Broome Arts Mirror – Local Theatre Reviews
The Broome Arts Mirror is a group of volunteers affiliated with the Broome County Arts Council who write previews and reviews about local performances and arts shows. For inquiries, including having someone review your local production, please contact us at bamirror@broomearts.org.
CRT revue is salute to the ’60s
By Nancy Oliveri Chenango River Theatre is taking us back to a mod, mod, mod, mod world! Kid of the sixties? You may not want to miss the show opening Friday (July 14) at Chenango River Theatre in Greene. Billed as a musical revue, Shout! The Mod Musical follows [...]
There’s no business like shoe business when EPAC presents ‘Kinky Boots’
By George Basler Alex VanTassel has two big reasons why she signed up to be music director for Kinky Boots at the Endicott Performing Arts Center. She loves the show’s music, and she loves the show’s message. “It’s a fun show that also makes you think and feel [...]
S.T.A.R.’s ‘Shining Lives’ depicts corporate negligence in early 20th century
By Nancy Oliveri This weekend, Southern Tier Actors Read (S.T.A.R.) and the Phelps Mansion Museum will present a staged reading of These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich. Barbara Vartanian, a S.T.A.R. member and actor in several past performances, is making her directorial debut with the two-act play. She shares [...]
BLAST plans busy summer at Cider Mill Stage
By George Basler BLAST (Bold Local Artists of the Southern Tier), which just finished its second season at the Cider Mill Stage, 2 Nanticoke Ave., Endicott, is not taking the summer off. The company has scheduled five productions for the warm-weather months of June, July and August. The [...]
Downtown Singers offer concert of healing and hope
By George Basler The COVID-19 pandemic made the last few years challenging ones for the community and the Binghamton Downtown Singers and Orchestra. “There were people in the choir who absolutely lost someone close to them,” Artistic Director Marisa Crabb said. The choir also was forced to cancel [...]
In unique KNOW Theatre play, silence speaks louder than words
By George Basler Small Mouth Sounds is a play that honestly earns its label as a unique piece of work. How unique? The play barely has any dialogue. Instead, the actors use body language to tell the story and reveal their characters’ personalities, quirks and emotional struggles. The [...]
Ti-Ahwaga Players looking to spell fun with Tony-winning musical
By George Basler Spelling bees, whether you consider them competitions or quaint rituals, are a tradition as old as American education itself. Generations of kids have participated in them from school contests to the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Even in an age of spell-check and other electronic [...]
Reliable laugh-getter opens Chenango River season
By George Basler Mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, slamming doors and a nutty plot are all key elements of a good farce, and Lend Me a Tenor has them in abundance, said Zach Curtis, producing artistic director of the Chenango River Theatre, which will open its season with the play [...]
String Band to share traditional music at coffeehouse
On Saturday (May 20), the Cranberry Coffeehouse will present The Old Shoe String Band with John Thomson, Janet Nieburg and Jeff Bronfeld. The program will feature a wide variety of traditional music on fiddle, banjo, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, autoharp, bowed psaltery, guitar, penny whistle, harmonica, concertina, bass and percussion. [...]
BLAST celebrates ‘golden oldies’ at the Cider Mill Stage
By George Basler Like a hamburger at the drive-in or a double dip sundae at the ice cream stand, the musical Sh-Boom! Life Could Be a Dream is a prime example of “comfort food.” The show, which opens Friday (May 19) and runs for three weekends at the [...]
Auditions set for Savoyards’ summer show
Auditions will be held May 19 and 21 at Trinity Memorial Church Hall, 118 Oak St., Binghamton, for the Summer Savoyards’ July performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta “Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse.” Appointments can be scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday or 1-4 p.m. Sunday at www.summersavoyards.org/auditions. [...]
Philharmonic will take audiences to a galaxy far, far away with ‘Star Wars’ scores
By George Basler The Binghamton Philharmonic will celebrate an iconic entertainment franchise and salute an iconic movie composer Thursday (May 4) in the final concert of the 2022-23 season. The franchise is Star Wars, created by George Lucas that began as a 1977 film before morphing into a cultural [...]
‘Major league’ violinist joins Philharmonic for classical finale
By George Basler The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra will conclude its Classical Series on Saturday (April 29) with the performance of three major symphonic works and the appearance of a violinist who has gained international renown. The concert, titled “Northern Lights,” will take place at Broome County's Forum Theatre [...]
Broadway songs get new twist at Pride scholarship fundraiser
By George Basler A gallery of well-known local performers will give a new twist to some old Broadway songs with a special cabaret-style performance, Twisted Broadway, Saturday (April 29) at the Cider Mill Stage in Endicott. The cabaret, sponsored by the Binghamton Pride Coalition, will raise money to [...]
‘Rent’ opens Friday at Binghamton University with all-student cast
By George Basler Once every decade or so, a Broadway show opens and becomes a headline-grabbing news event and cultural landmark as well as a major hit. Oklahoma! fit the bill when it opened at the height of World War II. So did Hair, which captured the hippie, flower [...]
