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The Rochester Community Players have launched their 28th Shakespeare in the Park production with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Highland Park Bowl. Running from July 11–26, the show celebrates RCP’s centennial season and features nightly performances, excluding Mondays and Tuesdays. Actress Kayla Perconti hopes audiences will laugh, be moved, and fall in love with the […]
Taraji P. Henson will make her Broadway acting debut in “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” by August Wilson, starring alongside Cedric the Entertainer. Directed by Debbie Allen, the play is set in 1911 and follows African Americans seeking identity and healing during the Great Migration. Henson will play Bertha Holly, the boarding house co-owner. The […]
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and producer Lena Waithe discussed Jacobs-Jenkins’ Pulitzer-winning play Purpose, which delves into the intergenerational struggles of a Black family in Chicago. Waithe draws parallels to Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, praising Purpose for its updated exploration of masculinity, shame, queerness, and familial obligation. The play centers on the character Solomon, […]
Kel Mitchell, known from “Kenan & Kel” and “All That,” will star alongside Keely Beirne in the musical Anything Goes at OFC Creations Theatre Center in Brighton. The production runs from April 3–19 and is part of the Broadway in Brighton series. The show features classic songs and a whirlwind romantic plot aboard the S.S. […]
Starting today New York movie theaters can apply for a liquor license. The State Liquor Authority is allowing them to sell beer and wine and allowing movie-goers to drink in the theater, rather than before the movie in designated areas. The Liquor Authority’s vote Wednesday was unanimous and it takes effect immediately for cinemas that […]
It seem like we have been wait Forever to see the next Black Panther movie. Well according to Disney, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, along with Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, The Marvels, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will all be moved back to later dates for theatrical release. […]
“In The Heights,” a musical that was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and initially opened on Broadway in 2008, was released in theaters and HBO Max last week. This highly anticipated film captures the essence of experiencing life in Washington Heights, Manhattan as an Afro-Latino. The film tackles issues, imposter syndrome, and being the first in […]
Something to look forward to in 2021 Netflix and movies. With the pandemic not going anywhere anytime soon new release movies at home are becoming a thing. Streaming platforms like HBO Max which released the movie Wonder Woman 1984 gives you the option to watch at home instead of in theaters. So for people like […]
If you were fortunate to see the Broadway sensation “Hamilton” in Rochester last year, or even luckier to see it on Broadway. Get ready for some good or bad news. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Disney are bringing “Hamilton” to Movie Theaters. In what is being called a “Live Capture” of a the stage performance filmed in […]
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