York Times bestselling author. With a career ...

SSITP's The Two Gentlemen of Verona


Here's hoping you get a chance to see the short, sweet and very funny digital ads on NewsChannel 9,  syracuse.com  and Spectrum. Look out for them. ...

Comedy

Wait Until Dark
Wait Until Dark
7/17 - 7/26/2024


A thrilling new adaptation of the Broadway classic that inspired the 1967 film starring Audrey Hepburn!

Rent
Rent
7/18 - 7/28/2024


Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical is back at the Mac-Haydn. Having paved the way for contemporary musical theatre, RENT is a beloved cultural phenomenon, known ...

Ruthless!
Ruthless!
7/5 - 7/28/2024


Beautiful and talented eight-year-old Tina Denmark will do anything to play the lead in the school play. Absolutely anything. The question is... Where does such ...

The Addams Family Young@Part
7/27 - 7/28/2024


THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ...

THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS


This autobiographical play follows shy teenager Tillie, navigating the dysfunctional waters of her household while clinging to science as her lifeline. Encouraged by her science teacher she ...


THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ...

Todd vs. The Titanic
Todd vs. The Titanic
7/27 - 8/3/2024


The Adirondack Theatre Festival World Premiere Production of Todd vs. The Titanic JULY 27 – AUGUST 3, 2024 Music by Joe Kinosian, Lyrics by Kellen ...

Apartment 3A
Apartment 3A
7/26 - 8/4/2024


Creative License will present their first summer production with the poignant romantic comedy Apartment 3a by Jeff Daniels. Reeling from the loss of what she ...

The Prom
The Prom
7/26 - 8/4/2024


he multi-Tony award winning musical comedy The Prom will be the next production staged by Seneca Community Players. Winner of the Drama Desk Award for ...


Tina – The Tina Turner Musical will be at Proctors for a limited engagement from July 30 to August 4, 2024. The national tour features ...

TINA- The Tina Turner Musical


THERE IS ONLY ONE. HER VOICE IS UNDENIABLE. HER FIRE IS UNSTOPPABLE. HER TRIUMPH IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER. An uplifting comeback story like no other,  ...

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical


Experience Tina Turner’s triumphant story live on Broadway at the exhilarating, undeniable mega hit: TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL. The Hollywood Reporter raves, “It’s ...


Yolanda Bush and The Cool Water Collective will perform a music concert from August 2-4 at Chapel Hall in Franklin, NY. Led by vocalist and ...

Iona Sky
8/2 - 8/5/2024


Iona Sky, an acclaimed English indie pop-rock band from Cambridgeshire, will make their U.S. debut this August with a series of performances along the East ...

All Shook Up
All Shook Up
8/1 - 8/11/2024


The music of Elvis comes to the Mac-Haydn stage for All Shook Up! Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, this rockin’ jukebox musical is a ...

Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
7/26 - 8/11/2024


This beloved nanny is “practically perfect” and flying into Fort Salem Theater for three weekends, bringing this family favorite to life with songs like “A ...

Been Bad
Been Bad
8/16


Celebrate new works by local authors in this $5 play reading series! ...

Disney's Beauty and the Beast


“Be Our Guest” and join us in this enchanted “tale as old as time!”

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical


BOOK BY DOUGLAS MCGRATH MUSIC AND LYRICS BY CAROLE KING, GERRY GOFFIN, BARRY MANN AND CYNTHIA WEIL Long before she was Carole King, chart-topping music ...

Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disney's The Little Mermaid
8/8 - 8/18/2024


Camp Pendragon is our unique summer program where we partner our talented local youth with professional theatre artists to rehearse, create, and perform a theatrical ...

GRISWOLD
GRISWOLD
8/8 - 8/18/2024


It’s 1960. America is on the eve of a sexual revolution, and an iconoclastic 65-year-old woman named Estelle Griswold decides to challenge the State of ...

A Revolution of Her Own!™ Deborah Sampson


History At Play™, LLC (HAP) has garnered international acclaim for their solo and ensemble Immersive Living History Experiences, chronicling the lives of legendary figures who ...

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change


The second longest running musical in Off-Broadway history, this whimsical musical revue explores the journey from dating to love to marriage, and everything in between.


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Review: RENT at Blackfriars Theatre


by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - July 21, 2024

What did our critic think of RENT at Blackfriars Theatre?...

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by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - July 15, 2024

Reviewing summer youth theatre productions is always an assignment I eagerly anticipate, because I’m reminded of the treasure trove of young theatrical talent that Rochester has to offer. Summer youth shows in Rochester (Blackfriars Theatre and JCC both have them) consistently feature professional-c...

Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at Geva Theatre


by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - June 08, 2024

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by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - May 10, 2024

What did our critic think of BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at JCC CenterStage Theatre?...

Review: CABARET at Blackfriars Theatre


by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - May 10, 2024

One of theatre’s many powers is its ability to reflect the happenings of the outside world, illuminating events and societal trends, and even portending things to come. When “Cabaret” was written in 1966 we were only one generation removed from the biggest global conflict in world history, in which ...

Review: THREE MOTHERS at Capital Repertory Theatre


by Noah Casner - May 03, 2024

I’ll be the first to admit that when it came time for me to see Three Mothers, I was a bit worried what the experience would be. Watching three women grieve the loss of their sons didn’t sound like the kind of activity I would generally choose to subject myself to for entertainment— it frankly seeme...

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by Peyton VanDerheyden - April 21, 2024

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by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - April 20, 2024

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by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - April 13, 2024

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Review: SISTERS IN LAW at JCC Centerstage Theatre


by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - April 08, 2024

Currently playing at Rochester’s JCC Centerstage Theatre is a play that seems out of place in our modern era of intense division and heightened polarization because it explores the deep respect and affection between two people who hold sharply different political and philosophical views, performed b...



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