Archive: Arts & Entertainment

North Star Art Gallery's new exhibition opens this Saturday with an exhibition of the works of Brian Keeler celebrating his ancestral lands of Ireland and Scotland.

Brian Keeler's portrayal of the Celtic Coastlines and Hebridian Highlands represent a return to his ancestral lands. The rugged western coastlines of Scotland and Ireland are presented here in this show at the North Star Art Gallery.

Current Broadway hit 'School of Rock' comes to Ithaca this summer with a regional premiere by Running to Places (R2P). A heartwarming show with a wild edge, this comic rock musical will get your feet tapping and your head bopping. The show runs Aug. 10-12 at Ithaca High School's Kulp Auditorium.

Shows currently on Broadway usually can't be produced elsewhere, but "School of Rock" has been made available exclusively to youth companies. Normally the difference between seeing a show on Broadway and locally is that Broadway shows feature adult professionals, says Joey Steinhagen, R2P artistic director, "but for this show, the kids in the Broadway production are the same age as the kids in R2P. We have incredibly talented kids so this is really close to an authentic Broadway experience."

From Thursday, July 26 to Saturday, July 28 the Hangar Theatre Company KIDDSTUFF Summer Series will be presenting Snow White adapted by Marjorie Sokoloff. This story does not begin with a beautiful princess, an evil witch or an enchanted castle: Sokoloff's rendition of Snow White begins starts with a frightened young woman alone in the world. Beyond the classic tale of the young girl who was the fairest of them all, audiences are revealed to the villain's perspective, from her tragic childhood to her quest for revenge.

Civic Ensemble completes this year's Civic Acts repertory with a World Premiere of Saviana Stanescu's Bee Trapped Inside The Window opening tonight at 8:30pm at the Black Box Theatre @ LACS, 111 Chestnut Street, Ithaca NY Juy 26 through 29. Stanescu's play, a Civic Commission, is a meditation on loneliness, identity and complicity that examines modern day domestic slavery's impact on the lives of three ethnically diverse women in the leafy suburbs of Connecticut. The production, directed by the actor/director Vernice P. Miller (All God's Chillun Got Wings), features Janilya Baizack, Sarah K. Chalmers (Slashes of Light), and Erin Lockett.

Civic Acts: New Plays Toward The Beloved Community is Civic Ensemble's new play festival in Ithaca featuring new political plays by nationally and internationally renowned playwrights whose work centers on women and people of color. These plays deal with the challenges our communities face in moving society toward what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called The Beloved Community. Civic Acts is one of the rare new play festivals in the United States devoted to socially-engaged theatre.

The Cherry Arts announced its 2018-19 company productions, unveiling two 'radically local' and two 'radically global' works that the Cherry Arts Company will produce this coming year.

'The Missing Chapter' by Katie Marks & Aoise Stratford is a new 'headphone walking play' based on Ithaca's silent film past, produced in collaboration with the Wharton Studio Museum and Friends of Stewart Park. It runs August 31–September 9. Audience members who participated in Storm Country, The Cherry's original headphone walking play, will recall the thrill of traversing Ithaca by foot while being immersed in a theatrical experience like no other. The Missing Chapter introduces audiences to Wharton Studio heroine Beatrice Fairfax, advice columnist for the lovelorn... and amateur sleuth. As Beatrice solves crime in the heady days of the women's suffrage movement, we stroll Stewart Park and investigate 'missing chapters' in the history of our own community.

Triphammer Arts Inc. will present Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! opening on Wednesday August 1, and continuing Friday through Sunday August 3, 4, and 5, 2018. Performances will take place rain or shine at 7:00pm at the CRS Barn Studio, 2622 North Triphammer Road in Lansing.

"If ever a musical theatre work deserved its exclamation point, it's Oklahoma!" wrote the Chicago Tribune's John von Rhein in 2013. This Pulitzer Prize winner and perennial audience favorite includes such familiar tunes as 'Oh, what a beautiful morning', 'People will say we're in love', 'Surrey with the fringe on top', and the rousing title song, 'Oklahoma!' On the 75th anniversary of the show's 1943 premier, the choice is a natural for the farm setting of the CRS Barn, with its natural rustic background and expansive views of Cayuga Lake – where art and agriculture meet.

The Hangar Theatre Company's production of Pride and Prejudice comes alive on stage from July 19 to 28. Straight from its extended New York run, the Hangar Theatre Company is proud to produce this show written by Kate Hamill and directed by Suzanne Agins.

In their attempt to win the game of life, the Bennet sisters learn the complicated rules of mating rituals and settling down. With many mishaps and miscommunications, Lizzy, Jane, Bingley, and Darcy traverse the struggles of societal expectations in this witty adaptation of Jane Austen's classic. Hamil brings humor and passion to the story of the Bennet sisters' quest to find suitable husbands.

Kitchen Theatre Company, Central New York's Off Broadway theatre, announces its 2018-19 season: seven exciting productions that fit perfectly with the Kitchen's mission to create bold theatre in our intimate space that engages community and sparks important conversations. Beginning with an indie rock musical and ending with a story about a deaf man's struggle to find his place in his family and the world, the season includes comedies, dramas with timely and historical themes, and even a thriller. The season runs from September 9th to June 23rd. Single tickets and subscriptions are on sale now!

"This is a year of transformation for the Kitchen," says Kitchen Theatre Company's Producing Artistic Director M. Bevin O'Gara, "and I couldn't be prouder of the season we've put together. Not only do we have an incredible roster of plays that asks questions about the world and ourselves, allowing us to see what's possible, but there will be many opportunities for community engagement, including the Press Play partnership with Cinemapolis, actors' forums, and more."

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