Theater Review: MAMMA MIA! @ Shea’s
The 25th Anniversary of the Musical Celebrating the Music of ABBA by Ann Marie Cusella MAMMA MIA! is playing at Shea’s from April 9-14, 2024. Enter a Greek Island Paradise Mamma Mia! What an exuberant jukebox musical. What a flashy, sequined, disco throwback of...
Theater Review: Betrayal @ ICTC
Prepare for a Pinter Play by Ann Marie Cusella Betrayal is playing @ Irish Classical Theatre from February 23-March 17, 2024. Affairs of the Heart Inspired by his own clandestine affair, Betrayal by Pulitzer Prize winning dramatist, Harold Pinter, is a meditation on...
Theater Review: Beautiful: the Carole King Musical @ MusicalFare Theatre
Put Another Quarter in the Jukebox by Ann Marie Cusella Beautiful: the Carole King Musical is playing from February 21-March 19, 2024. Photo Doug Weyand Feel The Earth Move Remember The Drifters? The Shirelles? The Righteous Brothers? No? Well you are in for a treat...
Theater Review: The Folks at Home @ Alleyway Theatre
Keeping it All in the Family by Ann Marie Cusella The Folks at Home is playing at Alleyway Theatre from February 9 – March 2, 2024. That ’70s Sitcom Feeling This dramedy is an homage to the sitcoms of the 1970s, mainly those produced by Norman Lear. They...
Theater Review: Funny Girl @ Shea’s
Fanny Brice is Gonna Shine by Ann Marie Cusella Funny Girl is playing at Shea’s from December 13-28, 2024. Hey, Mister Arnstein Funny Girl was first produced on Broadway 60 years ago, starring Barbra Streisand in the semi-biographical musical about the life of...
Theater Review: Annie @ Shea’s
That Little Orphan is Back to Brighten the Holiday by Ann Marie Cusella Annie is playing at Shea’s Performing Art Center from December 18-23, 2023. A Hard-Knock Life The feel-good musical Annie is the Christmas offering at Shea’s this week. Winner of seven Tony...
Theater Review: 12 Mo’ Angry Men @ Ujima
Separating Fact from Fancy by Ann Marie Cusella 12 Mo’ Angry Men is playing at Ujima Theatre from December 1st – 17th, 2023 A Classic Re-Born 12 Mo’ Angry Men, written and directed by Buffalo native TaNisha Fordham, is inspired by the 1954 teleplay and...
Theater Review: The Convent @ Brazen-Faced Varlets
Searching for the True Self? by Ann Marie Cusella The Convent, presented by the Brazen-Faced Varlets, is playing from November 3 – 18, 2023. The Trials of Modern Times What is the modern woman to do when the world is too much with her, late and soon? Drugs? A...