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 Art Mission director wants to increase theater's profile
EDITOR’s NOTE: This fall, BAMirror is chatting with recently appointed leaders of local arts organizations. Today we talk with Rebecca Sheriff, the new executive director of the Art Mission and Theater in downtown Binghamton. Sheriff, it should be noted, is a former reviewer for BAMirror. By George Basler With gas prices [...]
Public invited to observe OPERA America workshop at TCO
Tri-Cities Opera has been chosen to host a singers’ workshop Tuesday (Nov. 13) sponsored by OPERA America. Selected singers from TCO’s resident artists program and Binghamton University’s Masters in Music program will have the opportunity to sing a “feedback” audition, and the public is invited to listen. The workshop [...]
Were you art-full this weekend?
Let's get a conversation going here on BAMirror. Please share your weekly adventures in the arts.
'Dracula': Strong performances hampered by weak show
Reviewed by George Basler Dracula has taken his lumps over the years since being created as a Victorian novel by Bram Stoker in 1897. Old snaggleltooth has taken on holy water, crucifixes, garlic and stakes and still managed to keep on ticking. But Dracula: The Musical just might permanently kill [...]
Talented Cider Mill cast finds all the color in 'Tintypes'
Reviewed by Lee Shepherd Tintypes, a nostalgic look back at the best and the worst of the turn of the (last century), is a lightweight but highly energetic and thoroughly entertaining evening of pantomime, song and dance. Presented by the Cider Mill Playhouse Thursday through Sunday every week in November, [...]
Join HOTA celebration tonight
By Barb Van Atta The public is invited today (Nov. 1) to celebrate the recipients of the Broome County Arts Council’s Heart of the Arts and Lifetime Achievement Awards. The ninth annual presentation ceremony and celebration will begin at 6:30 p.m. in BCAC’s gallery space adjacent to its office [...]
SRO adds 'Little Women' performances
Feeling bad that you missed SRO Productions' run of the musical version of Little Women? Well, cheer up. SRO will be presenting two encore performances at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Roberson Museum and Science Center, 30 Front St., Binghamton. [...]
Gretchen Hull: Young in years, mature in performance
Reviewed by Lee Shepherd It’s said that youth is wasted on the young. Not in the case of pianist Gretchen Hull, who is both very young and musically mature. Hull, who taped a segment of Expressions Oct. 25 before a select audience in the state-of-the-art WSKG studio in Vestal, played [...]
Twenty fingers and 88 keys add up to a fine evening of duets
Reviewed by Lee Shepherd What could be more entertaining than an evening of parlor music played in one of the most gorgeous parlors in the Southern Tier – the Kilmer Mansion attached to Temple Concord – by two of the best pianists in Central and Southern New York. Pej [...]
'Mauritius' depicts sticky world of stamp collecting
Reviewed by Lee Shepherd Stamp collecting — it ain’t just the beloved pastime of geezers and geeks. If you don’t believe philately isn’t simply an innocent hobby, but something far more sinister, you must see Mauritius, presented by the Binghamton University Theatre Department. […]
'La Bohème' still offers lyric lessons of love and loss
Reviewed by Tony Villecco I attended Wednesday’s final dress rehearsal (Oct. 24) of Giacomo Puccini’s operatic masterpiece La Bohème, and while there were a few kinks yet to iron out, it was beautiful and musically fulfilling. Tri-Cities Opera will present two performances this weekend with an overall strong cast. No dress rehearsal [...]
TCO production dedicated to singers who died this past summer
By Barb Van Atta This weekend’s Tri-Cities Opera performances of Puccini’s La Bohème will be dedicated to three former members of the company who passed away in recent months: tenors Alan Crabb and Pasquale “Pat” Arcodia and soprano Rosalie (De Felice) Julian. […]
Were the arts part of your weekend?
The "season" is in full swing, with exhibits, readings and performances galore. BAMirror's volunteer reviewers are hard-working but few in number, and, that, dear readers, is where you come in. Your comments about local events that you have attended or participated in are needed to help BAMirror continue its goal [...]
HOTA winners Deemie, Sall take arts to the streets
By Barb Van Atta Winners of the ninth annual Broome County Arts Council’s Heart of the Arts (HOTA) and Lifetime Achievement Awards were announced Wednesday (Oct. 17). Here’s a closer look at Julie Deemie and Ron Sall, the recipients of HOTA awards honoring recent significant contributions to the arts [...]
Four named as Heart of the Arts winners
By Barb Van Atta To be at the heart of the arts does not necessarily mean you are a creator of art. You also can be a person who brings artistic creations to your community. Winners of the ninth annual Broome County Arts Council’s Heart of the Arts and [...]
