Melinda Miller
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Past articles by Melinda:
Two artistic powers – BPO and ICTC – stir up ‘The Tempest’
Performances are from Feb. 24-26 in Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle. → Read More
Theater reviews: Alleyway, MusicalFare and American Repertory Theater
Read reviews of three shows happening now on Buffalo stages. → Read More
Talented cast makes 'The Mai' something you'll want to talk about
In “The Mai,” fate proves to be one of the few things that can be relied on. → Read More
Ujima's 'Toni Stone' is an engaging, inspiring story of the first woman player in professional baseball
Racism and sexism meet their match in the formidable character of Toni Stone. → Read More
Shakespeare in Delaware Park celebrates 47th season, founder Saul Elkin
With audience turnouts of up to 2,000 on Buffalo’s balmy summer nights, the company found its footing and survived the Covid tempest of 2020-21 well enough that Elkin is ready → Read More
Victoria Pérez explores universal themes of home, healing in one-woman show 'Isleña'
The Raíces Theatre Company's “Isleña,” an original production, is a generation-spanning biography with nine characters, told in story, poetry and song. → Read More
Inconvenient truths, artistic interpretation debated in 'Lifespan of a Fact'
“The Lifespan of a Fact “ is a sharp-edged hybrid of a show and a splendid conclusion to a stellar, albeit interrupted, season at the Kavinoky Theatre. → Read More
A faithful retelling of 'Blithe Spirit' at Lancaster Opera House
Written more than 80 years ago, “Blithe Spirit” draws its humor from the unease of the supposedly sophisticated being thrust into a situation that cannot be cleared up by the → Read More
With a burst of humanity, Ujima's 'Spunk' is what Buffalo needs now
“Spunk,” with its range of humor and pain, pride and shame, is bursting with humanity, delivered with the poetic voice of one of the last century’s most authentic writers. → Read More
Torn Space explores identity in a post-pandemic society in 'The Encounter Buffalo'
Physical theater defies efforts to describe it when the entire concept is for it to be experienced in person. Nevertheless, Kimberly Bartosik gives it a try. Bartosik is a choreographer → Read More
Kavinoky delivers a stunning look at addiction, recovery in 'People, Places & Things'
Aleks Malejs is extraordinary as Emma, an actor in the throes of addictive collapse. → Read More
With hit after hit, 'Ain't Too Proud' is a nostalgic, energetic celebration of the Temptations
Just like the Temptations themselves, “Ain’t Too Proud” is shamelessly all about the music, hit after hit after hit, and that is plenty, News reviewer Melinda Miller says. → Read More
Mike Randall celebrates 50 years as Mark Twain
Mike Randall is about to celebrate his 50th anniversary of being Mark Twain, which means he has been “Mark Twain” even longer than Mark Twain was Mark Twain → Read More
At Lancaster Opera House, an entertaining 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' made for our times
By paring down the glam and glitter, the inherent creativity of the music and lyrics takes over the spotlight. → Read More
MusicalFare's 'The Other Josh Cohen' is fun, frisky
The comic musical “The Other Josh Cohen,” a New York City fairy tale told with an offbeat narrative and pop song score, could not have found a better spot for → Read More
Dinner, theater and a good laugh with 'The Love List' at Desiderio's
There are no better post-Covid palette cleansers than those, and they work even better when taken all together, reviewer Melinda Miller says. → Read More
Take a weirdly wonderful trip with 'Berserker' at Alleyway Theatre
None of this would work without total commitment from the cast, and this ensemble has embraced their story with gusto. → Read More
Haberberger delivers emotional performance in Brazen-Faced Varlets' 'My Left Breast'
In a lively and emotional performance, Lara Haberberger presents us with a woman who, after going through the fire of illness, single motherhood and abandonment, opts for survival over surrender. → Read More
The physics of romance play out beautifully in Second Generation's 'Constellations'
The first scene in “Constellations” lasts less than 10 seconds. Same with the second scene, and the third, except that each scene is the same scene, only different. It’s almost → Read More
A fun take on 'Pride & Prejudice'
A lot of it works, some of it not so much, and then, as per usual, everything ends happily for those who deserve it, reviewer Melinda Miller notes. → Read More