Arts & Culture

In an announcement Tuesday in New York, several alumni from the College of Visual and Performing Arts were nominated for 2012 Tony Awards. The list of nominations includes Frank Langella ’59 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading…

Sharon Greytak, professor of practice in film in VPA’s Department of Transmedia and an independent filmmaker, had her newest dramatic feature film “Archaeology of a Woman“ awarded a Gold Remi Award at the 45thWorldfest-Houston International Film Festival. Greytak’s lead actress,…

Syracuse University’s Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts will present its annual senior showcase on Saturday, May 5, at 2 p.m. in the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. The showcase…

The Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts has announced its 2012-2013 season. Offerings will include Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical “Merrily We Roll Along”; the passionate Jacobean drama “’Tis Pity She’s a Whore”; the comic “Top…

At the heart of the joyful play “As You Like It” is perhaps Shakespeare’s greatest comic heroine, Rosalind. As a woman disguised as a man, she exists not fully as either but in between, where she can relish the privilege…

Timothy Bond, producing artistic director of Syracuse Stage and Syracuse University’s Department of Drama, will moderate a discussion with playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney on Saturday, April 21, at 5 p.m. in the Storch Theatre at Syracuse Stage. Sponsored by SU…

Over the next two weeks, passengers on board select Connective Corridor buses will get a taste of the arts. Three buses will feature artists at work as part of the “’In Motion’ series.”  The acting, poetry and dance performances will…

Classic, contemporary works offer celebration of theater

The memories, hopes, dreams and prayers of the indomitable women of the American frontier enliven this hauntingly beautiful musical. Based on oral histories from the pioneers of the prairie states, “Quilters” celebrates with unassuming honesty and simplicity the fears, joys,…

Syracuse Stage’s production of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brothers Size, directed by Producing Artistic Director Timothy Bond, will move to leading theaters in South Africa, made possible by support from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. “The Brothers Size” began rehearsing…