theatre

Chaos, hilarity follow ‘Earnest’
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Feb 14, 2025
It’s a comedy, but is it a parody? A satire? A farce? Is Algernon pretending to be Ernest? Is Ernest really Jack? Are both Gwendolen and Cecily marryi...
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?The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America? by Larry Tye c.2024, Mariner Books $32.50 395 pages 
May 06, 2024
Your toes didn’t wait long before they started tapping. They knew what was coming, almost as soon as the band was seated. They knew before the first n...
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HAPPENINGS IN HISTORY: When Sally played Shea’s
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SALLY RYAN COSTIK Curator, Bradford Landmark Society 
Apr 20, 2024
For two days in April 1937, burlesque dancer and actress Sally Rand performed on stage at Shea’s Theater in Bradford wearing nothing more than a pair ...
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BCPAC’s Missoula workshop registration open now
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Apr 19, 2024
Open registration for this year’s Missoula Children’s Theatre Workshop presentation of “Pinocchio” begins today on Bradford Creative and Performing Ar...
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BLT sets comedy-thriller ‘Deathtrap’ cast
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Apr 17, 2024
Bradford Little Theatre announced the cast for its upcoming performance of “Deathtrap,” by Ira Levin. “Deathtrap” holds the record for longest-running...
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PR lessons from Bona hoops debacle
Opinion, Сolumns
KELSEY BOUDIN Special to The Era 
Mar 26, 2024
Public relations can sometimes be a cushy job. Not easy, mind you, but generally stable. Write a fluff piece here, hype up an event there and then hop...
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‘Dance While the Music Still Plays’
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Mar 23, 2024
PORTVILLE, N.Y. — What do you do when your world comes crashing down? Probably the hardest thing a parent can ever be asked to bear is hearing their c...
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‘Little Shop of Horrors’
Local News, News
Mar 22, 2024
The Port Allegany Drama Department will present “Little Shop of Horrors,” a horror, comedy, musical about a man-eating plant at 7 p.m. Friday and Satu...
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Adventures in Neverland
Local News, News
Mar 21, 2024
The magical world of Fairytales on Ice with the “Adventures of Peter Pan and Wendy” came to life on the Bradford High School stage Wednesday, as the B...
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It’s ‘Curtains,’ baby!
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Era photo by Wade Aiken 
Mar 18, 2024
Police detective Lt. Frank Cioffi, played by Gabriel Thompson, addresses the actors on the stage in which their leading lady was murdered in a scene f...
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BCPAC celebrating 40 years
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Mar 16, 2024
Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center, better known as BCPAC, presented its first performance — the Empire State Ballet Theater’s production of...
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