The Avenue Blackbox has been a special place since opening its doors in June 2018. Now celebrating its fifth season, “The Ave” is a safe and
The Nitrate Picture Show, a festival of film conservation, just wrapped up yesterday at the Eastman Museum’s Dryden Theatre. The festival includes screenings of nitrate
During a holiday vacation when I was eight (1964), my mom took me to see the movie Bye Bye Birdie in downtown Rochester. Our theater
As we look toward the future, there are Rochester traditions coming back that many of us are excited for. The Rochester Fringe Festival comes to
(585)’s recent profile of comedy venues and events (“Going Out For Laughs,” in the January-February issue) generated a great deal of responses. Looking for something
Heather Stevenson knows the importance of collaboration. At forty-four, she is the codirector of PUSH Physical Theater, which she and husband Darren Stevenson founded in 2000. She
When it opened on Broadway in 1957, West Side Story was a cutting edge, raw musical, almost ahead of its time—in the vein of recent
On Tuesday night, hundreds of people trudged through snowy sidewalks toward the warm lobby of the Auditorium Theatre for the opening night of Pippin, that 1970s musical
From the moment the audience members stepped into the Auditorium Theatre on Tuesday night, there was magic in the air. Little girls flounced down the
Rochester is a very charming place to spend the holidays. Sure, there might be an unexpected blizzard warning every once in a while, but that
