December 2019
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
Harper Lee's: To Kill a Mockingbird
Adapted for the stage by Aaron Sorkin Directed by Kyle LoConti Through an exclusive deal with the Broadway production, The Kavinoky will be able to offer this new adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep…
Elf: The Musical
Based on the beloved holiday film, Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. He is raised, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause…
Two Trains Running
This is the 1960s chapter of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's decade-by-decade saga of ordinary African Americans in this turbulent century. It takes place in Memphis Lee's coffee shop in a Pittsburgh neighborhood that is on the brink of economic…
A Child's Christmas in Wales
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas’ delightful reminiscence of a magical snow-filled Christmas past allows us to enjoy the Holidays through the innocent eyes of a child. Vincent O’Neill stars as the grown Dylan, revisiting the dreamlike Christmas of his youth.…
A Christmas Carol: Some Assembly Required presented by Theatre in the Mist
We've all seen Charles Dickens classic tale A Christmas Carol...or have we? Based on your suggestions, Theatre in the Mist's cast of improvisors will twist and turn the story Ebenezer Scrooge in all sorts of hilarious directions. Every show will bring…
Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
In Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean an all-female fan club called The Disciples of James Dean meets at a Woolworth's branch in McCarthy, Texas in 1975 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Dean's death. In 1955, Dean was filming Giant…
Manmade Earth
Manmade Earth features eight teenagers from around the globe living in Buffalo. Having workshopped the piece from scratch for the 2018 Response Festival, 600 HIGHWAYMEN’s work returns in its final iteration following a NYC premiere. Manmade Earth is…
Manmade Earth
Manmade Earth by 600 HIGHWAYMEN Co-Produced by Torn Space Theater In Manmade Earth, eight teenagers from the Congo, Egypt, Malaysia, Somalia, Syria, Tanzania, and the United States — each with a unique path into this country — come together to create…
A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline
Little Big Man, a disc jockey from Patsy Cline’s hometown of Winchester, VA., traces the late singer’s footsteps from early honky-tonk and radio days through her rise at the Grand Ole Opry plus her appearances at Carnegie Hall and Las Vegas.
Comedy Night Starring Eric Tartaglione
Eric Tartaglione comes to Batavia Downs Gaming & Hotel for a night of comedy! Eric is a high energy comic with a physically expressive act. He has an extreme degree of likability with a variety of audiences, as comfortable with a college crowd as he…
Christmas Over the Tavern
The Pazinskis, four kids and two parents living over a saloon in 1959 lower-middle class Buffalo, are not having their usual merry Christmas. Dad is going through a mid-life depression and refuses to buy a Christmas tree. Sister Clarissa is threatening…
The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes
Yes Rose, there is a Santa Claus! Imagine… everyone’s favorite Golden Girls have flown north for the holidays… and they’re played by men!?
El Coqui Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom
Alex, a comic book artist whose ideas might be “too Puerto Rican,” has begun to secretly dress up as his creation: El Coquí Espectacular, defender of Nuyoricans in all five boroughs! When his brother Joe is fired from a project for not being Puerto Rican…
EL COQUÍ ESPECTACULAR AND THE BOTTLE OF DOOM
El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of DoomAlex, a comic book artist whose ideas might be "too Puerto Rican," has begun secretly dressing up as his creation: El Coquí Espectacular, defender of Nuyoricans in all five boroughs! When his brother Joe is…
A Christmas Carol
WNY's longest running theatrical presentation and fifth longest-running stage version of Dicken's masterpiece. Imagine Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the Alleyway Carolers warming the cockles of your holiday heart for another merry season. Adapted and Directed…
It's a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play
The Carriage House Players holiday production is the live radio version of the beloved It’s a Wonderful Life, directed by Peg Merrill. Author Joe Landry has taken the Frank Capra classic and adapted it – in shorter form – for the stage. Conceived as…
Carriage House Players "It's A Wonderful Life" (Live Radio Version)
The Carriage House Players holiday production is the live radio version of the beloved It’s a Wonderful Life, directed by Peg Merrill. Author Joe Landry has taken the Frank Capra classic and adapted it – in shorter form – for the stage. Conceived as…
"Mr. Popper's Penguins"
Based on the novel by RICHARD AND FLORENCE ATWATER. Nothing brightens the dull days of winter like a troupe of tap-dancing penguins! Based on the unforgettable classic, Mr. Popper's Penguins tells the warm-hearted tale of Mr. Popper, a man who dreams…
Les Miserables
With glorious new staging and dazzlingly reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo, this breathtaking production of LES MISÉRABLES, which broke box office records during its pre-Broadway tour, has left both audiences and critics awestruck,…
"Mr. Popper's Penguins" Sensory Performance
Recommended for Ages: 5+ Based on the novel by RICHARD AND FLORENCE ATWATER. Nothing brightens the dull days of winter like a troupe of tap-dancing penguins! Based on the unforgettable classic, Mr. Popper's Penguins tells the warm-hearted tale of Mr.…