Author: Jessica Sims
Ceremony Scheduled for Sunday, April 24 at Proctors MainStage SCHENECTADY, NY (Feb. 16) – Buggy Jive leads all finalists for the 4th annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards with a record five nominations. This year’s ceremony returns to the MainStage at Proctors at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 24. A self-described soul rock... Read more » ... Read More
TO PLAY SCHENECTADY TUESDAY, MARCH 1 – SUNDAY, MARCH 6 EVERYONE DESERVES A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE! “TOUCHES A CHORD IN ANY PERSON WHO’S NOT ONLY FOUND A SAFE HOME IN THE WORLD OF MUSICALS, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN, TOO! This joyous, original musical, with a big-laugh book, exuberant songs and jaw-dropping... Read more » ... Read More
TO PLAY PROCTORS, SCHENECTADY Friday, February 25 – Sunday, February 27 SCHENECTADY, NY (Feb 11) – Proctors is thrilled to announce Waitress will play Schenectady Friday, February 25 – Sunday, February 27. Brought to life by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, this irresistible new hit features original music and lyrics by six -time Grammy®... Read more » ... Read More
Allowing New Audiences to Experience the Hit Broadway Musical Proctors to Welcome Aladdin October 12-22, 2022 Schenectady, NY (Thursday, Feb 10, 2022) – Disney Theatrical Productions, under the direction of Thomas Schumacher, announced today that a newly-imagined North American tour of Aladdin is scheduled to launch in October 2022, allowing the hit Broadway musical to... Read more » ... Read More
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE 2022-23 SERIES ARE NO LONGER ON SALE. When you subscribe to the 2022–2023 KeyBank Broadway Series at Proctors or the 2022–2023 Subscription Season at Capital Repertory Theatre, you’re securing the hottest tickets in town before the general public! You’ll see ALL shows in those seasons at one... Read more » ... Read More
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 TICKETS ON SALE NOW! For a quarter of a century, Jonathan Larson’s RENT has inspired us to choose love over fear and to live without regret. This Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning phenomenon follows a year in the lives of a diverse group of artists... Read more » ... Read More
Ten historic Upstate Performing Arts Centers have come together through nearly two years of Covid related trauma to seek the support of New York State to guarantee they can “keep the lights on.” These Centers, located from Buffalo to Poughkeepsie, are the pulsing hearts of Upstate New York’s downtowns. They... Read more » ... Read More
One of the signature pieces on the program “A Celebration of Two Heroes” is Aaron Copland’s stunning “Lincoln Portrait,” commissioned during the early years of World War II by conductor Andre Kostelanetz for a program of three new works by American composers. Copland chose excerpts from Lincoln’s own words for... Read more » ... Read More
Albany, NY (Jan. 21) – FLY, the celebrated drama about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces, will open at Capital Repertory Theatre for previews on January 28. The production runs through February 20. Written by Trey Ellis and Ricardo Kahn, FLY tells the story... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY (January 10, 2022) — Proctors Collaborative announced today that they have entered a partnership with the American Red Cross for the upcoming show, Come From Away. Come From Away is the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves... Read more » ... Read More