Tuesday, July 17, 2018
On Your Feet! brings lively crowd to Proctors They danced, they clapped and sang along to the music of Gloria Estefan. On Your Feet! brought the audience into the show, and they loved it. ... Read More
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
First event of it’s kind at Proctors brings a crowd. Dancing, drinks and amazing Cuban food made the first salsa night at Proctors a success. ... Read More
Monday, July 16, 2018
Throughout its long history, says Campaign Director Teddy Foster, Universal Preservation Hall has been a community gathering space. It was built, in fact, as a venue that could host speakers like Frederick Douglass, Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan in addition to being a Methodist church. The ground floor Community... 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 stuck,... Read more » ... Read More
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Local live music fans will fondly recall the Starlite Music Theater, which began its life as the Colonie Musical Theater in 1958, before taking the more familiar Colonie Coliseum name in the early 70s. Located just off Route 9 in Latham, the Coliseum began—like Chatham’s still operating, but much smaller... Read more » ... Read More
Monday, July 2, 2018
Toss the Boss at The Landing Hotel at Rivers Casino & Resort, Saturday, Sept. 1 SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—JULY 2, 2018—“Take a flying leap!” “Go jump off a cliff!” “If I told you to jump off a bridge, would you!?” It’s time to finally take up friends, siblings and parents on those... Read more » ... Read More