Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Member duties, opportunities described Welcome to the first blog about the Proctors Guild. Created in 1990, the Guild is a membership organization of women and men who are special ambassadors for Proctors. We serve as hosts/hostesses in the Guild Room, and work behind the scenes for theatre galas and special... Read more » ... Read More
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
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
Monday, February 29, 2016
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
Thursday, February 25, 2016
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
Monday, February 22, 2016
Gordon Greenberg returns to theREP to direct loopy look at the birth of the Apollo space program Neil Armstrong’s small step was more than just a leap for mankind. It was a brushstroke for humanity. Deborah Brevoort’s highly theatrical comedy The Blue-Sky Boys posits a critical nexus between science and... Read more » ... Read More
Friday, February 19, 2016
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
Thursday, February 18, 2016
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
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Little River Band lands at Proctors with 40th anniversary tour Australian hit-makers Little River Band helped define the sound of the late 70s and early 80s, with a distinctive, hooky, laid-back sound that dominated radio and paired well with international touring mates like The Doobie Brothers, Supertramp, America, Heart, Boz... Read more » ... Read More