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.
Strong principals help make TCO's 'Flute' a winner
Reviewed by Tony Villecco How can you lose with Mozart? You can’t. I attended the final dress rehearsal Wednesday evening for Tri-Cities Opera’s production of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) and was not disappointed. All of the principals were strong with a few standouts. No surprise here that the [...]
Music lovers: Don't miss out on BU spring concerts
By Lee Shepherd It occurs to me that the community doesn’t take full advantage of the many free or very low-cost concerts offered by the Binghamton University Music Department. Take the weekly Mid-Day Thursday (1:20 p.m.) Concerts during the school year, all in Casadesus Recital Hall in the Fine [...]
Simon's 'Red Hot' laughs still ring true in Cider Mill production
The Neil Simon farce Last of the Red Hot Lovers opened this past week at the Cider Mill Playhouse in Endicott. The production, directed by Penny Powell, features Buzz Roddy, Dori May Ganisin, Marjorie Donovick and Ava Crump. George Bernard Shaw is quoted as saying [...]
EPAC's 'Joseph' is truly amazing
Reviewed by Ralph Hall Over the past eight years I have seen several Endicott Performing Arts Center productions, and without hesitation Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the very best. Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice’s musical is uniquely produced with a cast representing the wide diversity of [...]
'Classical Singer' article features former TCO singer Clarey
By Tony Villecco I am pleased to share with readers that my article on former Tri-Cities Opera singer Cynthia Clarey is out in the April issue of Classical Singer magazine. Cynthia, a former TCO favorite, went on to a major international career. The article takes a fascinating look at [...]
Africanaise at BU blends musical worlds
Reviewed by Sarah Kuras An incredible collaboration between Binghamton University’s Nukporfe African Dance-Drumming Ensemble and the BU Music Department’s string faculty lit the Anderson Center Chamber Hall stage this past Sunday (April 15). In a mix of worlds, culture and music, Professors James Burns, Stephen Stalker and Janey Choi created a new [...]
Actors excel in Know Theatre's 'Lonesome West'
Reviewed by Ralph Hall How would a person born with no soul behave? Would no fear-of-God affect his behavior? Would he be pure evil? Are these the questions Martin McDonough poses in his third play of his Connemara trilogy, The Lonesome West? […]
Keep celebrating poetry's big month
There's still a couple of weeks left in National Poetry Month -- still plenty of time to submit your best poetic effort and/or a copy of your favorite poem. If you are submitting your own work, include a brief explanation of your inspiration. If you are submitting someone else's [...]
BPO brings home the gold
Reviewed by Lee Shepherd In the spirit of the upcoming London Olympics, the Binghamton Philharmonic flexed its muscles this season and, on Saturday night, it brought home the gold. Everyone in the Southern Tier’s music-going public is richer for the talent of the orchestra members and the outstanding soloists they’ve brought [...]
EPAC keeps growing to bring arts to community
By Ralph Hall Throughout the Americas and Europe, there are hundreds of community theaters, but there is only one Endicott Performing Arts Center (EPAC)! EPAC is a unique, comprehensive and community-committed not-for-profit organization serving the Broome County area and making a difference in economics, [...]
Busy Gleason making up for late start in the theater
By Ralph Hall The biographical sketches that appear in theater programs often describe a long personal history of each individual beginning with early life experiences in artistic work. For KNOW Theatre’s founder and artistic director, this is not the way it happened. In fact, Tim Gleason was an adult [...]
Artist Elizabeth Catlett dies at 96
Sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, who spent most of her career in Mexico, was one of the most renowned African American aritsts of the 20th century. Read more.
Why not di-verse-ify with poetry this month?
There are a myriad of things to celebrate and support during the month of April. One of those things is poetry. To quote W.S. Gilbert’s Pirate King and his crew (soon to be seen in the UCF-supported Summer Savoyards’ 2012 production, The Pirates of Penzance): KING: “Although we live [...]
'Breaking Legs' is a very entertaining play with a talented cast
Reviewed by Ralph Hall The Cider Mill Playhouse’s production of Breaking Legs by Tom Dulack is a nearly perfect defining of the 21st century term “profiling” with the added touch of humor. When you take everything one believes about a specific cultural, ethnic group and add a bit of slapstick [...]
Have the arts been part of your week?
Did you catch a play or concert, hear a bar band, wander through an exhibit, listen to a reading? Share your reflections and opnions here, please.
