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Cider Mill actors bring out the best in Durang comedy
Reviewed by Nancy Oliveri Anyone even remotely familiar with the body of work by Russian playwright Anton Chekov (1860 – 1904) will recognize three of the four names in the title of the Cider Mill...
View ArticleCider Mill's 'Red' is thought-provoking and well-acted
Reviewed by George Basler As the play Red opens, Mark Rothko is an aging artistic lion at the height of his powers and renown. But he’s not a happy man. “We’re a smirking nation under the tyranny of...
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Classic British comedy endures in 21st century
Reviewed by Nancy Oliveri There’s a reason why The Importance of Being Earnest endures. Oscar Wilde’s 1895 farce about Victorian manners and polite society is funny – and so is the production that...
View ArticleSuperb BU cast will make you a fan of 'Lady Windermere'
Reviewed by Therese Bohn What makes a good woman? That is the question that pervades Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, which opened last Friday (April 28) at Binghamton University. The parlor...
View ArticleSeasoned actors give boost to Cider Mill's sweet but predictable 'Somersaults'
Reviewed by George Basler When you think of the old Soviet Union, the word romance doesn’t come immediately to mind. But that’s what’s on display in Do You Turn Somersaults?, which opened this past...
View ArticleBU’s ‘Revolutionists’ is inventive, touching and just plain fun
Reviewed by George Basler The first thing audience members see when they arrive for The Revolutionists at Binghamton University is a striking set with a huge guillotine prominently on display....
View ArticleFab Arts’‘God of Carnage’ is good, nasty fun
Reviewed by George Basler The four characters in God of Carnage are not the type of people you want to have over for dinner. They’re distinctly unlikable, hiding deep-seated hatreds under cultured...
View ArticleFab Arts’‘Mullingar’ is a lyrical heartstrings’ tugger
Reviewed by George Basler Mix two lonely people with the beautiful, but remote, Irish countryside and you have the main elements of Outside Mullingar, a modest but endearing play that opened this past...
View ArticleCoping with COVID: BU, SUNY Broome performers stay active during pandemic
EDITOR’s NOTE: In these distressing times, we need the arts more than ever, but the pandemic has wreaked havoc with performance and exhibition schedules. Over the past few weeks, BAMirror writer George...
View ArticleA Christmas Carol
John Bielenberg’s adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol” returns to Endicott NY this year in the original venue where the magic began. Join Tom Kremer as Scrooge and many other...
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