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June 3, 2008 at 2:58pm

REVIEW: TheatreFest's "May God Strike Me Dead..."

"May God Strike Me Dead... If I'm Telling A Lie!", a comedy playing on the Geva NextStage as a part of the Rochester TheatreFest, isn't all laughs.The play -- well, musical, kind-of -- is written and performed by BellAdele producer and School of the Arts Arts Director Adele Fico, and it makes a social statement about the modern woman, and the generation gap between the wife/mother of today and her predecessors.This undoubtedly funny, but choppy, performance is one that appeals to some demographics more than others -- for example, Italians, Catholics, and middle-aged women.Fico portrays several vastly different characters throughout the

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June 12, 2008 at 10:15am

"...You Can Dance": An underwhelming Top 20

During the Las Vegas episode last week, Nigel told the 200-plus dancers that had made it through the first round that if they weren't stars, they needed to get off the stage. So it's ironic that when this season's Top 20 took the stage for the first time last night, there was nary a star among the bunch.Please understand, there are many fine dancers in this year's crop. But personality wise? There's no Benji, no Travis, no Lacey, no Pasha, no Dmitri, no Sabra, no Neil. Hell, there's not even a Dominic or a Danny. I get that it was

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