When Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's "Company" first opened on Broadway 42 years ago, it was a strikingly innovative show, a witty but serious musical about the ambiguities of marriage at a time when the rising divorce rate was still new...
THEATER REVIEW: RBTL's "South Pacific"
When people ask why they don't write musicals like they used to, composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist-librettist Oscar Hammerstein's "South Pacific"-winner of both the Pulitzer Prize for drama and the Tony for Best Musical-is the kind of show...
At an open rehearsal at Rochester City Ballet's home studio on University Avenue last month, the audience was treated to an arousing glimpse of Artistic Director Jamey Leverett's latest work, the erotically charged "4Play." The work will...
Every now and then, a community theater meets a rich but demanding play head on, with such discipline, conviction, and passion that it soars beyond ordinary expectations and imperfections to achieve something thrilling. Librettist Alfred Uhry...
THEATER REVIEW: "Grey Gardens"
The 2006 musical, "Grey Gardens," takes its name from its setting, the 29-room Easthampton palace inhabited by the wealthy Bouvier family. It is a strange concoction of a show that never decides what it wants to be. Or maybe it wants to be too...
THEATER REVIEW: "Leaving Iowa"
While considering "Leaving Iowa," the new comedy at the Downstairs Cabaret Theatre's Winton Place location, the words that kept coming back to me were "quaint," "American," "identifiable," and "universal." The DCT website references a review...
Thrill seekers, risk takers, and those with a vivid imagination, prepare yourself for a visit...
Rochester may have missed out on the Los Angeles septet's annual Green 17 Tour this year, but...
Prepare your stomachs for the barbecue extravaganza known as the Roc City Rib Fest - an event...
Winding streets and magnificent boulevards were not the only things Woody Allen used to conjure...
Oxford Gallery's annual spring exhibit is typically centered around a theme dreamed up by...
Recent Comments
Patrick MacPhearson said:
I must agree with both the reviewer and Ms. Vorbachev. I was not impressed with the overall performance. The play seemed flat and done as if by...
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Debbie Vorbachev said:
I attended the show Sat, May 19 and agree that it was lacking. I did not feel the songs were compelling. I did not feel that the actors brought...
in THEATER REVIEW: RBTL's "South Pacific"
satisfied patron said:
This review sounds bitter. I feel like you didnt get cast in a show and now you are taking it out on others. Bitter?! table for one... BITTER...
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Jim T said:
I have been to my share of stage plays in my life and I have never been as emotionally pulled in to a show like I was this one. I would highly...
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patrick macphearson said:
Now this is theatre worth seeing. Don't miss it, well worth the price of admission.
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