Revered Broadway playwright Neil Simon passed away last August at age 91, leaving behind a legacy too sizable to address in this…
Browsing: CNY Playhouse
Central New York Playhouse’s inventive production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (through Saturday, May 18) takes William Shakespeare’s fantasy comedy…
An early review described Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead as “Waiting for Godot with more laughs.” The show, which opened when the…
Toto, we’re not in Paris anymore. Choderlos de Laclos’ frequently banned novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782) was set among debauched, intriguing aristocrats in pre-Revolutionary France. His…
“Mamma Mia!” could be one of Central New York Playhouse’s biggest stage hits of the last seven years.
The new Redhouse venue dominated local stage news stories all year. The kickoff was the move to new quarters in the 400…
CNY Playhouse and Syracuse Stage are ringing in a thespian’s holiday with two seasonal stage shows.
Julian Wiles produced Nevermore in 1994. Professional companies ignored it, but director Christopher Lupia successfully grabs another little-known paths.
With SU Drama staging its unusual take on Into the Woods, another unconventional show running through Oct. 27 on the Central…
There’ll be none of that “Shh-shh, don’t tell” business. Under Dan Stevens’ direction, the cast of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap…
There’s plenty of comedy to chew on with It’s Only a Play from playwright Terrence McNally, who arguably ranks among…
Jukebox musicals allow fans to revisit the past without mawkish nostalgia or sneering camp. Chris D’Arienzo’s cleverly put-together Rock of Ages, which runs…
Into the Woods After six years of turning its bustling Shoppingtown mall venue into an audience destination, artistic director Dustin Czarny’s Central New…
We approach a cult musical differently from your garden-variety hit. With a hit like Guys and Dolls or South Pacific, we don’t expect…
A Few Good Men Earlier in this decade Central New York Playhouse’s predecessor, Not Another Theater Company, was establishing a network of performers…