Urinetown
Urinetown is a Tony Award-winning musical set in a Gotham-like city suffering a decades-long water shortage, where the government has banned private toilets and a...
Blackfriars Theatre
Rochester, NYUpcoming Shows
Eureka Day
Eureka Day is a play by Jonathan Spector, presented as part of Blackfriars Theatre's 77th season in downtown Rochester, NY....
Men on Boats
Men on Boats is a play by Jaclyn Backhaus, presented as part of Blackfriars Theatre's 77th season in downtown Rochester, NY....
The Full Monty
The Full Monty is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally and music and lyrics by David Yazbek, presented as part of Blackfriars Theatre's...
The Minutes
The Minutes is a play by Tracy Letts, presented as part of Blackfriars Theatre's 77th season in downtown Rochester, NY....
Dream Hou$e
Dream Hou$e is a play by Eliana Pipes, presented as part of Blackfriars Theatre's 77th season in downtown Rochester, NY....
Pump Boys and Dinettes
Pump Boys and Dinettes is a musical with music and lyrics by Jim Wann, John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, and John Schimmel,...
Review: THE SECRET GARDEN at MacHaydn Theatre Is a Force of Nature
THE SECRET GARDEN at MacHaydn Theatre is a force of nature. Get tickets to the final week of its run.…
Review: The Mac-Haydn’s 9 TO 5 Clocks In and Gets Even
Dolly Parton’s office revenge comedy makes a fast, funny, gratifying summer night in Chatham, New York. The production runs now through July 5.…
Review: The Addams Family at The Mac-Haydn Theatre Conjures a Ghoulishly Good Time
With the recent Rocky Horror revival reminding everyone how much fun the macabre can be, how lucky is Columbia County to have its own creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky night out right there at the Mac-Haydn? The production runs through 6/21.…
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Proctors
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Blackfriars Theatre opens its 75th season with a revival of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, featuring Mary Tiballi Hoffman as Mrs. Lovett....
Silent Sky
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Così Glimmerglass Festival (7/17-8/14) |
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Così Glimmerglass Festival (7/17-8/14) |
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Fellow Travelers Glimmerglass Festival (7/18-8/16) |
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Madame Butterfly The Glimmerglass Festival (7/11-8/17) |
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Oklahoma! The Glimmerglass Festival (7/10-8/17) |
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THE PROM The Wood Theater (8/14-8/23) |
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The Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare Players at the Highland Bowl (7/09-7/25) |
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Hell's Kitchen Proctors Theatre (12/29-1/03) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Proctors Theatre (10/06-10/06) |
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Eureka Day Eureka Day (2/26-3/21) |