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Eric Rezsnyak on March 12th, 2010
Although the official announcement of the season is scheduled for next week, the Rochester Broadway Theatre League 2010-11 schedule leaked today when renewal forms were sent out to season ticket holders, spilling many of the details. Regardless, it's a great line-up, a mix of contemporary hits and crowd-pleasing classics.
"A Chorus
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Eric Rezsnyak on March 3rd, 2010
Arthur Miller's "The Price" is many fine things - smartly written, thought provoking, deeply affecting, and, as staged by Geva Theatre, well acted and directed. But it is not what I would call an enjoyable play. "Dreary" is the word that first comes to mind when describing it, followed by
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Eric Rezsnyak on February 10th, 2010
It's a given that all teenagers are basically awkward sacks of hormones, careening through the later years of their second decade with unstoppable urges to smooch or grope something, anything. It's also pretty much a fact that by the time teenagers become adults and have kids of their own, they
Family
Eric Rezsnyak on February 10th, 2010
If it seems like the kids just had a week off school, that's because they did. It happened roughly a month ago. But guess what? Most area school students have February 15-19 off for absolutely no discernible reason, and that means parents are looking at five days straight of a
Choice Concerts
Eric Rezsnyak on February 10th, 2010
If you're looking to really impress your date this Valentine's Day weekend, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra practically guarantees class, passion, and romance with its "Four Last Songs" program. Brit Justin Brown is the guest conductor for the show, which features soprano Twyla Robinson in the titular Strauss creation. Also on
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Eric Rezsnyak on February 10th, 2010
The Rochester chapter of the American Guild of Organists continues its Celebrity Organ Recital Series this with Joan Lippincott. Lippincott was principal university organist at Princeton for most of the 1990's and has toured extensively through North America and Europe. She has recorded the works of countless major composers for
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Eric Rezsnyak on February 3rd, 2010
Valentine's Day is coming again. Ack. Yeah, it's a holiday created to sell greeting cards and chocolates, but that doesn't make it sting any less for single people when every couple in existence gets all shmoopy all over the place come February 14.
If you've been looking for love in all
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Eric Rezsnyak on February 3rd, 2010
"Shipwrecked" is a late addition to the Blackfriars season, having just recently replaced "The Violet Hour," which was originally scheduled to run in the January-February slot. The rationale for the swap-out is apparently that the rights to "Shipwrecked," by Donald Margulies (he won the Pulitzer in 2000 for "Dinner with
Pop Culture
Eric Rezsnyak on January 26th, 2010
"You're in my spotlight," Pandora Boxx says with a coo as she playfully shoos a particularly excited gay boy off of the stage. "This is my spotlight."
It's late Thursday night, hurtling toward Friday morning, at the weekly Tilt-a-Whirl party at Central Avenue nightclub Tilt, and drag queen Pandora
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Eric Rezsnyak on January 26th, 2010
You have to admire Webster Theatre Guild. While so many community-theater groups are content to stage the expected, the tried-and-true - "Guys and Dolls"! "Annie"! "My Fair Lady"! - for the past several seasons WTG has produced well known, but extremely ambitious musicals. Last year the company put on a
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Eric Rezsnyak on March 11th, 2010
We're finally getting down to the Top 12. Doesn't it seem like this process has gone on longer than normal this season? I think it was the return to the three weeks of whittling down during semis. I much preferred the system they used last year, with each contestant performing
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Eric Rezsnyak on March 11th, 2010
I knew that last season was the "short cycle," only featuring girls 5'7" or shorter. I did not know that this season was the "tragic cycle," starring almost exclusively unattractive, stank bitches. I know Tyra has made some questionable casting decisions in the past (Cycle 12's Tahlia; ‘nuff said), but
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Eric Rezsnyak on March 10th, 2010
It was role-reversal week as the guys - who came into semis seriously sucking - somehow kicked the girls' asses in Week 3 of semi-finals. There was only one really bad performance, a couple pitchy but acceptable ones, and several really impressive numbers. Who would have guessed?
Lee Dewyze picked "Fireflies"
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Eric Rezsnyak on March 9th, 2010
We're down to just eight ladies, so it was blessedly only an hour tonight. When the show opened, Ellen was nuzzling Simon with her nose, Ryan was sitting in Ellen's chair, and I thought Kara was Alanis Morissette for a second. Very strange.
Katie Stevens was up first, butchering Kelly Clarkson's
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Eric Rezsnyak on March 4th, 2010
Ryan started the episode ominously by promising that "Drama is about to unfold on this stage." Apparently Simon felt that he got some stuff wrong last night, and said that one person that he paid compliments to was so bad watching it back on TV that he had to turn
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Eric Rezsnyak on March 3rd, 2010
After Crystal's illness yesterday, which forced the guys and girls to switch performance nights, our resident busker chick was back, and apparently just fine. I'll be honest, I thought this was maybe the show's way of getting rid of a really talented contestant who didn't quite fit the "Idol" mold.
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Eric Rezsnyak on March 2nd, 2010
I was surprised, and disappointed, to discover that the Top 10 guys were performing instead of the girls. Nobody's really very good this year, but the ladies are certainly the stronger of the sexes. The reason for the switch: Crystal Bowersox was rushed to the hospital Tuesday morning, and was
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Eric Rezsnyak on February 25th, 2010
Welcome back to the "American Idol" deathwatch. This week more than 24 million votes were cast for the Top 24 performers. Really? Who is voting for these people? I've read multiple blogs refer to this as the worst Top 24 ever, and while I won't go that far - the
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Eric Rezsnyak on February 24th, 2010
Last night the Top 12 girls did a so-so job ushering us into the Season 9 semi-finals. Tonight it was up to the guys. Just about everyone, including Simon, has said that the men are sorely lacking this year (possibly by the producers' design). That was clearly demonstrated this episode.
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Eric Rezsnyak on February 24th, 2010
I give up. I have accepted the fact that I will never understand the new scoring system for skating. I do not understand how America's Mirai Nagasu, who put in a short program I thought was equal or better to Japan's fourth-place finisher Miki Ando, ended the night in sixth,
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