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Stage, Screen, and Sound: April Arts and Entertainment Picks
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (192+ words) Assistant Professor at SUNY Fredonia, Artistic Associate at Alleyway Theatre, and host of Buffalo Rising's WNY Soundstage podcast, which explores our region's creative economy offering in-depth discussions with a diverse range of artists, musicians, and cultural figures. Alongside his podcast…...
Call for Short Films: Film Strip Fest Relocates from Atlanta to Buffalo
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (249+ words) Newell Nussbaumer is 'queenseyes' - Eyes of the Queen City and Founder of Buffalo Rising. Co-founder Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts. Co-founder Powder Keg Festival that built the world's largest ice maze (Guinness Book of World Records). Instigator behind Emerald…...
Buffalo Comedy Collective offers beginner joke writing and improv classes in the New Year
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (145+ words) If you've answered "yes' to any of the above questions, the Buffalo Comedy Collective is offering up a couple of beginner classes that you should take seriously. The process is so easy, it's laughable. Take your funny from page to…...
WNY Premiere of Straight White Men @ Ujima Company
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (84+ words) THE BASICS: Ujima Company presents Straight White men by Young Jean Lee, Nov. 14 " 23, tickets here, 429 Plymouth Avenue, Buffalo 14213 RUNTIME: About an hour and 40 minutes with one intermission THE PLAYERS, THE PLAY, AND THE PRODUCTION:" " Ujima Company has mounted a fine…...
Derry Girls Meets Tarantino: 'Crocodile Fever' Is ICTC’s Most Unhinged Ride Yet
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (291+ words) Keelie Sheridan describes Crocodile Fever as "Derry Girls meets Quentin Tarantino'a darkly comedic and emotionally charged family drama set during the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland;equal parts surreal, savage, and spectacular on stage now through June 15. Don't…...
Theatre That Bites Back: Keelie Sheridan on Directing 'Crocodile Fever' at ICTC
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (220+ words) On this episode of WNY Soundstage, host Daniel Lendzian speaks with Keelie Sheridan, artistic director of Irish Classical Theatre Company and director of Crocodile Fever." Set in Northern Ireland in 1989, Crocodile Fever, a surreal black comedy, follows two estranged sisters…...
Five Cent Cine: Caught Stealing
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (401+ words) Caught Stealing" (out of 4 stars) Policewoman Roman (Regina King, Oscar winner for'If Beale Street Could Talk[2018]) also recounts her own backstory, a woe-is-me lamentation of a tough upbringing on New York City's Lower East Side, where she is still captive…...
Preacher Lawson Headlines Buffalo State Homecoming Comedy Night
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (466+ words) Get ready to laugh until it hurts'Preacher Lawson is headlining Buffalo State University's Homecoming 2025 Comedy Night on October 3 at 7:00 PM, with Alice Wetterlund and Aristotle Athari joining the party for a night that's bound to bring the house down." The…...
Sex, Secrets, and Equality: Sandy Rustin’s The Cottage Has a Sharp, Funny Feminist Edge
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (251+ words) For Rustin, the inspiration for The Cottage reaches back to her college years, when she first encountered the world of No'l Coward. Rustin's deep dive into Coward's work sparked the idea for something new'a play rooted in the world of…...
The Cottage at Alleyway Theatre is First Rate, Frothy, and Fine
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (272+ words) The Cottage is presented at the Alleyway Theatre, 1 Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo, NY 14202, runs through Sept. 27. For tickets visit alleyway.com THUMBNAIL SKETCH: The Cottage by Sandy Rustin. Set in an English country estate in 1923, THE COTTAGE is an entertaining…...