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Review: Desde el Puente: Christmas Edition

December 8th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

At the talkback after Raices Theatre Company’s performance of Desde el Puente: Christmas Edition at the Manny Fried Playhouse, Rolando Martin Gomez, co-founder of the company along with Artistic Director Victoria Perez,… more »

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Review: A Christmas Carol @ The Shaw Festival

November 30th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

Oh what fun it is to see A Christmas Carol at the Shaw Festival’s Royal George Theatre. Three school buses full of teens and tweens, and one luxury bus full of very elderly people descended on the theater en masse for the… more »

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Festive holiday season tours by Explore Buffalo

November 26th, 2017 by Joe Kirchmyer

The Buffalo tour season is far from over! Let Explore Buffalo take you inside downtown buildings, Blessed Trinity Church, Goldome Bank, St. Mary’s School for the Deaf--even the subway! Three City of Light Bus tours are… more »

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Celebrate the holiday season at the annual Roycrofters-At-Large Winter Festival

November 10th, 2017 by Joe Kirchmyer

Nearly three dozen juried artisans from near and far will come together from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 and Sunday, Dec. 3 for the 41st annual Roycroft Winter Festival! This highly anticipated Western New York holiday… more »

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Books are for Kids!

November 3rd, 2017 by Marti Gorman

"How do you like to go up in a swing, up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing ever a child can do!" The first book I remember reading as a child is The Child's Garden of Verses, an anthology of poems by… more »

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Review: Honky

November 3rd, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

It turns out a cure for racism has been found, and although not yet FDA-approved, you can find it at Subversive Theatre Collective from now until November 18th, but only on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm. That's when… more »

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Shadow By the Bridge is latest release from NFB Publishing

November 2nd, 2017 by Joe Kirchmyer

NFB Publishing in Buffalo announces the release of Shadow By the Bridge by author Suzanne Zewan. Set during the time of the infamous Linden, N.Y. murders, Shadow By the Bridge is written from the perspective of 11-year-old Linden… more »

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Review: Violet

November 2nd, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

Oh, if we could only heal our wounds so that scars, visible and invisible, would not inform how we believe others perceive us, and how we perceive ourselves. Would that not be a blessing to all. In Violet, now at Musicalfare… more »

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Review: Glengarry Glen Ross

October 28th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

David Mamet fans will love Road Less Theater’s production of Glengarry Glen Ross. This 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning ensemble piece had its world premiere in London in 1983 and has played on stages large and small ever since.… more »

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Review: The Bodyguard

October 25th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

In The Bodyguard, now at Shea’s Performing Arts Center, there are some terrific and very well known songs that are sung by two women and one boy who are so talented and charismatic that you cannot help but fall in love… more »

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Review: Stupid F**king Bird

October 20th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

I saw a very smart, very witty, complex, thought-provoking play at American Repertory Theater of Western New York (hereafter to be referred to as ART of WNY) on opening night. If you like that sort of thing, you’ll love… more »

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Release of Chased By Thunder, by Jeff Schober

October 17th, 2017 by Joe Kirchmyer

"We think our father murdered our mother,” a woman tells police in Chased By Thunder. Twenty-eight years earlier, young housewife Donna Burgard was stabbed to death. No killer was captured, although her husband… more »

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Vendors sought for Collectors & Artisans Expo

October 17th, 2017 by Joe Kirchmyer

Fresh off a successful first Collectors’ Expo in September, a second Collectors & Artisans Expo has been scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10, in the historic Buffalo Irish Center, 245 Abbott Road, South… more »

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The Ultimate Holiday Shopping Experience

October 16th, 2017 by Joe Kirchmyer

Popular event to feature Food Truck Rodeo, expanded Tavern, Brian Moorman’s P.U.N.T. Foundation and 40 new artisans An iconic Western New York tradition, the Christmas in the Country Holiday Artisan Market will celebrate… more »

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Marshall

October 12th, 2017 by Marti Gorman

Do not miss this flick. I am not a movie critic, and I don't even play one on TV, but I can absolutely assure you that you need to see Marshall. I scored a last-minute ticket to the Buffalo premiere of this excellent film last… more »

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Review: Menopause the Musical

October 11th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

There are likeable and funny moments in Menopause the Musical, which opened Tuesday night at Shea’s 710 Main Theatre. The art deco set with its four doors that double as rest room stalls and changing rooms at Bloomingdales… more »

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Review: Bunnicula

October 1st, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

You may have seen Easter bunnies, fluffy bunnies, and funny bunnies, but you have never seen a bunny like Bunnicula, the vampire bunny now stalking the celery at Theatre of Youth. Chester the cat knows what the bunny is up to,… more »

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Review: On Your Feet!

September 24th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

On Your Feet! exploded onto the stage at Shea’s opening night with colored lights flashing all around the house, Latin music pumping from the orchestra on stage, and dancers moving so rapidly to the beat of that incredible… more »

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Buffalo Has the Only One in the Nation

September 23rd, 2017 by Cindy Mantai

Until today, I had never walked the 1.06-mile trail around Hoyt Lake in Delaware Park. I had an interesting companion on my journey: an audio tour, sponsored by M&T Bank, explaining the significance of eight landmarks in… more »

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Review: Sons & Lovers

September 23rd, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

Sons & Lovers is a new comedy by Donna Hoke about coming out of closets – the ones that LGBTQ folks have been in, and also the oh-my-god-I’m-50-and-look-at-my-life closet. Bill is 24 and everyone he knows knows… more »

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Review: Design For Living

September 16th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

Noel Coward is a brilliant writer. He is clever, witty, biting, and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny. His style begs for ninety minutes of very tight, crisp dialogue to go along with the sometimes outrageous behavior of his shallow… more »

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Thespian Dreams

September 14th, 2017 by Marti Gorman

My parents met in the Green Room at Hobart-William Smith. She was a WASP from Buffalo, he was a second-generation Irish immigrant and Korean War vet from Massachusetts. They both loved the theatre, and they both loved to drink.… more »

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Review: John

September 10th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

There is nothing fast-paced about John by award winning playwright Annie Baker, Road Less Traveled Theater’s season-opening production. John meanders along with seemingly unrelated conversations, with pauses in sentences,… more »

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Review: Roommates

September 8th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

The world premiere of Roommates by local playwright Mark Humphrey opened Thursday at American Repertory Theater of Western New York. This short, three character two act play is a riff on fear, trust, responsibility, predators… more »

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Review: Peter and the Starcatcher

September 7th, 2017 by Ann Marie Cusella

Peter and the Starcatcher is a lively, almost carefree romp that tells the backstory of Peter Pan in a very un-J.M. Barrie-like manner. Based on the novel by humorist Dave Barry and novelist Ridley Pearson, and written for the… more »

Review: Desde el Puente: Christmas Edition

Review: A Christmas Carol @ The Shaw Festival

Festive holiday season tours by Explore Buffalo

Celebrate the holiday season at the annual Roycrofters-At-Large Winter Festival

Books are for Kids!

Review: Honky

Shadow By the Bridge is latest release from NFB Publishing

Review: Violet

Review: Glengarry Glen Ross

Review: The Bodyguard

Review: Stupid F**king Bird

Release of Chased By Thunder, by Jeff Schober

Vendors sought for Collectors & Artisans Expo

The Ultimate Holiday Shopping Experience

Marshall

Review: Menopause the Musical

Review: Bunnicula

Review: On Your Feet!

Buffalo Has the Only One in the Nation

Review: Sons & Lovers

Review: Design For Living

Thespian Dreams

Review: John

Review: Roommates

Review: Peter and the Starcatcher

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