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End of the Rainbow
12/6 - 12/21/2025
A look at the price of fame that Broadway and West End critics labeled “a masterpiece.” Featuring a dozen classic tunes.
A Christmas Story
11/25 - 12/28/2025
The beloved holiday film, live onstage! 9-year-old Ralphie Parker has his sights set on a coveted Christmas gift, but he’ll have to play his cards ...
Murder for Two: Holiday Edition
11/28 - 12/28/2025
Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair Book and Music by Joe Kinosian “Ingenious! A snazzy double act.” — The New York Times “A daffy murder ...
Confederates
2/5 - 2/15/2026
By Dominique Morisseau Two Black American women – an enslaved rebel and a professor at a contemporary university – are having parallel experiences of ...
The Revolutionists
2/19 - 2/21/2026
Written by Lauren Gunderson Directed by Patti Browne Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution's ...
Relentless
2/4 - 2/22/2026
A knockout new play about loyalty and legacy. Monique Jeffries was poised to be one of the greatest professional boxers in history, but years after ...
Mr. Marmalade
2/26 - 3/1/2026
Noah Haidle’s "Mr. Marmalade" is a darkly comic and wildly imaginative play that explores the grown-up world through the eyes of a four-year-old girl named ...
SU Drama's "Picnic"
2/20 - 3/1/2026
PICNIC By William Inge | Directed by Ralph Zito | Feb 20 - Mar 1 | Opening Night: Feb 21 An elegant drama from an ...
Archduke
3/6 - 3/29/2026
By Rajiv Joseph “The comic energy of the writing carries the characters to their tragic finish line.”—The Los Angeles Times Serbia, 1914. When teen-aged Gavrilo ...
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
3/11 - 3/29/2026
August Wilson’s mystical and heartbreaking masterpiece. 1911. Pittsburgh. Seth Holly’s boarding house is home to drifters and broken hearts, a waystation for folks biding their ...
Dolly West's Kitchen by Frank McGuinness
4/16 - 4/25/2026
As the'second World War rages in Europe, in Donegal there is another war closer to home. In Dolly West's kitchen, the family has its own ...
Wedding Band
6/4 - 6/14/2026
By Alice Childress It’s the summer of 1918. There is a war in Europe and a smaller war in South Carolina. Julia is an ...
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Latest Central New York Reviews
Review: THE OTHER SIDE STORY at GALA Hispanic Theatre
by Roger Catlin - December 14, 2025
Most know the musical “West Side Story,” where Puerto Rican and white gangs rumble on the Upper West Side 1950s New York in the manner of the Montagues and Capulets....
Review: Cheyenne Jackson Makes His Rapturous Carnegie Hall Solo Debut
by Rebecca Kaplan - December 14, 2025
The 30 ROCK and XANADU star made his Carnegie Hall solo show debut on December 8th as part of the Originals series, which continues February 2 with Patti LuPone. Read a review of Jackson's joy-filled show....
Review: AN IRISH CAROL at The Keegan Theatre
by Jackson Malmgren - December 14, 2025
DC holiday theatre isn’t complete without The Keegan Theatre’s AN IRISH CAROL- an uproarious, colorfully-phrased ode to Christmas. Modeled on Charles Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol,” AN IRISH CAROL has become a classic in its own right....
Review: STEREOPHONIC at Hollywood Pantages Theatre
by Harker Jones - December 14, 2025
The actors are phenomenal musicians, playing the instruments themselves, and are extraordinary vocalists, with DeJean being particularly jaw dropping....
Review: ALADDIN, Adam Smith Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 14, 2025
Can Aladdin escape the clutches of the wicked sorcerer, unlock the secrets of the magic lamp,and win the heart of the beautiful Jasmine?...
THE WIZARD OF OZ Takes You “Over the Rainbow” at City Springs Theatre Company
by Caroline Powell - December 14, 2025
THE WIZARD OF OZ is one of City Spring Theatre Company’s best, perfect for the holiday season and theatre lovers of all ages. You’re guaranteed to leave with a smile on your face, and a song in your heart....
Review: THE DANGEROUS CHRISTMAS OF RED RIDING HOOD at FMCT / The Hjemkomst Center
by Brian Michaels - December 14, 2025
FMCT’s The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood is a whimsical, heartwarming, and joyfully mischievous holiday musical that spins the classic fairy tale on its head. ...
Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Théâtre De Châtelet
by Patrick Honoré - December 14, 2025
La Cage aux Folles finally returns to its French roots at the Théâtre du Châtelet—and the homecoming is worth the wait. Olivier Py’s ambitious revival, led by a radiant Laurent Lafitte, blends glamour, wit, and quiet political force in a production that reclaims Jerry Herman’s musical as both specta...
Review: SARA SHEPERD: PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS at The Blue Strawberry Showroom And Lounge
by James Lindhorst - December 14, 2025
Watching Broadway’s Sara Sheperd perform her holiday themed cabaret, Please Come Home for Christmas, is akin to sitting in front of a cozy fire with a mug of hot cocoa. Sheperd, and her piano playing father Scott, shared more than a dozen of her favorite holiday songs peppered with a few seasonally ...
Review: WHAT THE DICKENS at TheatreWorks New Milford
by Jared Reynolds - December 14, 2025
If I had a nickel for every time that I’ve reviewed the same show, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but I’m surprised that it took so long in my reviewing history to happen. It shouldn’t be a surprise, however, that in both cases, they are to review Christmas productions. For the first time si...
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End of the Rainbow
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC (12/6 - 12/21)
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Kinky Boots
Proctors (3/14 - 3/15) | |
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Suffs
West Herr Auditorium Theatre (6/9 - 6/14) | |
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The Revolutionists
Callahan Theater (2/19 - 2/21) | |
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Spamalot
Proctors (1/6 - 1/11) | |
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Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella
Dowd Fine Arts Center - Mainstage Theater (4/10 - 4/19) | |
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Mystic Pizza
Capital Repertory Theatre (7/10 - 8/9) | |
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Mr. Marmalade
Dowd Fine Arts Center - Lab Theater (2/26 - 3/1) | |
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