Events Tagged New Phoenix Theatre
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Thu, Feb 12th 2009
8:00pm95 Johnson Park,
Buffalo, NY
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh opens tonight. Starring Betsy Bittar and Mary Loftus.
From the author of The Pillowman and the hit film In Bruges, this triple award-winning, startling portrait of a middle-aged virgin battling her aging mother for a chance for love is poignant, shocking, and darkly funny.
Blackbird
Thu, Apr 2nd 2009
8:00pm95 Johnson Park,
Buffalo, NY
A middle-aged man is reunited with his lover who was aged only 12 during their affair. This beautifully written, poetic play is a hauntingly vivid portrait of a taboo relationship that challenges and tests our preconceptions again and again.
Blackbird by David Harrower, directed by Kelli Bocock-Natale and starring Richard Lambert, opens tonight.
Freud and the Sandman
Thu, May 7th 2009
8:00pm95 Johnson Park,
Buffalo, NY
Freud and the Sandman, based on "The Sandman" by E.T.A. Hoffman and "The Uncanny" by Sigmund Freud, opens tonight. Directed and devised by Robert Waterhouse with music by Paul Kozlowski.
As World War 1 draws to a close, Sigmund Freud returns to a hidden manuscript that attempts to reason with the spells cast by a childhood tale that won't relinquish its uncanny secrets.
