Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller, the Grammy® Award-winning and Tony Award®-nominated smash, made history as Broadway’s longest-running musical revue. Featuring 40 of the greatest songs of the past century, including showstopping classics like “On Broadway,” “Stand by Me,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Hound Dog,” “Love Potion No. 9,” “Spanish Harlem,” “Yakety Yak” and “Fools Fall In Love,” it celebrates the music of the legendary songwriting duo, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Their generation-defining songs provided hit after hit for icons like Elvis Presley, Ben E. King, The Coasters, and The Drifters.

Performances:

-Thursday, September 9th at 7 PM

-Friday, September 10th at 7 PM

-Saturday, September 11th at 2 PM & 7 PM

-Sunday, September 12th at 2 PM

A Chorus Line is a stunning musical capturing the spirit and tension of a Broadway audition. Exploring the inner lives and bittersweet ambitions of professional Broadway performers, the show features one powerhouse number after another. Musical numbers include "What I Did for Love, "One," "I Can Do That," "At the Ballet," "The Music and the Mirror," and "I Hope I Get It." A brilliantly complex fusion of song, dance, and compellingly authentic drama, A Chorus Line was instantly recognized as a classic. Directed by Judith A. Ranaletta

Performances:

-Friday, July 30 at 7:30 PM

-Saturday, July 31 at 2 PM & 7:30 PM

-Sunday, August 1 at 2 PM (ASL Interpreted Performance)

The first in BT’s Outdoor Summer Series 2021, taking place at the Dawn Lipson Canalside Stage at the JCC, is a celebration of over 70 Seasons in downtown Rochester. Cancelled due to the pandemic, we’re bringing back the end of year revelry that was scheduled to close out our Anniversary Season in 2020. Filled with your favorite Blackfriars performers, we’ll journey through BT’s musical history in story and song and share in the legacy of the theatre we all adore. Featuring songs from Sunset Blvd., Little Shop of Horrors, Ragtime, Sweeney Todd, Funny Girl and many, many more, you’ll be singing along as we commemorate over 70 years of artistry, community, love and laughter.

Performances:

-Friday, June 11th at 7 PM

-Saturday, June 12th at 2 PM & 7PM

A group of factory workers share laughs, drinks and dreams of a better life until layoffs and picket lines threaten their ability to stay afloat. Based on interviews with residents of Reading, PA.

Post-show talkbacks with cast and creative team follow the first two Sunday matinees.

Performances:

-Saturday, March 21st at 8 PM

-Sunday, March 22nd at 2 PM

-Thursday, March 26th at 7 PM

-Saturday, March 28th at 8 PM

-Sunday, March 29th at 2 PM

-Thursday, April 2nd at 7 PM

-Saturday, April 4th at 8 PM

-Sunday, April 5th at 2 PM

A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains a precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.

Winner of five Tony Awards, Peter and the Starcatcher is the wildly-theatrical coming-of-age adventure story about how a nameless orphan - inspired by a remarkable and ambitious girl - became the strange and celebrated hero that we know as Peter Pan. Featuring a dozen actors portraying more than 100 unforgettable characters, Peter and the Starcatcher uses ingenious stagecraft and the limitless possibilities of imagination to bring the story to life.

Performances:

-Friday, December 13th at 8 PM

-Saturday, December 14th at 8 PM

-Sunday, December 15th at 2 PM

-Thursday, December 19th at 7:30 PM

-Friday, December 20th at 8 PM

-Saturday, December 21st at 2 PM & 8 PM

-Sunday, December 22nd at 2 PM

-Thursday, December 26th at 7:30 PM

-Friday, December 27th at 8 PM

-Saturday, December 28th at 2 PM & 8 PM

-Sunday, December 29th at 2 PM

-Tuesday, December 31st at 7 PM

An exploration through movement, music, and dramatic scenes of what it means to be human and to share intimacy. Emphasizing stories beyond simple romantic relationships between men and women, Grey Noise Theatre Company's exquisite and moving show offers glimpses into human closeness with themes from love to lust to violence all with fearless authenticity. Scenes are from beloved contemporary and classic works such as Paula Vogel's 'Indecent' and Shakespeare's 'Othello' as well as original short plays and dance/movement pieces.

Performances:

-Friday, September 13th at 7 PM

-Monday, September 16th at 7 PM

Join us for a vivacious variety show!

• Ballroom Dancers
• Comedy
• Music
• Impersonators
• Cocktails
• Showgirls

Performances:

-Friday, June 21st at 8 PM

-Saturday, June 22nd at 8 PM

A moving “unauthorized parody,” Dog Sees God reimagines beloved characters from the popular comic strip 'Peanuts' as degenerate teenagers. Drug use, child sexual abuse, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion, sexual relationships, and identity are among the issues touched on in this spin-off of the works of Charles M. Schulz. The use of these well-known figures is what gives the show its emotional punch: Even beloved child characters must some day grow up and deal with a harsh reality as they find their place in the world.

Performances:

-Thursday, June 6th at 7:30 PM

-Friday, June 7th at 7:30 PM

-Saturday, June 8th at 2 PM & 7:30 PM

-Sunday, June 9th at 7:30 PM

-Tuesday, June 11th at 7:30 PM

-Wednesday, June 12th at 7:30 PM

-Thursday, June 13th at 7:30 PM

-Friday, June 14th at 7:30 PM

-Saturday, June 15th at 2 PM & 7:30 PM

-Sunday, June 16th at 7:30 PM

OFC Creations and the Lyric Theatre Present the Rochester Premiere of The Bodyguard: The Musical
May 3-12, 2019 at the Lyric Theatre Main Stage
Based on the Warner Brothers film. Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Book by Alexander Dinelaris

Musical soundtrack features Whitney Houston’s greatest hits, based off the iconic 1992 film.
Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge; what they don’t expect is to fall in love. A breathtakingly romantic thriller and West End smash hit, The Bodyguard features a host of irresistible classics including “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” “So Emotional,” “How Will I Know,” “I’m Every Woman,” “Saving All My Love,” “Run to You,” “I Have Nothing,” and one of the biggest selling songs of all time – “I Will Always Love You.” Based off the 1992 film of the same name starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner.

Recommended for ages 13 & up.

Performances:

-Friday, May 3 at 7:30PM

-Saturday, May 4 at 7:30PM

-Sunday, May 5 at 2PM

-Friday, May 10 at 7:30PM

-Saturday, May 11 at 7:30PM

-Sunday, May 12 at 2PM

Thank You For Being A Friend: The Golden Girls Musical
April 5-20, 2019 at the Lyric Theatre Cabaret Stage
Starring: Hunter Ekberg, Shawn Gray, Eric Vaughn Johnson, Hector Manuel, and Eric Schutt with special appearance by Nicolas Samper.

The beloved 1980s sitcom is now a live musical parody... in drag!

Four women over 60 are spending their golden years together in a wicker-filled bungalow in Miami- the varicose-veined vixen, the brainy ball-buster, the lovable airhead, and the wisecracking spitfire. However, when gay pop superstar Ricky Martin moves next door, his loud outdoor parties keep the quartet of cheesecake-loving retirees awake.

The solution pits the gays against the girls at the annual Shady Oaks Retirement Home Talent Show: if the women win, then no more parties; if the gays garner top prize, the sassy seniors must serve as the party's clean-up crew. Singing, dancing, and hilarity ensues! Recommended for mature audiences only.

Performances:

-Friday, April 5 at 8PM

-Sunday, April 7 at 2PM

-Friday, April 12 at 8PM

-Saturday, April 13 at 2PM & 8PM

-Sunday, April 14 at 2PM

-Friday, April 19 at 8PM

-Saturday, April 20 at 8PM