A Season of Quality Theater Won’t Bust the Budget

A Season of Quality Theater Won’t Bust the Budget

A Season of Quality Theater Won’t Bust the Budget Theater can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but budget and day-to-day expenses can be seen as a hindrance when it comes to buying tickets to a show. Subscribers to the theater, on the other hand, remove the budget and planning aspect and replace it with savings and… Continue Reading →

The Satisfaction of South Pacific

The Satisfaction of South Pacific

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific has stood the test of time. Not only has it continued to fill theaters and attract a crowd seventy years later, but it has also remained an absolute delight, filled with music that leaves guests humming its tunes for days.  The story behind South Pacific is captivating. Based on the… Continue Reading →

South Pacific Pulitzer for Drama Proves Things Are Better Left Unsaid

South Pacific Pulitzer for Drama Proves Things Are Better Left Unsaid

South Pacific Pulitzer for Drama Proves Things Are Better Left Unsaid   Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific was the second play to ever receive a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Taking home the coveted treasure in 1950, the Pulitzer committee defined South Pacific as “an original American play, performed in New York, which shall best represent… Continue Reading →

Rodger and Hammerstein Take South Pacific To a New Level 

Rodger and Hammerstein Take South Pacific To a New Level 

Rodger and Hammerstein Take South Pacific To a New Level    South Pacific’s creators, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were successful writers who developed eleven ground-breaking musicals like Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, and The King and I throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Their creative dynamic won them 35 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards,… Continue Reading →

Break Out The AquaNet – Hairspray is Coming to Town

Break Out The AquaNet – Hairspray is Coming to Town

Break Out The AquaNet – Hairspray is Coming to Town It’s time to get Corny as Broadway Utica brings Hairspray into the Stanley Theatre on April 26th & 27th.  Based on the 1988 film, Hairspray centers around Tracy Turnblad, a talented teenager who dreams of dancing on The Corny Collins Show. Set in 1962, this… Continue Reading →

Hairspray Actors Highlight the 60s

Hairspray Actors Highlight the 60s

Hairspray Actors Highlight the 60s and Reignite The Power of the Doo-wop   Hairspray is a good-hearted, romantic comedy that preserves the spirit of Water’s 1988 movie, which took jabs at the squares who tried to keep society in a thin, white box. Yet, while the movie, and musical, took on the issues of an era,… Continue Reading →