Theater
"Next to Normal" can best be defined as a rock musical and a moving journey through one family's battle with mental health, suicide, and drug abuse. It's shockingly relatable. The Goodman family could easily be living in Spencerport or Webster.
By Leah Stacy
Feb 12, 2020
review "Next to Normal" Blackfriars Theatre
Theater
The plot of "Anastasia" centers on street sweeper Anya's attempt to prove she's the missing Princess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov, who allegedly escaped her Russian royal family's execution. On stage at The Aud through January 26.
By Leah Stacy
Jan 23, 2020
review "Anastasia" RBTL
Theater
In "Slow Food" there's a deeper dig on the psyche behind the simple concept of eating a meal at a restaurant with a partner. Themes of hunger (both real and imagined), anger, mental health, fidelity, dependence, and manipulation come to the fore as a triangular power struggle between the characters takes place.
By Leah Stacy
Jan 21, 2020
review "Slow Food" Geva Theatre Center
Theater
Every millennial in the audience of "The Lion King," many of whom are now parents, grew up with the 1994 cartoon film from Disney. But does that nostalgia translate to the theatrical adaptation from 1997? Based on Friday's packed audience at the Auditorium Theatre, it seems that way.
By Leah Stacy
Dec 23, 2019
review "The Lion King" RBTL Rochester Broadway Theatre League The Auditorium Theatre
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