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As Second Generation Theatre prepares for their return to full productions at the Shea's Smith Theatre for the 2018-2019 season, they invite you to join them to commemorate the company's first five seasons. "We are proud to welcome our patrons to the Shea's Smith Theatre for the 2018-2019 season and beyond," says Artistic Director Kelly Copps. Located in the heart of the Buffalo Theatre District, the Smith offers flexible seating of up to 200 patrons and a blank slate for the company's signature style of performance.

MusicalFare Theatre, Western New York's most awarded and only professional musical theatre company, presents the 3rd production of its 2017-2018 Season, SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE: THE SONGS OF LEIBER & STOLLER.

MusicalFare Theatre, Western New York's most awarded and only professional musical theatre company, presents the Regional Premiere of VIOLET. With a score from Tony award winning composer, Jeanine Tesori, VIOLET features a moving story with show-stopping music. Winner of the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical when it premiered off-Broadway in 1997, and then on to a Tony nominated Broadway debut in 2014, VIOLET is about a scarred woman who embarks on a cross-country journey of discovery, and realizes the true meaning of beauty along the way.

MusicalFare reinvents this classic musical in our intimate 136-seat theatre. Come experience Gypsy Rose Lee, Mama Rose and GYPSY in a way you never have before!

MusicalFare reinvents this classic musical in our intimate 136-seat theatre. Come experience Gypsy Rose Lee, Mama Rose and GYPSY in a way you never have before!

MusicalFare Theatre is proud to announce three upcoming events in their Premier Cabaret.

MusicalFare presents its summer production and the final show of its 2015-2016 Season, EVITA.   Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score, EVITA is the thrilling story about the life of Argentina's famed Eva Peron.  Featuring classic songs such as 'Buenos Aires' and 'Don't Cry for Me, Argentina,' MusicalFare's production of this seminal musical is the first locally produced production in over 25 years and will create an intimate and environmental production of this Andrew Lloyd Webber classic.

econd Generation Theatre announces a one night only concert event, "PAGE TO STAGE: Three Generations of Broadway in Concert." The fundraiser will be held May 1st at 7 pm at Musicalfare Theatre (4380 Main St, Amherst NY 14226).

Stephen Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC elegantly opened the Irish Classical Theatre's 25th season.

MusicalFare presents its summer production and the final show of its 25th Anniversary Season, SISTERS OF SWING: THE ANDREWS SISTERS MUSICAL, offering an insider's view into the personal and private lives of the most successful female group of all-time: the Andrews Sisters. Featuring all of their hit songs, including 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,' 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree,' 'Bei Mir Bist du Schon' and many others, SISTERS OF SWING chronicles the Andrews Sisters lives, their successful pairings with other recording artists such as Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye, and the peaks and valleys of their showbiz careers.

Two suddenly single pals - a sloppy sportswriter and a fastidious news writer - strain their friendship by turning roommates and unconsciously repeating the same mistakes they made in the marriages they just left. This classic comedy opens as a group of men assemble for a card game in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. Late to arrive is Felix Unger who has just separated from his wife. Depressed and tense, Felix seems almost suicidal. As the action unfolds, the clean-freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together, with hilarious results.

Two suddenly single pals - a sloppy sportswriter and a fastidious news writer - strain their friendship by turning roommates and unconsciously repeating the same mistakes they made in the marriages they just left. This classic comedy opens as a group of men assemble for a card game in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. Late to arrive is Felix Unger who has just separated from his wife. Depressed and tense, Felix seems almost suicidal. As the action unfolds, the clean-freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together, with hilarious results.

Dead End Dummy, a new work by Dick D. Zigun, will premiere at Sideshows By The Seashore in Coney Island today, October 10 and run through November 2, 2014. The show then opens at La Mama in Manhattan on November 7, running through November 16.

Dead End Dummy, a new work by Dick D. Zigun, will premiere at Sideshows By The Seashore in Coney Island on October 10 and run through November 2, 2014. The show then opens at La Mama in Manhattan on November 7, running through November 16.

MusicalFare Theatre, Western New York's most awarded and only professional musical theatre company, presents the 3rd production of its 2013-2014 subscription season, THE WHO'S TOMMY.

MusicalFare Theatre, Western New York's most awarded and only professional musical theatre company, presents the 3rd production of its 2013-2014 subscription season, THE WHO'S TOMMY.

Coney Island Criminals is Dick Zigun's 2013 Creepshow. It is the 'true story' of teenage Al Capone getting his famous scars while working as Bartender/Bouncer at Coney Island's The Harvard Inn, a saloon owned by Brooklyn gangster, Frankie Yale. Not only was The Harvard Inn Capone's first job, it was also Jimmy Durante's first job playing piano and Clara Bow's first job waitressing.

Lefty Lucy presents Coney Island's Enchanted Tiki Room as part of Coney Island USA's 'Burlesque at the Beach Series'.

Lefty Lucy presents Coney Island's Enchanted Tiki Room as part of Coney Island USA's 'Burlesque at the Beach Series'.

While the golden era of New York's most beloved amusement park is long gone, relics of Coney Island's colorful history and photos of its amazing cast of performers grab the spotlight in 'Sideshow,' an exhibition and sale running today, May 2-25 at The Ross Art Group's Manhattan gallery. Sideshow's featured collection belongs to Dr. Robert M. Lerch, a New York City physician and longtime collector of the bizarre and unusual. The exhibition chronicles roughly the first 50 years of Coney Island whose first enclosed amusement park area opened in 1895 with additional pieces from other early 20th-century carnivals and circuses.