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Monday, May 15, 2017
The actors from Cabaret made time for a brief press tour between shows. Cabaret’s Ben Eakeley and Jon Peterson made the rounds talking about the production with local press. Peterson swapped stories with Tamani Wooley on “Weekend Buzz”, Eakeley and Peterson took a deep dive look at the show with... Read more » ... Read More
Monday, May 15, 2017
Proctors hosted the TM conference for the second year in a row. Employees and volunteers from theatres across the country gathered at Proctors for the four-day TM conference in May. The Theatre Manager Second National Conference brought together Theatre Manager users. These users apply the program for box office, marketing, patron development, accounting, volunteer... Read more » ... Read More
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, the Opalka Gallery at Sage Colleges, and Proctors are joining more than 140 other venues across the U.S. in screening the movie 1984 (directed by Michael Redford, 1984, 110 minutes) on April 4. The date is the day... Read more » ... Read More
Thursday, March 9, 2017
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.” The public tour—which also marks the 90th anniversary of the downtown... Read more » ... Read More
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Crazed quartet to turn GE Theatre into a Dublin pub The Irish Comedy Tour takes the party atmosphere of a Dublin pub and combines it with a boisterous, belly-laugh band of hooligans. The clover—make that clever—comedians, whose ancestors hail from the Emerald Isle, include Detroit native Derek Richards; Boston-born Mike... Read more » ... Read More
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Homemade lunch with Something Rotten cast and crew was a huge success By Kate Dudding Our Taste of Home, with the cast and crew from Something Rotten, was a huge success and lots of fun (see photos). Nearly 40 people enjoyed our homemade lunch plus sandwiches from Apostrophe Café. One of... Read more » ... Read More
Friday, February 24, 2017
Proctors, on State Street, opened noon, Dec. 27, 1926, the jewel in the crown of a chain of over 50 theatres owned by vaudeville pioneer F. F. Proctor. In the intervening years, the city and Proctors have seen many changes, highs and lows. Currently, both are as healthy and robust... Read more » ... Read More
Monday, February 6, 2017
The Themed Entertainment Association, along with Adirondack Studios and the Workforce Development Institute, present the Inaugural Capital Region Creative Economy SATE Academy Day, featuring keynote speaker Robert Walter, president and executive director of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, Friday, Feb. 24 at Proctors. The conference, Opening Eyes: Fostering Creativity in Our... Read more » ... Read More