Michael Rabice

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Review: THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD at ALLEYWAY THEATRE

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | Michael Rabice

That brilliant murder mystery author Agatha Christie is universally praised and beloved, but one of her first successes is not well known to American readers. Happily the the stage adaptation by Heidi Armbruster of that early work, THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, now playing at Buffalo's Alleyway Theatre ,will change that for Western New York audiences. This actually was the first Christie book I ever read, and I was instantly hooked.
Review: NEIL DIAMOND: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE at Shea's Buffalo Theatre

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Michael Rabice

The trend continues of bringing a musical superstar's life to the Broadway stage in a jukebox bio-musical style. We've had Cher, Tina Turner, Gloria Estafan, Michael Jackson, and now Neil Diamond in THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE. The flashy and often heartfelt Broadway tour settled onto the stage of Shea's Buffalo Theatre last night to an enthusiastic ovation.
Review: DORIAN at Irish Classical Theatre

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Michael Rabice

The personal life and writings of Oscar Wilde have been so inextricably linked that the new play DORIAN has woven Wilde's journey into that of one of his best known characters, Dorian Gray. In an everything old is new again fashion, Wilde's' 1891 play THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY has been freely adapted by Phoebe Eclair-Powell and Owen Horsley into something remarkably fresh and creative.
Review: CHESS at LANCASTER OPERA HOUSE

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Michael Rabice

Every now and then there is a musical that is near universally loved for it score, treasured by cast recording collectors, and infamous to many, BUT is rarely ever produced. Most were failures soon after theirs debuts. My personal desert island treasured flop from that category is Jerry Herman's DEAR WORLD. For others it was Stephen Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG ( considered a flop for almost 40 years, but now a triumph).
Review: DIAL M FOR MURDER at Shea's 710 Theatre

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Michael Rabice

Set in 1952 London, the glamorous wealthy Margo keeps a dirty secret from her husband Tony. Her scandalous affair with another woman (Maxine) had to be ended in order for her to marry a man and inherit a family fortune. It appears her husband may have hints that the other woman is none other than one of his own clients who left London a year prior but has returned for business reasons.
Review: NEXT TO NORMAL at MusicalFare

1 month ago | broadwayworld.com | Michael Rabice

Broadway's great leading lady Elaine Stritch once corrected herself when talking about musicals, when she was describing a Broadway show as a "musical comedy." "Every musical was called a musical comedy in my day," she quipped. Well, times have changed, and the Pultizer Prize winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL most certainly would not be categorized as a musical comedy, but rather a musical drama.
Review: THE WIZ at Shea's Buffalo Theatre

1 month ago | broadwayworld.com | Michael Rabice

Everything OZ continues these days. L Frank Baum would be flabbergasted to think that his 1900 novel "THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ" would be as popular, if not MORE popular, in 2025. The endless fascination with the story of young Dorothy being whisked away by a twister from her home in Kansas to the mystical land of Oz has always been a favorite of young and old. The beloved MGM musical starring Judy Garland continues to be a perennial favorite.
Review: THE LOVED ONES at Irish Classical Theatre

1 month ago | broadwayworld.com | Michael Rabice

When worlds collide, drama ensues. And in the new play THE LOVED ONES by Erica Murray, 4 women meet under the most unusual of circumstances. Buffalo's Irish Classical Theatre is presenting the North American Premiere of this 2023 play. And as can be expected, the dark subjects of death, remorse, unwed mothers and lives lived full of heartbreak are no stranger to the often brooding stories that have been told in the Irish Theatre genre.
Previews: CATS at Starring Buffalo At Shea’s 710 Theatr

2 months ago | broadwayworld.com | Michael Rabice

CATS…Now and Forever. That catchphrase of marketing served the blockbuster Broadway musical well. The show ran for over 18 years, and although often maligned, is indelibly chiseled into the canon of classic musicals. It introduced countless tourists to an immersive theatrical experience, never seen before.
Review: BRILLIANT WORKS OF ART at Bellissima Productions at Alleyway Theatre

2 months ago | broadwayworld.com | Michael Rabice

The choices you make, or at times feel like you are forced to make, may have fleeting repercussions or lifelong consequences. In Donna Hoke’s new play BRILLIANT WORKS OF ART, a trio of characters must tackle difficult decisions that will most certainly affect every aspect of their lives. It’s an unorthodox choice to sidle a young woman attending law school with the prospect of being a professional escort, but everybody has a story.