Buffalo Theatre Newsroom

Murder, greed, blackmail, love affairs and a potential hanging are just some of the many dark subjects that form the fabric of the fabulous production of DIAL M FOR MURDER now playing at Shea's 710 Theatre. Who doesn't love a good old fashioned murder mystery? Alfred Hitchcock turned this nail biter into a classic film with Grace Kelly and Ray Miland in 1954. But everything old is new again, as playwright Jeffrey Hatcher has updated and adapted the original play by Frederick Knott into something equally intriguing and possibly even more salacious for current audience sensibilities. 

Casting is set and tickets are now on sale for Starring Buffalo Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein, a unique cabaret event being held at the Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center in Buffalo. Learn more.

Shea's Performing Arts Center and Road Less Traveled Productions will present Dial M for Murder at Shea's 710 Theatre. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Shucked, the Tony Award, winning musical comedy, is set to open at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre on Tuesday, March 25 for eight performances. It will close at the Buffalo Theatre on Sunday, March 30, 2025. 

Shea's Performing Arts Center and Tipico Coffee Roasters will present “Shea's Blend.” The unique coffee, creatively crafted at Tipico's Buffalo roastery, celebrates the centennial anniversary of Shea's Buffalo Theatre.

Shea's Performing Arts Center has revealed 2025-26 Broadway Season at Shea's Buffalo Theatre, which includes WICKED, KIMBERLY AKIMBO and more. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Rochester Philharmonic has revealed its 25/26 season, featuring world premieres and more. See the full lineup of programming here. 

The Geva Theatre Artistic Director Emeritus is launching The Classics Company, a new Rochester theatre company dedicated to staging history's greatest plays.

Broadway's great leading lady  Elaine Stritch once corrected herself when talking about musicals, when she was describing a Broadway show as a 'musical comedy.'  'Every musical was called a musical comedy in my day,' she quipped. Well, times have changed, and the Pultizer Prize winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL most certainly would not be categorized as a musical comedy, but rather a musical drama.

Everything OZ continues these days. L Frank Baum would be flabbergasted to think that his 1900 novel 'THE  WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ' would be as popular, if not MORE popular, in 2025. The endless fascination  with the story of young Dorothy being whisked away by a twister from her home in Kansas to the mystical land of Oz has always been a favorite of young and old. The beloved MGM musical starring Judy Garland continues to be a perennial favorite. And in 1975 a little musical called THE WIZ took Broadway by storm, updating the story to present day with an all Black cast. In 2003, the prequel musical WICKED opened and  has been dazzling Broadway audiences ever since, to say nothing of the blockbuster movie version in 2024. The 2025 Academy Awards included 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow,'  2 songs from THE WIZ and 1 from WICKED. The fascination continues....

Kate Skinner finds herself ‘trapped in a one-woman show' in a new ‘one-woman show' called “Help! I'm Trapped in a One-Woman Show!”, receiving its world premiere March14-16 as Show #Two in Bridge Street Theatre's SoloFest 2025.

Show submissions for the 2025 Rochester Fringe Festival are now open. Artists will have an opportunity to apply to as many of the diverse Rochester venues and spaces as they like through a single application process.

When worlds collide, drama ensues. And in the new play THE LOVED ONES by Erica Murray, 4 women meet under the most unusual of circumstances. Buffalo's Irish Classical Theatre is presenting the North American Premiere of this 2023 play. And as can be expected, the dark subjects of death, remorse, unwed mothers and lives lived full of heartbreak are no stranger to the often brooding stories that have been told in the Irish Theatre genre.

CATS…Now and Forever. That catchphrase of marketing served the blockbuster Broadway musical well. The show ran for over 18 years, and although often maligned, is indelibly chiseled into the canon of classic musicals. It introduced countless tourists to an immersive theatrical experience, never seen before. In 1982 the Winter Garden Theatre was literally transformed into a larger than life sized back alley, with actors dressed as cats crawling through the audience and climbing across the mezzanine rails. The hit song “Memory” earned Betty Buckley a TONY Award for her portrayal of Grizabella, and Andrew Lloyd Weber cemented his role as blockbuster composer. He was fresh off of the success of EVITA and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA would be his next huge hit.

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season.  The season will kick off on September 20 at 8:00 pm with Malofeev Plays Tchaikovsky. Check out the full season lineup here:

What did our critic think of BRILLIANT WORKS OF ART at Bellissima Productions At Alleyway Theatre?

Purchase College, State University of New York’s Broadway Technical Theatre History Project will present the Eleventh “Backstage Legends and Masters Award” to Michael Wyatt.

One of the world’s top Irish dance shows, featuring a starry roster of international dance champions, A Taste of Ireland—The Irish Music & Dance Sensation will come to New York, in February and March for seven performances only.

Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Buffalo Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

The cast has been revealed and tickets are on sale for Starring Buffalo's CATS, featuring Alyssa Fox, Major Attaway and more.

Road Less Traveled Productions will open its third play of the season, Our Lady of 121st Street, by Stephen Adly Guirgis in February. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

The Philosophies of the American Foundings with David French comes to Chautauqua Institution this month. The event is on Tuesday, January 21st 2025 at 3:00 pm.

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Buffalo Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Buffalo Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Musicalfare has announced the next production in its cabaret musicals series, The Last Five Years running on the Premier Cabaret Stage, January 10 – January 26, 2025.