Theater Review: Sweat @ Road Less Traveled Theater

Theater Review: Sweat @ Road Less Traveled Theater

A Rustbelt Story We Know All Too Well by Ann Marie Cusella the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner is playing at RLT the Lives of Factory Workers Sweat, the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning play by Lynn Nottage set in Reading, Pennsylvania, is a powerful indictment of corporate and...
Theater Review: Disaster! @ MusicalFare Theatre

Theater Review: Disaster! @ MusicalFare Theatre

In the 1970s, disaster movies were quite the thing! by Ann Marie Cusella You’re invited to the discotheque Turmoil Can Be Funny In the 1970s, disaster movies were quite the thing. People happily going about their business were suddenly beset with a shark attack...
Theater Review: Murder On The Orient Express @ Shea’s 710 Theatre

Theater Review: Murder On The Orient Express @ Shea’s 710 Theatre

Agatha Christie’s Famous Train Makes a Stop in Buffalo by Ann Marie Cusella Murder On The Orient Express is playing at Shea’s 710 Theatre from March 23-April 7, 2023. The Timeless Murder Mystery A delicious murder mystery set on an elegant first class train...
Theater Review: Beetlejuice at Shea’s

Theater Review: Beetlejuice at Shea’s

Don’t Say that Famous Name Three Times! by Ann Marie Cusella Beetlejuice is playing at Shea’s from March 21-26, 2023 That Famous Guy in Stripes Based on the many striped suits and goth costumes on audience members entering the theater, it was clear Beetlejuice...
Theater Review: Choir Boy @ Ujima Theatre Co

Theater Review: Choir Boy @ Ujima Theatre Co

Explore the Complexities of Life in a Rigid Environment by Ann Marie Cusella Choir Boy is playing March 16-April 2, 2023 Welcome to Prep School The Charles R. Drew Preparatory School is a strict, religious institution whose mission is to educate black high-school boys...
Theater Review: Every Brilliant Thing @ 2nd Generation Theatre

Theater Review: Every Brilliant Thing @ 2nd Generation Theatre

What Makes Life Worth Living? by Ann Marie Cusella Every Brilliant Thing is playing from March 3rd-19th, 2023. Contemplate Life and Death What makes life worth living? Is it just the big “wow” things that come along rarely? Or is it also the everyday things, like ice...
Theater Review: The Thin Place at Road Less Traveled Theater

Theater Review: The Thin Place at Road Less Traveled Theater

This Production Keeps Audiences Guessing by Ann Marie Cusella the Thin Place is playing from February 23rd – March 26th, 2023. Drama Meets Horror A very smart, very well-constructed drama/ghost story by Obie Award winning, Tony-nominated playwright Lucas Hnath...
Theater Review: The Tempest

Theater Review: The Tempest

BPO and ICTC Team Up for an Amazing Show! by Ann Marie Cusella ICTC and BPO are teaming up for one weekend only The Bard is in Town Irish Classical Theatre Company and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra are presenting a condensed version of The Tempest by William...
Theater Review: Hadestown @ Shea’s

Theater Review: Hadestown @ Shea’s

A Mashup of Two Greek Myths Comes to Buffalo Niagara. by Ann Marie Cusella Hadestown is playing at Shea’s from February 21st-26th, 2023. Get Ready For a Folk Opera Hadestown opens with the cast and musicians smiling and waving at the audience as they take the stage,...