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New Girl. My Adventure at Lafayette High

June 1st, 2017 by Lesa Quale Ferguson

Once upon a time, one cold winter when I was 14, I moved from Ashland, Oregon where I lived with my mother, to Buffalo to be near my father. Over the course of the previous year, my father had unexpectedly left Northern California… more »

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Review: Desde el Puente (From the Bridge)

May 29th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

“What does it mean to be Latino?” That is the question of identity asked and answered with great feeling by a young man in the last of the ten short plays in Desde el Puente, the second annual bilingual one-act play… more »

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The Buffalo Traveling Roadshow Opera

May 24th, 2017 by Eileen Breen

A chat with NCO's Founder and General Director, Valerian Ruminski. Where did you get the idea of 'The Buffalo Traveling Roadshow Opera'? We have been wanting to do something like the Buffalo Traveling Roadshow Opera for a few… more »

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Happy Viewing in WNY and Southern Ontario

May 23rd, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

One of the many gifts in this life is that every day is a surprise, when anything might happen, and magic is always in the air. One can say the same about the gifts given to us by theater and all the people involved in it, from… more »

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Review: Wicked

May 19th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

Wicked, currently settling in for a three week run at Shea’s Performing Arts Center, is wicked good. This production is the first I have seen of this popular musical that has bewitched audiences, young and not-so-young,… more »

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Albright - A Buffalo Enigma Revealed

May 18th, 2017 by Marti Gorman

You know who Albright was, right? Nearly everyone I ask - in Buffalo - nods in the affirmative. Of course. Albright. As in Knox. Either a slow, sheepish smile follows, as the person realizes that they haven't a clue as to who… more »

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Original Mother

May 10th, 2017 by Lesa Quale Ferguson

There are many different types of mothers -- grand, great-grand, birth, original, first, second, adoptive, step, single, divorced, God, fairy-god, nature, biological, in-law, lesbian, @#$%@, earth, deceased, stay-at-home,… more »

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Review: Kalamazoo

May 7th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

Is late-in-life online dating very different from earlier-in-life online dating? Meeting on the Internet can be a harrowing experience at any age. People strive to show their best selves online. They must answer personal questions… more »

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Awed by Authors

May 2nd, 2017 by Jordana Halpern

By Jordana Halpern I remember my first book fair. I was just a teenager volunteering in the gymnasium at the Jewish Community Center in Ottawa (that would be Canada, eh?). The periphery of the room was lined with book-laden tables.… more »

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Review: The Country House

April 29th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

I attended opening night of Road Less Traveled Theater’s final production of the season, the regional premiere of “The Country House” by award-winning playwright Donald Margulies. As soon as I arrived home to… more »

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At The Movies

April 29th, 2017 by Trudy Cusella

I love the movies. But after my sister and I were turned away on three different occasions from our movie of choice (La La Land, Moonlight), I was forced to face a new reality: the reclining seat. Embracing the reality of change… more »

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From Kanazawa to Buffalo, with love

April 27th, 2017 by Marti Gorman

Buffalo is full of tiny treasures. One of my favorites hides in the shadow of the massive ediface which houses the Buffalo History Museum, draped peacefully along the shore of Mirror Lake. The Japanese Garden is a tranquil oasis… more »

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National Poetry Month Goes Local

April 27th, 2017 by Eric Richardson

Last Friday, I had the privilege of listening to the next generation of poets at an “All Youth Poets” showcase. It gave me great satisfaction to know that poetry, about which I am so deeply passionate, is being carried… more »

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Review: Cabaret

April 26th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

“Cabaret” begins and ends with the Emcee, who is the heart and soul of this mélange of decadence, innocence, naivete, credulity, and ultimately, evil. That is, if a being as debauched as this Emcee, played… more »

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Review: The Great God Pan

April 26th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

Is that wisp of an image or thought that flits through our minds a memory or a fantasy? What if there is no image or thought at all when someone tells us something terrible may have happened to us many years ago? Is there a way… more »

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Review: I'm Fine

April 21st, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

How many times has the question “How are you?” or “Are you OK” been asked and “I’m fine” been answered when clearly that is not the case? I think it is safe to say that a majority of… more »

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Review: Million Dollar Quartet

April 20th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

Musicalfare Theatre has done it again. Earlier this season they presented music of the great Duke Ellington in “Sophisticasted Ladies.” This time it is foot stompin’, hand clappin’, hip shakin’ 1950s… more »

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Review: Me And My Girl

April 10th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

April 5th was Opening Day of the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and I was witness to the birth of a play that day in the Festival Theatre. Not everyone can say that! Well, there were hundreds of us in the audience,… more »

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Review: The Trial of Trayvon Martin

April 7th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

The new play by Gary Earl Ross at Subversive Theatre, “The Trial of Trayvon Martin,” may be a fantasy, but the themes presented are very much of the real world and of the present time – race in America, domestic… more »

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I Can't Quit You

March 29th, 2017 by BuffaloVibe

Amid Buffalo’s resurgence, we often seek out the latest. Tired of our storied past, we grasp for the sparkle and pop of the localvore restaurant, the re-envisioned event locale, or that newly designed park. And we should… more »

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Review: Proof

March 24th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

I looked up the word proof in various dictionaries and found two uses that seem relevant to the play Proof by David Auburn, the current production by Buffalo Laboratory Theatre at Shea’s 710 Theatre. Proof, which… more »

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Party On!

March 22nd, 2017 by Lesa Quale Ferguson

Citybration and BuffaloVibe recently announced they will host a party so behemoth that it needs its own tower - the Seneca One Tower that is. This centerpiece of the Buffalo skyline has been vacant since 2013 but not for… more »

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Review: Cleopatra

March 18th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

There is Camp. There is High Camp. And then there are Jimmy Janowski et al in Charles Busch’s “Cleopatra,” Buffalo United Artists’ current production at Alleyway Theatre, which takes Camp to a whole new… more »

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Review: The Underpants

March 13th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

I saw London. I saw France. And everyone saw Frau Maske’s underpants. The great bloomers fell to her ankles as the German king passed by during a parade in 1910. Almost everyone in Dusseldorf bore witness to this early… more »

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Theater Review: The Seedbed at ICTC

March 12th, 2017 by Nathan Miller

The Seedbed, a tense four-hander at the Irish Classical Theatre by playwright Brian Delaney, is about as Irish as you can get in terms of writing style and turn of phrase, but the cast, with Greg Natale at the helm,… more »

New Girl. My Adventure at Lafayette High

Review: Desde el Puente (From the Bridge)

The Buffalo Traveling Roadshow Opera

Happy Viewing in WNY and Southern Ontario

Review: Wicked

Albright - A Buffalo Enigma Revealed

Original Mother

Review: Kalamazoo

Awed by Authors

Review: The Country House

At The Movies

From Kanazawa to Buffalo, with love

National Poetry Month Goes Local

Review: Cabaret

Review: The Great God Pan

Review: I'm Fine

Review: Million Dollar Quartet

Review: Me And My Girl

Review: The Trial of Trayvon Martin

I Can't Quit You

Review: Proof

Party On!

Review: Cleopatra

Review: The Underpants

Theater Review: The Seedbed at ICTC

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