Watching the musical, wicked produced by David Stone, evokes the historical old-fashioned notion of magic fused with great music. Despite the fact that it is not easy pulling a Broadway musical in the era of science fiction, computer generated imagery as well as high definition graphics, wicked, manages to capture the attention of drama lovers as well as music lovers. With its roots from the  Gregory Maguire’s Novel with the same name as well as L. Frank Baum classic, the wizard of Oz, the musical attempts to simply give a vivid definition of the intrigues of good and evils as denoted in books done by various children fiction writers....... Continue

Wicked Review

Wicked is definitely one of the best musicals that have ever been produced. It is based on a novel by Gregory Maguire. It is a story about the green-skinned Elphaba who is unpopular and Glinda who is a bubbly character in the musical. It is about the two witches in the Wizard of Oz and how they began an unlikely friendship. Elphaba is the Wicked Witch of the West while Glinda is the Good Witch of the North. They have opposing perspectives and characters and they even end up falling in love with the same person. There are two acts in this amazing musical....... Continue

The Rochester Auditorium Center is comprised of the Auditorium Theater, and the attached Masonic Temple Complex. The Auditorium Theater is beautifully preserved and hosts a variety of Broadway plays, concerts, etc. The Masonic Temple is in use as office space for local businesses, and also has a variety of meeting rooms, auditoriums, and other types of space available for rent to the public. The entire complex is a Rochester gem, a well-preserved part of our past with lots of architectural detail that needs to be preserved. Luckily the space is proving useful and hopefully it will be maintained for many years to come. If you go to a show at the main Auditorium Theater, remember to look for the squirrels in the ceiling (hint, look closely at the plaster details)....... Continue

The Orpheum Theatre – one of L.A.’s most venerable landmarks. The newly restored Orpheum Theatre now stands ready to embrace its exciting future as a major Los Angeles entertainment venue and many other special events. The Orpheum has newly installed upholstered seats that features historically- inspired decorative aisle standards to match the overall style of the theatre. These seats will provide an increased level of comfort and convenience whether a patron attends a two-hour concert or an all- day film festival. There are more than 1,200 parking spaces – all within one block of the theater – many of which are behind and adjacent to the venue....... Continue

Then the Fox Theatre first opened, the local newspaper described it as having, “a picturesque and almost disturbing grandeur beyond imagination”. It remains a showplace that impresses theatre-goers to this day. The principal architect of the project was Olivier Vinour of the firm Marye, Alger and Vinour....... Continue