Author: Proctors Web Team
America’s Got Talent favorites mix music and spectacle like nothing experienced before Junk rock! It’s a ten-year overnight sensation. Inspired by New York street musicians banging out intricate rhythms on used pickle buckets, Justin Spencer decided to take things one step further, dreaming up Recycled Percussion and emptying the kitchen... Read more » ... Read More
Last Comic Standing star headlines Pretty Much The Best Comedy Show Comedy fans will recognize Adrienne Iapalucci from her performances as a semifinalist on season seven of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, as well as from her appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Born and bred in the Bronx, Iapalucci’s... Read more » ... Read More
Legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp joined representatives from Catskill Mountain Foundation, Proctors and Saratoga Performing Arts Center to launch Pathways to Dance, an annual eight-county, ten-venue Capital Region initiative, in concert with Manhattan’s Joyce Theater, designed to support new dance creation and presentation. At the University at Albany’s Performing Arts Center... Read more » ... Read More
The Schenectady County Visitors Agency today announced two conferences that will be held in downtown Schenectady this year as efforts ramp-up to attract more conferences and meetings to Schenectady County. “We are competing for and winning new conference business for Schenectady County,” said Anthony Jasenski, Chairman of the Schenectady County... Read more » ... Read More
The School of Performing Arts at Proctors, in partnership with Capital Repertory Theatre, expands its summer offerings in 2016, with its Broadway Camp students mounting a full-scale production of “All Shook Up,” directed by Steven Yuhasz, August 5–6 on the historic Schenectady MainStage. Auditions for ages 14–19 will be held... Read more » ... Read More
Schenectady’s Talia Cass, Tourism & Convention manager for Schenectady County Visitors Association, has accepted a seat as board member with the New York State Tourism Industry Association. Working under the auspices of Proctors, in a position partially funded by Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority, Cass has, since May 2014, served as... Read more » ... Read More
Vaudeville empresario F.F. Proctor was born on St. Patrick’s Day, 1851. In his honor, the theatre’s historical committee offers an annual March tour of Proctors, the crown jewel of his circuit of eponymous entertainment halls—“a palace for the people.” Due to the extended run of “Disney’s The Lion King,” this... Read more » ... Read More
Beatles expert returns to Proctors, Saturday, Feb. 27 with Beatles expert Scott Freiman returns to the GE Theatre at Proctors Saturday, Feb. 27, offering two of his popular lecture presentations, Say The Word: Deconstructing Rubber Soul (1:30 p.m.) and A Trip Through Strawberry Fields (7:30 p.m.). Freiman, composer, producer, educator and... Read more » ... Read More
Barbara Bishop Ward is the newest member of the Relationships Department at Proctors. Brought aboard in December, Bishop Ward serves an important fundraising role as Director of Major Gifts and Stewardship for Proctors, Capital Repertory Theatre and Universal Preservation Hall. In her new position, Bishop Ward is responsible for the identification,... Read more » ... Read More
A dancer’s past. A woman’s future. It’s about power. Lucy likes the money she makes as a stripper, as well as the command over her customers, the governmental sway of her hips. But she also likes her new beau, a handsome young D.C. cop who doesn’t know about her craft,... Read more » ... Read More