Theater Review: Toni Stone @ Ujima Theatre Co.

Theater Review: Toni Stone @ Ujima Theatre Co.

The First Female Professional Baseball Player by Ann Marie Cusella Toni Stone is playing at the Ujima Theatre Company from November 4th-20th, 2022. “Reach” as a Philosophy Toni Stone was the first female professional baseball player, playing for the...
Theater Review: the Gentleman Caller from Buffalo United Artists

Theater Review: the Gentleman Caller from Buffalo United Artists

a Memory Play by Ann Marie Cusella A Gentleman Caller has select showings until November 12, 2022 A Meeting of Literary Titans Tennesee Williams and William Inge are on stage at the Bittersweet Piano Lounge in the Hotel Lafayette in the persons of Matthew Rittler and...
Theater Review: Burst @ Alleyway Theatre

Theater Review: Burst @ Alleyway Theatre

Just One Word by Ann Marie Cusella Burst is at the Alleyway Theatre until November 12, 2022 A Global Nightmare In the 1967 film The Graduate, the protagonist, Benjamin Braddock, a recent Berkeley graduate bewildered by the people at his graduation party, is waylaid by...
Theater Review: The Addams Family @ O’Connell and Co.

Theater Review: The Addams Family @ O’Connell and Co.

They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky by Ann Marie Cusella Catch your favorite family until October 30th It’s Time to Pay a Call Gomez, Morticia and their brood are temporarily in residence at O’Connell and Company in their new digs in Amherst in a...
Theater Review: A Secret Garden: Spring Version @ 2nd Gen Theatre

Theater Review: A Secret Garden: Spring Version @ 2nd Gen Theatre

A Beloved Classic Returns by Ann Marie Cusella The Beloved classic is back at Shea’s Smith Theatre this October 2nd Gen’s First Foray into Children’s Musical Theatre This 90-minute (with one 10-minute intermission) version of A Secret Garden is 2nd...
Theater Review: Mysterious Circumstances @ Road Less Traveled Theater

Theater Review: Mysterious Circumstances @ Road Less Traveled Theater

Prepare for a Time-Twisting Tale by Ann Marie Cusella Mysterious Circumstances is playing at the Road Less Traveled Theater from September 22nd through October 16th, 2022 Clever as a Fox Sherlock Holmes has fascinated millions of people for well over a century. He is...
Theater Review: The Magnolia Ballet @ Alleyway Theatre

Theater Review: The Magnolia Ballet @ Alleyway Theatre

What was it like to be a black, gay teenager in rural Georgia in the early 21st Century? by Ann Marie Cusella The Magnolia Ballet is playing from September 20th to October 2nd, 2022 A Powerful New Drama What was it like to be a black, gay teenager in rural Georgia in...
Theater Review: Nice Work If You Can Get It @ MusicalFare Theatre

Theater Review: Nice Work If You Can Get It @ MusicalFare Theatre

Gershwin Visits Amherst this Fall by Ann Marie Cusella Catch a screwball comedy until October 9, 2022 Get Ready to Laugh If you like Gershwin music and songs, screwball comedies, 1920’s costumes, and dancing that includes everything from ballet to tap, this show is...
Theater Review: Doubt, A Parable

Theater Review: Doubt, A Parable

The Pulitzer Prize Winning Play is at ICTC this Fall! by Ann Marie Cusella Photo courtesy of Mark Duggan/Nickel City Headshots Have No Doubt A brilliant production of Doubt, A Parable, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by John Patrick Shanley, opened on Curtain Up!...
Theater Review: Alley of the Dolls

Theater Review: Alley of the Dolls

It’s that time again, folks. Buffalo United Artists’ annual camp show is back. by Ann Marie Cusella Alley of the Dolls is playing at the Alleyway Theatre Summer Camp Has Begun ‘Tis the season for summer camp and if mosquitos and s’mores aren’t your thing, consider...