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Thursday, March 21, 2019
The inaugural Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards, 6 p.m. Sunday April 14 at Proctors, is an opportunity to amplify, empower and celebrate professionals working in the area’s wide-ranging music scene. Learn more and get your ticket here. ... Read More
Monday, August 6, 2018
“I don’t remember who showed it to me or where I was but at some point it was just, ‘oh right Mean Girls, let’s watch that again’.” In 2004, before there was Instagram, iPhones, or a fear of low rise jeans, there was Mean Girls. Tina Fey’s film is a... Read more » ... Read More
Thursday, July 26, 2018
What was the first show you saw at Proctors? Were there dancing newsboys or Elizabethans with writer’s block? Whatever the plot, Proctors brings new Broadway shows to Schenectady each year. What you may not know is that some of these shows started their national tours here. A national tour can’t... Read more » ... Read More
Friday, July 13, 2018
Frederick Freeman Proctor was a performer before he was a presenter. A rare, quirky bird, Proctor was an equilibrist—a master of balancing feats—billing himself as “The Great Levantine.” Basically, as a young man in Boston, he took a 19th century obsession with physical fitness and turned it into a road... Read more » ... Read More
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
When a show closes at Proctors, stagehands begin clearing out props, set pieces and lighting rigs almost before the audience is out the door. A similar, but even more complicated operation will ensue immediately after Dan and Phil: Interactive Extroverts take their final MainStage bows on July 21. Beginning in... Read more » ... Read More
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Apostrophe Café. Such a cute name, but why? The simple answer is we needed to do something with the Apostrophe! Proctors, as you know it today, began as Proctor’s Theatre, in 1926, the jewel in a chain of 53 vaudeville houses managed by entertainment pioneer F. F. Proctor. The original name... Read more » ... Read More
Thursday, May 17, 2018
“Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is the premier performing arts facility in New York State’s Capital Region, presenting the very best in entertainment. While the Mainstage is widely known for presenting the top-tier national Broadway touring productions, Proctors also has a state-of-the-art black box theatre, the... Read more » ... Read More
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Schenectady—”Frozen,” the Tony®-nominated Best Musical, will launch a North American tour in the fall of 2019, commencing at Proctors in Schenectady during the 2019-20 season. Information regarding casting, engagement dates and how to purchase groups and single tickets will be announced at a later time. For information or to... Read more » ... Read More