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Gypsy
Gypsy
1/30 - 2/16/2025


Starring Jodi Benson* as Mama Rose, OFC Creations presents the Gypsy, A Musical Fable.  Jodi Benson is best known for providing the voice of Ariel in The ...

The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life
2/20 - 2/23/2025


The Story Of My Life follows the friendship of Alvin and Thomas, two men from a small town. These lifelong friends are reunited after Alvin's

An Evening With Tituss Burgess


Experience the unmatched talent of Tituss Burgess, the Emmy-nominated star of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and "Moulin Rouge! The Musical." Join us at Universal Preservation Hall ...

Gypsy
Gypsy
1/30 - 2/16/2025


Starring Jodi Benson* as Mama Rose, OFC Creations presents the Gypsy, A Musical Fable.  Jodi Benson is best known for providing the voice of Ariel in The ...

Nina Simone: Four Women
Nina Simone: Four Women
1/14 - 2/9/2025


On September 16, 1963, Nina Simone heard that four Black girls were murdered in Birmingham when the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed by the ...

MACBETH
MACBETH
1/31 - 2/16/2025


Power and greed collide as The Company Theatre presents Shakespeare’s MACBETH Witchcraft, prophesy and murder create a toxic mix in The Company Theatre’s upcoming production ...

MACBETH
MACBETH
1/31 - 2/16/2025


Power and greed collide as The Company Theatre presents Shakespeare’s MACBETH Witchcraft, prophesy and murder create a toxic mix in The Company Theatre’s upcoming production ...

The Wiz
The Wiz
2/22 - 2/28/2025


Everybody look around! The Tony Award®-winning Best Musical that took the world by storm is back! THE WIZ returns “home” to stages across America in ...

Little Women
Little Women
2/25 - 3/23/2025


Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel comes to fresh life in this inventive, theatrical adaptation which follows as the March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and ...

Funny Girl
Funny Girl
4/8 - 4/13/2025


WELCOME TO MUSICAL COMEDY HEAVEN! Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, an updated book from ...

Pure Native
Pure Native
4/15 - 5/11/2025


Brewster’s back after almost a decade and things have changed. Brews is proud of his success working for a large corporation, and wants to share ...

Some Like it Hot
Some Like it Hot
5/13 - 5/18/2025


Winner of 4 Tony Awards®, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes, and the Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theater Album, SOME LIKE IT HOT is ...

Back to the Future The Musical


Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for Rochester in 2025. Winner of ...

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical


Before she was hit-maker Carole King, she was Carole Klein, an up-and-coming songwriter from Brooklyn.  Beautiful: The Carole King Musical  is the inspiring story of ...



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Review: NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN at Geva Theatre


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by Colin Fleming-Stumpf - October 16, 2024

The Rochester Broadway Theatre League begins its 2024-2025 season with one of the 20th century’s most iconic musicals; one that has traversed the globe, been spun into multiple screen adaptations and has done pit stops at the West Herr Auditorium Theatre on more than one occasion in recent years. &n...

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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...

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SUNY Cortland Performing Arts Department (2/27 - 3/2)
Anything Goes in Central New York Anything Goes
Dowd Fine Arts Center (4/4 - 4/13)
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