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Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Proctors

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Proctors

by Peyton VanDerheyden · April 9, 2026

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is dazzling audiences with extraordinary theatrics, creative visual concepts, and emotional moments. Adapted from the New York Times bestselling novel, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS has a book written by Rick Elice, and features a score by PigPen Theatre Co. …

Review: KINKY BOOTS at Proctors

Review: KINKY BOOTS at Proctors

by Peyton VanDerheyden · March 16, 2026

KINKY BOOTS brought the fun to Proctors. This touring production is filled with many high points that captivate the audience. The story follows Charlie Price, who inherits his father’s shoe factory, which is on the brink of financial ruin. …

Past Shows

Parade

May 8 – May 24, 2026

Parade, the Tony Award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and book by Alfred Uhry, closes Blackfriars Theatre's 76th season with performances...

The White Chip

Mar 19 – Mar 29, 2026

The White Chip, written by Sean Daniels, is a production running at Blackfriars Theatre as part of their 76th season. The play explores themes of...

The Grown-Ups

Jan 29 – Feb 8, 2026

The Grown-Ups is a play by Skylar Fox and Simon Henriques, running at Blackfriars Theatre as part of their 76th season. Blackfriars Theatre offers an...

BT's New Year's Eve Musical Mayhem

Dec 31

BT's New Year's Eve Musical Mayhem returns for its third year at Blackfriars Theatre, offering a fun alternative to traditional midnight celebrations. The evening features...

Rumors

Dec 11 – Dec 28, 2025

Rumors, Neil Simon's farce, runs at Blackfriars Theatre December 11–28, 2025. The play follows a group of guests arriving for a dinner party at the...

In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play

Oct 24 – Nov 9, 2025

In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, written by Sarah Ruhl, is part of Blackfriars Theatre's 76th season. The play runs October 24 through...

Souvenir

Sep 4 – Sep 14, 2025

Souvenir, written by Stephen Temperley, runs at Blackfriars Theatre September 4–14, 2025, as part of the company's 76th season. The play tells the story of...

New Year's Eve Musical Mayhem

Dec 31

New Year's Eve Musical Mayhem at Blackfriars Theatre features an engaging evening of Broadway favorites with a live band and a dessert and wine reception....

Dot

Dec 13 – Dec 29, 2024

Blackfriars Theatre presents Colman Domingo's Dot, running from December 13 to 29. The play focuses on the complexities of family dynamics as three middle-aged siblings...

Silent Sky

Silent Sky

Mar 27 – Apr 11, 2020

When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isnt allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea....

Next to Normal

Next to Normal

Feb 7 – Feb 23, 2020

Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American...

Peter and the Starcatcher

Peter and the Starcatcher

Dec 13 – Dec 29, 2019

A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing...

Detroit '67

Detroit '67

Oct 18 – Nov 3, 2019

In 1967 Detroit, Motown music is getting the party started, and Chelle and her brother Lank are making ends meet by turning their basement into...

Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

Aug 30 – Sep 15, 2019

Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to...

Avenue Q

Avenue Q

May 11 – May 27, 2018

The laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way...

When We Were Young & Unafraid

When We Were Young & Unafraid

Mar 23 – Apr 8, 2018

In this powerfully poignant and moving new play, we find ourselves in 1972, before Roe v. Wade and the Violence Against Women Act. Agnes has...

Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross

Feb 2 – Feb 18, 2018

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning comedy is Mamet at his very best - writing about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a...

Little Women, The Musical

Little Women, The Musical

Dec 15 – Dec 30, 2017

The beloved adventures of the four March sisters is brought to life in this vivid and stirring new musical! Meg, Beth and Amy March are...

Dracula

Dracula

Oct 31 – Nov 12, 2017

In his hunt for immortality, Renfield stumbles upon the Amulet of the Vampir, a lost jewel buried in the legend of Dracula, The Master. Caged...

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Sep 1 – Sep 23, 2017

A shipwreck on a strange shore leaves Viola with fears her twin brother is dead. She is forced to build a new life on her...

Grease

Grease

Jul 7 – Jul 16, 2017

Blackfriars Theatre Summer Intensive (BTSI), a training program for the next generation of artists, offers up the iconic musical about the duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace...

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

May 5 – May 21, 2017

In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine, Arthur Miller redefined the...

Hands on a Hardbody

Hands on a Hardbody

Mar 17 – Apr 2, 2017

For 10 hard-luck Texans, a new lease on life is so close they can touch it. Under a scorching sun for days on end, armed...

The Underpants

The Underpants

Feb 3 – Feb 19, 2017

Theobald Maske has an unusual problem: his wife’s underpants won’t stay on. One Sunday morning they fall to her ankles right in the middle of...

The Flight Before Christmas

The Flight Before Christmas

Dec 16 – Dec 31, 2016

Ladies and gentlemen, put your seats in their full upright positions, stow your worries in the overhead compartment, and fasten your seat belts for a...

The Boys Next Door

The Boys Next Door

Oct 28 – Nov 13, 2016

In a New England communal residence, four mentally challenged men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly “burned out” young social worker named...

Assassins

Assassins

Sep 2 – Sep 24, 2016

Touted as “bold, disturbing, and alarmingly funny,” Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the...

The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer

Jul 8 – Jul 17, 2016

Return to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in...

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Madame Butterfly in Central New York Madame Butterfly
The Glimmerglass Festival (7/11-8/17)
Oklahoma! in Central New York Oklahoma!
The Glimmerglass Festival (7/10-8/17)
Just in Time in Central New York Just in Time
Proctors Theatre (6/01-6/06)
'Glam-Folk' Gently Rocks @ Daryl's House July 10th - Slambovian Circus of Dreams in Central New York 'Glam-Folk' Gently Rocks @ Daryl's House July 10th - Slambovian Circus of Dreams
Daryl's House Restaurant and Live Music Club (7/10-7/10)
OFC Creations Theatre Presents: A Christmas Story: The Musical in Central New York OFC Creations Theatre Presents: A Christmas Story: The Musical
OFC Creations Theatre Center (12/17-1/03)
The Notebook in Central New York The Notebook
Proctors Theatre (12/01-12/06)
Wicked in Central New York Wicked
Proctor's Theatre (11/05-11/05)
Come from Away in Central New York Come from Away
Point of the Bluff Vineyards (4/17-10/24)
Shangri-La-La, a comedy musical about Siegfried & Roy in Central New York Shangri-La-La, a comedy musical about Siegfried & Roy
American Theatre of Actors (ATA) (7/25-7/26)
The Magi in Central New York The Magi
Capital Repertory Theatre (11/27-12/24)