Theatre & Performing Arts

O'Connell & Company - October 27 - November 6, 2011

We're winging it Buffalo Style with O'Connell & Company's original bi-partisan banquet of laughter, lampooning, roasting & toasting. A political cabaret with fresh skits, witty comedy & hilarious song parodies spoofing headlines & headliners from WNY and beyond!

Caution: BUFFALO ZINGS! is an equal opportunity offender!

 "Consider Yourself" invited to our re-conceived classic musical, OLIVER (...with a twist) - MusicalFare Theatre - September 7th – October 16th, 2011.  It's the same story that's adored by generations, featuring the songs you love and remember, like "Food Glorious Food," "Oliver!," and "As Long as He Needs Me."  But the 'Twist' involves new orchestrations, and a whole new way of telling the story of Oliver, Fagin, The Artful Dodger and the rest of the beloved characters.

Shakespeare in Delaware Park is pleased to announce our 37th Anniversary Season. Join us on the hill in 2012 for Richard the Third - June 21st – July 15th, directed by Saul Elkin. Then director Kyle LoConti will helm our production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream which will take the stage July 26th – August 19th. 

The Festival Theatre began in 1953 as a tent standing over a wooden thrust stage which was surrounded on three sides by the audience. Such a stage had not been seen by theatre-goers for centuries. Designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch to specifications proposed by Tyrone Guthrie, this stage has subsequently influenced the design of over a dozen other theatre buildings throughout the world.

TICK, TICK... BOOM! is an autobiographical masterpiece by the late Jonathan Larson, originally performed as a solo work in 1990. Fast forward two decades. Daniel Henderson, Connor Graham and Vanessa Elder, students at the Buffalo Academy of the Performing Arts – yes, a high school – decided they would produce a student-run musical. The result will be on stage at the Manny Fried Playhouse on May 6th - 22nd Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 6 p.m. at 225 Great Arrow Ave on the third floor.

MusicalFare Theatre - thru May 15th, 2011

THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst as six adolescent outsiders vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest Broadway musical about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time. 

Niagara University Theatre is the producing entity of the Department of Theatre and Fine Arts at Niagara University. They are proud to present a great variety of theatre at a great value for the communities of Western New York. Each production slot is different from the next and, over the course of a few years, periods of theatre from the Greeks to present day contemporary plays are produced on their stage. Their productions give students the opportunity to practice the craft they are learning in the classroom.

The Ghostlight Theatre Company was founded in 1972 by Father Louis Dolinic as the NT Summer Theatre Workshop. The name was changed to NT Theatre Workshop in 1983 and to the Ghostlight in 1988. The GTC has produced over 100 mainstage productions including musicals, classics, dramas, comedies, children's theatre and world premieres. The GTC has launched 18 new plays that have been published and produced in 42 states, Guam and the British Columbia.

Theatre of Youth Company, Inc. (TOY) is a non-profit professional theatre company dedicated to the enhancement of life in the community through the enrichment, education, and entertainment of young audiences.