EVENTS: “ADDAMS FAMILY,” LAKESIDE WINTER CELEBRATION 21 FILM: “STAND UP GUYS,” “AMOUR” 28 RESTAURANT REVIEW: THAI TIME
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THEATER REVIEW: “A LIFE IN THE THEATRE” @ BLACKFRIARS 20 URBAN JOURNAL: THE RPO'S NEXT ACT
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ROCHESTER THEATER HALL OF FAME: NOMINATE NOW 12
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DAUGHTRY
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MIKE KAUPA QUARTET
FEBRUARY 6-12, 2013 Free
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THE HONEYCUTTERS
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JOYWAVE
Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly
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Vol 42 No 22
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AND MORE MUSIC, PAGE 12 •
News. Music. Life.
What needs to happen is public outcry.” FEEDBACK, PAGE 2
Eastman House wants second shot at vets club. NEWS, PAGE 6
Does Rochester need a hostel? NEWS, PAGE 4
Climate change cinema. NEWS, PAGE 5
Natural selections at Oxford Gallery. ART REVIEW, PAGE 24
FEATURE | BY ERIC REZSNYAK | PAGE 10 | PHOTO BY MIKE HANLON
Local plays link college, community, and theater Rochester has no shortage of live theater. And in a scene so crowded, some elements sometimes get lost. Consider our local college theater programs, as well as local playwrights, which rarely get significant community exposure. This month a production by the University of Rochester’s International Theatre Program will bring those two elements of the local theater scene together, as the UR stages a full production of a local playwright’s work for the first time in anyone’s memory.
Opening on Thursday, February 14, and continuing through February 24, the International Theatre Program will present “The Rochester Plays,” a two-part work by local writer Spencer Christiano. Although the plays are not necessarily set in Rochester — although they easily could be — they allow the UR to tap into the pool of talent in its backyard. It also gives an up-and-coming young playwright a larger and higher profile venue for his work.