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.
KNOW Theatre successfully tackles controversial play
Reviewed by George Basler Violence is on display at the KNOW Theatre in downtown Binghamton. The instruments aren’t guns or knives, but verbal cruelty and desperation that can warp human beings. This desperation is the main theme of KNOW’s first-rate production of David Mamet’s controversial, 1984 Pulitzer prize-winning play, Glengarry [...]
Were you art-full this week?
What have you done in the arts lately? If you visited a gallery or museum, heard a concert, caught a bar band, saw a play, cheered a dance recital, please share your experiences with other BAMirror readers. (BTW: If you saw Chicago at the Cider Mill Playhouse, add your [...]
Razzle, dazzle: Cider Mill shines in new production of 'Chicago'
Reviewed by George Basler You don’t have to be a cynic to like Chicago, but it sure helps. There’s not an ounce of sentiment in the new production of the acclaimed musical now being staged at the Cider Mill Playhouse in Endicott, and that’s the way it should be, because [...]
Art Mission screens provocative film
Reviewed by George Basler In the midst of big-budget summer blockbusters flooding local multiplexes, a small but important film has opened at the Art Mission & Theater in downtown Binghamton. Bully, directed by Lee Hirsch, is a documentary that focuses on schoolyard persecution and its impact on students and their families. While some may consider [...]
Were the arts part of your weekend?
Did you find artful ways to begin the month of June? BAMirror's Rebecca Sheriff was at Half Light Theatre's production of No Exit (see review below). I caught the wonderful Downtown Singers concert on Saturday -- kudos to Alan Crab and all the soloists, singers and orchestra members. How about [...]
Half Light creates hell at Roberson
Reviewed by Rebecca Sheriff I was very intrigued when I heard there was going to be a local production of the play No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre. The work has been an absolute favorite of mine since studying existentialism as an undergraduate, and I find myself quoting the famous [...]
Ceremony honors Serling fest winners
By George Basler The broadcast of the winning entries to the annual Rod Serling Video Festival begins at 8 p.m. today (May 18) on WSKG public television. You can watch the program at home or go to Binghamton High School, 31 Main St., Binghamton, for a screening in the Helen Foley [...]
BPO Pops concert a perfect musical combination
Reviewed by Rebecca Sheriff Last Saturday’s (May 12) Binghamton Philharmonic Pops concert with guest artist Suzanne Vega brought together orchestral and singer/songwriter music fans to experience the versatility of both genres. Vega’s understated intensity was punctuated by the orchestral arrangements of Karl Berger and Gerry Leonard. […]
Get 'A Taste of Broadway' at BHS
By George Basler For one night only, Binghamton High School’s main cafeteria is going to be turned into a cabaret. After a scoring a big hit last year, the Rod Serling School of Fine Arts in association with the high school’s culinary arts class is again presenting “A Taste of [...]
BU spring: A senior recital and final goodbyes
By Sarah Kuras This past Saturday (May 12) I had the great pleasure of attending Mark Rossnagel’s senior recital at the United Presbyterian Church (formerly First Presbyterian) in Binghamton. Although I have heard him play the organ numerous times throughout our years of friendship, I was truly blown away by [...]
Rod Serling Video Festival keeps rolling
By George Basler A lot has changed since the Rod Serling Video Festival began 17 years ago as a way to promote the creative use of technology by students in elementary, middle and high school. […]
Tier native on 'Bones'
Anybody else catch Endwell's John Ducey on the Monday (May 7) episode of Bones? Had a nice, meaty part that, unlike most guest spots on a procedural, was neither victim nor perp.
Were the arts part of your week?
I caught the talented Ithacappella (Ithaca College's all-male a cappella group) last Friday night (May 4) at Vestal High School. What part did the arts play in your week? Did you catch a show? Hear a concert or a reading? Participate in First Friday? Please share your adventures with [...]
BU students bring 'Wonderland' to life
Reviewed by Sarah Kuras Throughout my years as a student, both undergraduate and graduate, I have seen many Binghamton University theater productions. Never have I seen such a creative, whimsical and hysterical show as the current presentation of Alice in Wonderland. […]
SRO presents top-notch Kander & Ebb revue
Editor’s note: With this review, BAMirror welcomes a new writer, George Basler, recently retired from a long reporting career at the Press & Sun-Bulletin. (Due to technical difficulty, the review previously was posted under the editor’s blog sign-on.) Reviewed by George Basler To the casual theatergoer, the names Kander [...]
