The Nutcracker | Shea’s Performing Arts Centre

Cirque Dreams Holidaze | Shea’s Performing Arts Centre
Starts December 10th
Imagine a 24-feet Christmas tree with ornaments fleeting across and above the stage with graceful movements like the acrobatic and air-bound gingerbread men or the toy soldiers performing foot drills not on the ground, but rather on thin wires suspended from the ground. Or better yet, imagine all the characters from the Yuletide classic “12 Days of Christmas” rocking and bending themselves around and above the Christmas tree and almost everywhere you set your vision to in graceful and synchronized manner, that is what the “Cirque Dreams Holidaze” show is all about. As the NY Daily News describes it, its “charm, sparkle & talent by the sleighload”. Buffalo will get to see the action live and in real-time to the beat of original and classic Yuletide scores for a limited engagement at the Shea’s Performing Arts Center from December 10 to 12,
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Dreamgirls | Shea’s Performing Arts Centre
Starts December 14th
It’s the entertaining story of ambition, competition, fortune and failure that made this 1981 Broadway musical a hit during its debut which was also turned into cinema gold with its successful with its star-studded 2006 film adaptation. And now, the Broadway revival of “Dreamgirls” is currently making its rounds on a national scale, bringing the glitz and glamour of the musical from coast to coast. The tour will run till early next year, right after New Year’s with their last tour production in Detroit. But before they perform by the border during the holidays, they will be gracing the stage of the Shea’s Performing Arts Center in Buffalo first for a limited run from December 14 to 19, 2010 with two shows lined up on the 18th and the 19th.
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Shrek | Shea’s Performing Arts Centre
Starts February 22nd
The world’s most loveable, funniest and sarcastic ogre will hit the big stage this time in Buffalo after swamping the movie screens with four installments and hitting it big time in Broadway with fairy tale parodies from “Far Far Away” and everything green and slimy. Take a trip with Shrek and Donkey as they embark on a whimsical journey from Shrek’s swamp to Duloc then to the dragon-guarded tower to free the enchanted Princess Fiona and eventually, saving her as well from marrying the minutely evil Lord Farquaad while singing to all new songs composed by Tony Award nominee Jeanine Tesori in a musical that will flip our heads out with laughter and warmth, thanks to lyricist and Pulitzer-winning author David Lindsay-Abaire.The cast are eastward bound for a week just in time for spring as the musical will run in Buffalo’s Shea’s Performing Arts Center from February 22 to 27, 2011.
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Young Frankenstein | Shea’s Performing Arts Centre
Starts March 22nd
“Young Frankenstein” the Musical relives the story of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, played by Tony Award winner Roger Bart, who attempts to finish what his grandfather had started – resurrecting a dead body. With acclaimed artist, writer and director Brooks at the helm of the musical duties, and Tony Award winner Thomas Meehan authoring the book from which the musical was based, the successful tandem who brought us “The Producers” has once again turned another successful cinema flick into theatre gold with critics calling “Young Frankenstein” a product of Brooks, Meehan and director and choreographer Susan Stroman’s “touch of genius” (Clive Barnes, New York Post) resulting to what Frank Scheck of the Hollywood Reporter calls as “a hilarious crowd-pleaser” that is both “riotous and showstopping”. Catch “Young Frankenstein” when it makes its Buffalo rounds from March 22, 2011 to March 27, 2011 at the Shea’s Performing Arts Centre.
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Spring Awakening | University at Buffalo Center for the Arts
Starts March 31st
“Broadway may never be the same again”, quoted from The New York Times in reference to the provocative and daring coming-of-age tale of “Spring Awakening” which chronicles the journey of war-era German students through rebellion and self-discovery which earned the production “Best Musical” honors from the Tony Awards and seven more in the bag. Featuring the musical genius of mainstream singer/songwriter Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, Entertainment Weekly calls the music behind “Spring Awakening” as “the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade”. The touring production also features the talents of Christopher Wood and Elizabeth Judd portraying “Melchior” and “Wendla”, respectively. The roles were originated by “Glee” stars Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele. The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will host the musical’s one-night stop in the city as part of its national tour. The musical will be staged at the UBCFA’s Mainstage Theatre on March 31, 2011, Thursday at 7:30 PM.
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Wicked | Shea’s Performing Arts Centre
Starting April 27
“Wicked”, the brilliantly conceptualized musical based on the book written by Winnie Holzman which was adapted from the 1995 Gregory Maguire best-selling novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” which re-chronicles the events in the L. Frank Baum classic “The Wizard of Oz” from the Wicked Witch’s perspective is prepping for a 25-city National run beginning on July 28 in Columbus, OH and ending on August 21, 2011 in DC. As part of their year-long national trek, the entire touring cast and crew of “the defining musical of the decade” (New York Times) will be running a month-long show in Buffalo at the Shea’s Performing Arts Centre from April 27, 2011 till May 22, 2011.
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West Side Story | Shea’s Performing Arts Centre
Starts June 7th
The timeless story of star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria will be brought to theatres from coast to coast when the National Tour of the Broadway masterpiece “West Side Story” kicks off this fall in Detroit. As the tour hits closer to home towards its end, the production led by author and Tony Award winning director Arthur Laurents, and composers Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim will come to Buffalo’s Shea’s Performing Arts Centre for an 8-show run spanning six dates in June 2011.
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