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.
New Tri-Cities Opera director outlines plans for company's future
By George Basler Tri-Cities Opera has a proud history, and it's a wonderful achievement that the company offers three classic operas each season, Susan Ashbaker said. But the new general director of the Binghamton-based opera company wants to do more. As TCO prepares open its 66th season this weekend with [...]
What have you been doing in the arts?
Did you attend a concert this weekend, watch a play, visit a gallery or museum? Were you performing or rehearsing or just mellowing out to a new CD? How have the arts been part of your week? Please share with your fellow BAMirror readers.
Artist Ted Whipple dies at 101
Artist Ted Whipple dies at 101 Noted local artist Ted Whipple died Wednesday, October 8. Ted had been active in both music and visual arts, as founder and leader of several singing organizations, and as an active painter and painting workshop leader. […]
Lage and Eldridge bring BU audience to its feet
Reviewed by Lory Martinez Julian Lage and Chris “Critter” Eldridge waltzed onto Binghamton University’s Watters Theater stage Wednesday (Oct. 8) to serenade the crowd with originals and covers from their latest album, Avalon. The New York City-based acoustic guitar duo offered the perfect combination of the jazz and blues spirit, or as [...]
CRT closes season with a bang … several, in fact
Reviewed by Nancy Oliveri Who doesn’t love a good Western? Who doesn’t love a gangster story? In Mr. Hart and Mr. Brown by Bruce Graham, you get both, but it ain’t Bonnie and Clyde. Directed by Bill Lelbach, who also designed the simple, evocative, gravel-floored set, Mr. Hart and Mr. [...]
Season opener for Ti-Ahwaga Players is scandalously good
Reviewed by Nancy Oliveri The basic history for Peter Morgan’s Frost/Nixon is familiar to anyone who was around for the scandal that destroyed the presidency of one man and revived the foundering television career of another. But the play, which opens the Ti-Ahwaga Community Players’ 2014-15 season, also provides [...]
BPO opens season with well-deserved ovation
Reviewed by Lee Shepherd Something old, something new and something smacking of a midlife crisis!That phrase characterizes Saturday’s fine Binghamton Philharmonic concert in a nutshell. Performing at Binghamton University’s Anderson Center, the orchestra revisited Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 [...]
‘Into the Woods’ an ambitious opener for the Cider Mill season
Reviewed by Nancy Oliveri The Cider Mill Playhouse's season opener, Into the Woods (book by James Lapine, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim), is a bold choice, and the first under the leadership of new Executive Director Gail King Belokur. With the nearly 30-year-old musical still growing in popularity and [...]
Heart of the Arts Memorial Roll Call
A Note from Sharon Ball, Executive Director, Broome County Arts Council: Our 10th Heart of the Arts Awards Celebration on Monday (Sept. 22) featured a special and very moving Memorial Roll Call researched, written and presented by Broome Arts Mirror Editor Barb Van Atta. We wanted to share it [...]
Word on the street, Vieux Carre is going to P-Town
Reviewed by Nancy Oliveri You probably already know that Tim Gleason is raising funds to take his Know Theatre ensemble to Cape Cod to present Vieux Carre at the International Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. But before they go at the end of this month, the cast and crew will [...]
BCAC announces 2014 HOTA winners
By Barb Van Atta The Broome County Arts Council’s Heart of the Arts awards returned today (Sept. 4) with tributes to four members of the local cultural community. Honorees were announced at a 10:30 a.m. press conference at the BCAC offices in downtown Binghamton, hosted by arts council executive [...]
Skaneateles Festival offers top-notch performances
Reviewed by Lee Shepherd Summer would be incomplete without a visit to the Skaneateles Festival, a four-week jewel in New York state’s cultural crown that featuring concerts in churches and at Brook Farm by the lake. The festival logo, “World Class Music,” is exactly right. They should add “by [...]
Three men (and a dog) bring 'Heroes' to life at Chenango River Theatre
Reviewed by Nancy Oliveri Dateline: Any provincial town in France, 1959. Gustave, Henri and Philippe have nowhere else to be these days except on the terrace of a home for WWI veterans. They have each other, their memories and, not to be minimized, the company of a concrete dog, [...]
EPAC free event largely meets viewer's 'Great Expectations'
Reviewed by Nancy Oliveri Confession: I forgot to bring a blanket to The Stage at Little Italy for the opening performance (Aug. 14) of Great Expectations, as presented by the Endicott Performing Arts Center, so I only made it to intermission. Rest assured, had the sun not gone down, and [...]
BCAC Heart of the Arts Awards news conference Sept. 4
The Broome County Arts Council, located at 81 State Street, Suite 501, Stephens Square Bldg., Binghamton, will hold a news conference at 10:30am Thursday, September 4th to introduce the winners of its Heart of the Arts Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award and, new this year, the Frederick R. Xlander [...]
