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LIVE: “Jersey Boys” @ Proctors, 3/1/12

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Brandon Andrus, Brad Weinstock, Jason Kappus and Colby Foytik (photo: Joan Marcus)

If you’re looking for a theme for Nippertown’s spring arts season, the words “Jersey Boys” would seem to fit the bill just fine.

Jersey’s fave alt-rock combo Titus Andronicus roared into Valentine’s Music Hall in Albany on Saturday (March 3) night, wrapping up UAlbany radio station WCDB-FM’s wailin’ two-day 34th Anniversary Music Festival.

And next month, Jersey’s favorite musical son Bruce Springsteen leads his reconstituted E Street Band into the Times Union Center in Albany for what is certainly the hottest spring concert ticket in town.

But in all honesty, Bruce is gonna have to bring his A game to town to top the knock-out production of “Jersey Boys” that’s playing at Proctors in Schenectady through Sunday, March 18.

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Tags: Frankie Valli, Jersey Boys, Proctors Theatre, Schenectady, The Four Seasons
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Proctors’ 2011-2012 Season of Shows

Friday, May 13th, 2011

Yes, it’s “Radio & Juliet” – the Shakespearian tale of star-crossed lovers… danced to the music of Radiohead.

Proctors in Schenectady had already announced the big Broadway shows for its upcoming season – “La Cage aux Folles,” “The Addams Family,” “Shrek the Musical,” “Jersey Boys” and “Memphis” – but there’s a lot more to Proctors calendar than just the big touring Broadway musicals.

Here are some of the highlights of the remainder of the just-announced season:

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Tags: Proctors Theatre, Schenectady
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LIVE: Thompson Square @ Proctors, 3/10/11

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Shawna and Keifer Thompson

The second installment of WGNA’s Rising Star Country Series took off with out a hitch in Proctors’ stadium-seating styled G.E. Theatre last week. This time out Thompson Square brought their dual intertwining harmonies, single acoustic guitar jams and image-packed lyrics for a terrific set that included their smash Top 10 country hit, “Are You Going To Kiss Me Or Not?”

Married for nearly a dozen years, the collaborative husband-and-wife team of Keifer and Shawna Thompson joked and chatted comfortably with the sold-out audience. Exuding the infectious enthusiasm of two happy kids let loose in a candy store, the duo have worked years at their craft to finally get their big break. “It’s hard to believe that a year ago we were still bar tending down in Nashville,” Shawna told the crowd.

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Tags: Andrzej Pilarczyk, Proctors Theatre, Schenectady, Thompson Square
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LIVE: “The Lion King” @ Proctors, 2/24/11

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

The Lion King @ Proctors Theatre

“The Lion King” cuts loose with a mighty, magical roar at Proctors in Schenectady.

With all of the attendant media hype regarding the long-awaited month-long stand at the Electric City performing arts center, some might be a bit wary as to whether the production can possibly live up to the hoopla.

But, the resounding answer is, “Yes, it can.” And it does.

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Tags: Andrzej Pilarczyk, Proctors Theatre, Schenectady, The Lion King
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Live: “Young Frankenstein” @ Proctors, 10/19/10

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Young Frankenstein @ Proctors Theatre, Schenectady

After transforming his classic 1968 film “The Producers,” into 2001′s record-breaking, 12-time Tony Award-winning blockbuster as a Broadway musical, only a fool would think that comic genius Mel Brooks wouldn’t go back to the well for another shot.

And, though he may have played one on film and television, Mel Brooks is certainly no fool.

And so, he whipped his 1974 B&W comic horror film nugget “Young Frankenstein,” into shape as a big stage musical to follow in footsteps of “The Producers.”

On Tuesday night, the touring production of what (at least according to the program) is officially titled “The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein,” hit the stage at Proctors in Schenectady before a full house of enthusiastic fans.

But the results are not quite as successful, as they were with “The Producers.”

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Tags: Proctors Theatre, Schenectady, Young Frankenstein
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Live: Johnny Mathis @ Proctors, 10/2/10

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

To Americans of, well, a certain age, Johnny Mathis is romance.

And even after all of years – Mathis celebrated his 75th birthday just two days before his show at Proctors – he’s still got it, whatever it is.

Backed by a whopping 29-piece orchestra, Mathis just stood there on the stage as casual as could be with one hand in his pocket. With his other hand, he raised the microphone to his lips, and his still-honeyed voice rolled out across the sold-out theater.

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Tags: Johnny Mathis, Proctors Theatre, Schenectady
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Dog-Gone

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

The appearance by Victoria Stilwell (of Animal Planet’s “It’s Me or the Dog”) at Proctors in Schenectady has been cancelled. The event had been scheduled for Thursday, October 14.

Contact Proctors box office at 518.346.6204 with any questions.

Tags: Proctors Theatre, Schenectady
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Five Fall Faves: Film

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

All this week, we’ll be highlighting some of the fall season’s most promising arts, music and entertainment events around Nippertown. Mark your calendars.

Today’s spotlight is on the visual arts:

Woodstock Film Festival @ various locations in and around Woodstock. Wednesday-Sunday, September 29-October 3. Bunches of bunches of cool movies jammed into five days. Possible highlights: “Arias With a Twist: The Docufantasy,” in which gender-bending cabaret performer Joey Arias meets puppet genius Basil Twist; “Roscoe Holcomb: From Daisy, Kentucky” by musician-director John Cohen; “Stone” starring Edward Norton and Robert De Niro; “Welcome to the Rileys” starring Melissa Leo and James Gandolfini.

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Tags: Albany, Five Fall Faves, MASS Moca, North Adams, Proctoberfest, Proctors Theatre, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady, The Egg, Woodstock, Woodstock Film Festival, Zankel Music Center
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