In an attempt at redemption that balances on the narrow line between courage and folly, the chancellor of Germany invites 6 million Jews to return to his country - their country as well, he says. Written in 1997 but set early in the 21st...
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...
THEATER REVIEW: Underneath the Lintel
The Librarian, the only character in Glen Berger's "Underneath the Lintel," proudly shows the audience his old-fashioned date-stamper. He filched it when the library fired him and now wears it on a cord around his neck. It's his gateway to the...
THEATER REVIEW: RBTL's "Spring Awakening"
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...
THEATER REVIEW: "Shipwrecked! An Entertainment"
"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...
THEATER REVIEW: "West Side Story" by Webster Theatre Guild
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...
It's not that Wilkes-Barre dark heavies Breaking Benjamin are letting up on the gas with the...
St. Patrick's Day is filled with corned beef and cabbage, shamrocks, tacky bright green...
"You're in my spotlight," Pandora Boxx says with a coo as she playfully shoos a particularly...
Step right up to the greatest show in town: City Newspaper's Best of Rochester 2009! Every...
This past weekend I took my nieces and nephew sledding at Harris Whalen Park in Penfield....
Recent Comments
Adam said:
Sweet! I am pumped to see "In the Heights" on the list.
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Sheldon D(onald) Ruda said:
Ms Lerner, I hope that you will not mind my using this method for disagreeing with you. (Currently, the accepted norms are, agree or attack�"and...
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miriam lerner said:
I saw the play Thursday night, 3/11. Although I enjoyed the acting, I didn't care much for the piece itself. As the reviewer wrote, exposition...
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Sheldon D(onald) Ruda said:
Having been in the audience for the same performance, I think we saw the same thing. I reacted to it very differently. (This is no criticism of...
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Linda said:
"Seventy-five intermissionless minutes with one man's obsession can become wearing"... They never did for me, the play was simply wonderful.
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