Central New York Theatre Newsroom

SUNY Cortland Performing Arts Department has announced its '24-'25 season with new faculty and a fresh class of musical theatre majors. The season includes 'By Any Other Name' and 'John Proctor is the Villain.'

Proctors Collaborative has announced that tickets are now on sale for the highly anticipated Passport Series.

Valeria Herrera's SPACEBOUND art exhibition has been announced at Kitchen Theatre Company.

After their successful run of Alice by Heart at the 2023 Rochester Fringe Festival, Theatre444 will bring a unique one-man play for the 2024 Rochester Fringe Festival. 

EMPIRE TRAINING CENTER FOR THE ARTS (ETCA), a new not-for-profit workforce development initiative, is set to transform the vocational training landscape of technical and administrative jobs in the performing arts.

Matthew Puckett’s musical REBEL GENIUS has announced its run at New York’s Forestburgh Playhouse.

Cortland Repertory Theatre announced 'Tapestry Unraveled: The Music of Carole King' as part of their 'Sounds of Music' Concert Series, featuring Tina Naponelli on September 11 at the Little York Pavilion.

Capital Repertory Theatre will present “Seared,” a sizzling comedy by acclaimed playwright Theresa Rebeck. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Syracuse Stage will begin its 24/25 season with a limited two-week run of “The Second City 65th Anniversary Show” from the legendary Chicago troupe. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Drag Me to the Stage LLC will bring The Broadway Brunch, an experience that marries the best of local theatre and drag performances. Hosted by Aggy Dune and self-proclaimed 'theatre queen' Anna Crew-sis, this event will take place at Artisan Works in Rochester on Sunday, September 29.

We talk with James Alonzo White about MAY WE ALL at The Rev. A new country music musical! May We All brings together several storylines about facing the music, rebuilding and starting over. Set in Harmony, TN, a town more than ready for its facelift, this heartfelt, funny new musical follows the dreams and aspirations of an up and coming country singer, her empty nester parents, an unrequited love story and a small town on the brink of change and revitalization.

The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck and Teens on Stage will present Into the Woods, a captivating musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.

Eddie Griffin will perform at Chrysler Hall in February. Learn more about the comedian and see how to purchase tickets.

Lauren Letellier's The Village Idiot will be presented at the 2024 Rochester Fringe Festival. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Nominations are now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

According to Burlington-Plattsburgh WCAX-TV, Pendragon Theatre will move to a new location at 56 Woodruff Street in downtown Saranac Lake.

Fort Salem Theater has announced its upcoming production of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, running from September 27 to October 6.

Tri-Cities Opera will launch its 75th season with a production of Mozart’s THE MAGIC FLUTE at the LUMA Projection Arts Festival in Binghamton, NY. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Rehearsals have begun for the world premiere of TRACKS by Paula B Stanic at Pendragon Theatre, featuring Jason Alan Carvell, Laura Hooper, and Alessandro Yokoyama. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Tickets for LIFE OF PI are now available at Proctors Theatre.

Cortland Repertory Theatre will present their new “Sounds of Music” Concert Series in September. Learn more about the upcoming concert “Close to You: The Music of the Carpenters' and see how to purchase tickets.

Blackfriars Theatre will bring murder, meat pies, humor, and heartbreak with Steven Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, running Sept 6-22. 

Composers Concordance will present an event interpreting Chuck Connelly's paintings through music and poetry. Featuring composers Lynn Bechtold, Charles Coleman, and performers like Dan Cooper and Gene Pritsker.

CLUE LIVE ON STAGE is coming to Proctors in May 2025.

Catch Iridesense and Rob Eberle live this Friday, August 23rd at 8pm at the Chapin Rainbow Stage in Huntington Heckscher Park.