Returning from Ohio we decided to take Route 86 East instead of our usual way along the NYS Thruway to Buffalo and then east. The Route 86 exit is near the New York Pennsylvania border. The area in the southwest corner of New York State is called “The Enchanted Mountains.” It is a beautiful drive with rolling hills, farms and forests and scenic stops.
The Adirondack Summer Playhouse puts a unique twist on the musical “Cabaret” in three performances this summer on Gore Mountain. The production, which runs July 11-13, takes place in a modern “Spiegeltent,” an Austrian mirrored circus tent, offering classic German beer and goodies such as knödel, bratwurst, sauerkraut, sausages and pretzels.
The Rolling Hills Asylum is located in East Bethany, south of Batavia in Genesee County. The sprawling red brick building was built in 1827 as The Genesee County Poor Farm and in the 1950s it was a county home and infirmary. For a short time it was an antique mall. Over the years people reported strange occurrences of the paranormal kind.
“You coax the blues right out of the horn … you charm the husk right off of the corn….” Ah, the strains of one of Broadway’s most loved musicals, “Mame,” will be flowing through the Frances Marion Brown theatre, beginning July 5 for a two-weekend run. Stage director Inez Manor Parker and music director Abel Searor are deep in rehearsals with their stellar cast of this marvelous piece of nostalgia for the pleasure of local audiences.
The familiar sounds of some of the greatest songs of all time will fill the air, as the Fulton Community Theater takes to the stage with its latest production in the popular Evening on Broadway series, “The Golden Age of Broadway: The Music of Porter, Kern, Gershwin, Cohan, Berlin and Rodgers & Hart”
We learn in school that Betsy Ross designed the American flag. But did she really? Legend has it that she made the first flag but there is no documented evidence that says she did which is always dilemma for historians. However, there are several factors that made it likely that Betsy did indeed create the first American flag.
Director Inez Manor Parker has cast Moe Harrington as the lead in the Oswego Players’ 75th Anniversary season musical, “Mame.” Although Harrington is making her debut with the Players, she is no stranger to local theatre, being well-known particularly in the Syracuse area.
The familiar sounds of some of the greatest songs of all time will fill the air as the Fulton Community Theatre takes to the stage with its latest production in the popular “An Evening on Broadway” series, “The Golden Age of Broadway: The Music of Porter, Kern, Gershwin, Cohan, Berlin and Rodgers & Hart.” Under the direction of Kathy DeGolyer “The Golden Age of Broadway” will be performed June 21, 22, 23 and June 28, 29, 30 in Jubilee Hall at Holy Trinity Parish, 309 Buffalo St.
Path Through History is an attempt by Governor Andrew Cuomo to promote New York State’s history and culture through tourism and bring tourist dollars to all parts of the state. There is a website, paththroughhistory.ny.gov, so people can plan day trips and/or weekend getaways that explore the history and culture of New York State. By exploring the Paths visitors can experience a Revolutionary War battle, discover some of the state’s and nation’s greatest natural wonders or relive some of sports greatest moments.
That blockbuster Broadway musical of 1956 is now fully cast and rehearsals have begun on the Oswego Players Frances Marion Brown stage for “Mame.” The show is being staged by director, Inez Manor Parker, with musical direction by the most “able” Abel Searor.
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