http://www.tonawanda-news.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:24:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_021101804.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_021101804.html One of the hottest Broadway musicals in recent years started its first national tour late last year and next week, the tour comes to Buffalo. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:25:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_302123926.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_302123926.html Gregory Fletcher had mixed feelings the first time he saw Jonathan Larson’s “tick, tick ... BOOM!” Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:07:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_274101141.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_274101141.html About three weeks ago, theater season got its official kickoff in the Buffalo area with Curtain Up! 2009. But this weekend seems like the unofficial starting point for Niagara County’s theater year. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:51:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_253105419.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_253105419.html As another summer comes to a close, the lights are ready to go up again in Buffalo. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:10:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_225102108.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_225102108.html Some days it’s all good.Like recently when I went to do an interview with the director of the new musical at Artpark and I got to sit in on the first rehearsal they were doing in full costume. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:24:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_194142452.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_194142452.html There’s nothing a performer likes more than to play before a full house.The economic climate of the past 18 months or so has made that goal tougher to achieve for those involved with the three Tonawanda-area theater groups. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:41:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_092103419.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_092103419.html When comedian Steve Martin decided to adapt the play “The Underpants,” he said it was because the plot was so simple. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:16:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_078101608.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_078101608.html It was a night for Shea’s season ticket holders March 12, as the theater announced its 2009-10 M and T Bank Broadway Series schedule. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:17:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_026102212.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_026102212.html The pleasing slice of Americana ”Ah, Wilderness!” is the closest Eugene O’Neill ever came to writing a comedy. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:28:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_354103150.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_354103150.html Buffalo’s 2008 theatrical tragedy did not transfer to Niagara County and Ken-Ton theaters. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:35:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_346104430.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_346104430.html “These are the giant forks and spoons that the gingerbreads carry. Aren’t they cute?”Beverley Ann Feder holds up a giant-sized Styrofoam eating utensils covered in silver sparkles. She is guiding a visitor through a storage room that holds many of the props from her ballet, “The Nutcracker” which she has produced for the last 31 years for the Greater Niagara Ballet Company. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_339101323.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_339101323.html Linda Silvestri sees the parallels. Silvestri is directing “Fences” at the Woodbox Theater this weekend. “Fences” is the sixth part of playwright August Wilson’s “Pittsburgh Cycle.” Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_319100737.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_319100737.html Another widely treasured work of English-language literature has come to life in the Tonawandas.And there endeth similarities between “Tuesdays with Morrie” and “The Hobbit.” The “Morrie” play was staffed by just two actors, a learned fledgling and a geezer with an early bedtime. The Towne Players’ “Hobbit,” dramatized from Briton J.R.R. Tolkien’s pioneering fantasy novel, looks like an all-ages Halloween party, a cast of 26 ranging from single digits to don’t-ask. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:38:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_318101943.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_318101943.html Roller skating on stage without careening into the front row seats is the current challenge for a group of student actors at Niagara University.Stage manager Kurt Erb hopes for a visceral response from the audience when “The Rink,” opens tonight with a preview performance at the Leary Theatre. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:50:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_303165050.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/theatre/gnnnightdaytheater_story_303165050.html The Niagara Regional Theatre Guild’s production of “Tuesdays with Morrie” is simultaneously poignant and uplifting, with powerful performances by its two-man cast.