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Dot
12/13 - 12/29/2024


Blackfriars Theatre presents Colman Domingo's Dot, running from December 13 to 29. The play focuses on the complexities of family dynamics as three middle-aged siblings ...


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Blackfriars Theatre Presents DOT By Colman Domingo


by A.A. Cristi - November 20, 2024

Blackfriars Theatre has announced its holiday production of DOT by Colman Domingo, running December 13-29. ...

POTUS Comes to Blackfriars Theatre


by Stephi Wild - October 11, 2024

Laugh your political worries away with Blackfriars Theatre (795 East Main Street) for the smash Broadway play, POTUS: or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, running Oct 24th-Nov 3rd. ...

Review: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Blackfriars Theatre


by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - September 15, 2024

What did our critic think of SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Blackfriars Theatre?...

Blackfriars Theatre Opens 75th Season With SWEENEY TODD


by Stephi Wild - August 26, 2024

Blackfriars Theatre will bring murder, meat pies, humor, and heartbreak with Steven Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, running Sept 6-22. ...

Review: RENT at Blackfriars Theatre


by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - July 21, 2024

What did our critic think of RENT at Blackfriars Theatre?...

Review: A CHORUS LINE at JCC Centerstage Theatre


by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - July 15, 2024

Reviewing summer youth theatre productions is always an assignment I eagerly anticipate, because I’m reminded of the treasure trove of young theatrical talent that Rochester has to offer. Summer youth shows in Rochester (Blackfriars Theatre and JCC both have them) consistently feature professional-c...

Review: CABARET at Blackfriars Theatre


by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - May 10, 2024

One of theatre’s many powers is its ability to reflect the happenings of the outside world, illuminating events and societal trends, and even portending things to come. When “Cabaret” was written in 1966 we were only one generation removed from the biggest global conflict in world history, in which ...

CABARET Comes to Blackfriars Theatre in May


by Stephi Wild - April 24, 2024

 Experience the 1929 Berlin club scene with Blackfriars Theatre (795 East Main Street) for Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, running May 10th-26th. ...

MALA By Melinda Lopez Comes to the Blackfriars Theatre


by Stephi Wild - March 07, 2024

 Blackfriars Theatre will present Mala, a one-woman tour de force, by Melinda Lopez. Performances run March 22 - April 5....

Review: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES at Blackfriars Theatre


by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - February 02, 2024

“Les Liaisons Dangereuses” is a story with myriad adaptations. The 18th century novel was spun into a stage play in 1985 by playwright Christopher Hampton, which was then adapted into the 1988 film “Dangerous Liaisons”, which was THEN adapted into the 90’s cult sensation “Cruel Intentions.” It’s not...

Past Shows


Blackfriars Theatre opens its 75th season with a revival of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, featuring Mary Tiballi Hoffman as Mrs. Lovett. ...

Silent Sky
Silent Sky
3/27 - 4/11/2020


When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isnt allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. ...

Next to Normal
Next to Normal
2/7 - 2/23/2020


Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American ...

Peter and the Starcatcher
Peter and the Starcatcher
12/13 - 12/29/2019


A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing ...

Detroit '67
Detroit '67
10/18 - 11/3/2019


In 1967 Detroit, Motown music is getting the party started, and Chelle and her brother Lank are making ends meet by turning their basement into ...

Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls
8/30 - 9/15/2019


Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to ...

Avenue Q
Avenue Q
5/11 - 5/27/2018


The laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way ...

When We Were Young & Unafraid


In this powerfully poignant and moving new play, we find ourselves in 1972, before Roe v. Wade and the Violence Against Women Act. Agnes has ...

Glengarry Glen Ross
Glengarry Glen Ross
2/2 - 2/18/2018


The Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning comedy is Mamet at his very best - writing about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a ...

Little Women, The Musical
Little Women, The Musical
12/15 - 12/30/2017


The beloved adventures of the four March sisters is brought to life in this vivid and stirring new musical! Meg, Beth and Amy March are ...

Dracula
Dracula
10/31 - 11/12/2017


In his hunt for immortality, Renfield stumbles upon the Amulet of the Vampir, a lost jewel buried in the legend of Dracula, The Master. Caged ...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
9/1 - 9/23/2017


A shipwreck on a strange shore leaves Viola with fears her twin brother is dead. She is forced to build a new life on her ...

Grease
Grease
7/7 - 7/16/2017


Blackfriars Theatre Summer Intensive (BTSI), a training program for the next generation of artists, offers up the iconic musical about the duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace ...

Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
5/5 - 5/21/2017


In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine, Arthur Miller redefined the ...

Hands on a Hardbody
Hands on a Hardbody
3/17 - 4/2/2017


For 10 hard-luck Texans, a new lease on life is so close they can touch it. Under a scorching sun for days on end, armed ...

The Underpants
The Underpants
2/3 - 2/19/2017


Theobald Maske has an unusual problem: his wife’s underpants won’t stay on. One Sunday morning they fall to her ankles right in the middle of ...

The Flight Before Christmas
The Flight Before Christmas
12/16 - 12/31/2016


Ladies and gentlemen, put your seats in their full upright positions, stow your worries in the overhead compartment, and fasten your seat belts for a ...

The Boys Next Door
The Boys Next Door
10/28 - 11/13/2016


In a New England communal residence, four mentally challenged men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly “burned out” young social worker named ...

Assassins
Assassins
9/2 - 9/24/2016


Touted as “bold, disturbing, and alarmingly funny,” Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the ...

The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer
7/8 - 7/17/2016


Return to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in ...

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