What did you do in the arts this weekend?
Did you participate in the monthly art walk (as either a walker or an artist)? Were you in the audience for a high school musical? Did you, like me, try to catch up on Oscar winners that you hadn’t...
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Cider Mill packs them in for its first-ever ‘Comedy Night’ fundraiser
By Nancy Oliveri With comedians from New York City, Syracuse and Binghamton, the Cider Mill Playhouse presented its first-ever fundraiser and stand-up comedy night on March 1. Thinking I had all the...
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Intimate setting gives immediacy to ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Phelps
UPDATE: Additional performances have been added at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday (Dec. 16 and 17). Call the Phelps at 722-4873. Reviewed by Nancy Oliveri For the third year, Jan DeAngelo & Co. and...
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Dramatic staging brings community reading program to life
By Nancy Oliveri A community-wide NEA Big Read program promoting reading and literacy is running throughout March and this weekend will include a compelling stage adaptation of the featured book. SUNY...
View Article‘Cabaret’ at JCC is dark, disturbing and compelling
Reviewed by George Basler When Cabaret first opened on Broadway in the mid-1960s, the show was daring, combining splashy musical numbers with a dark plot about the rise of Nazi Germany. More than five...
View ArticleSavoyards’‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ makes murder fun at Bundy Museum
Reviewed by George Basler On paper, Arsenic and Old Lace is a weird play. The two major characters are lovely old ladies whose only fault is that they’re serial killers. Other characters have more than...
View ArticleS.T.A.R returns to live action with nasty classic
By George Basler Southern Tier Actors Read (S.T.A.R) is returning to live performances this weekend on a truly nasty note. Friday through Sunday (June 25-27), the company will perform a staged reading...
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