![]() ![]() Golden has previously worked for WBEN Radio and Buffalo Theatre Guide. She is also a director and a writer with two published plays to her credit. Acting credits include theatre in NYC, Hollywood, Burbank, Atlanta, Orlando, and Cleveland as well as local performances at the Irish, the Kavinoky, the Alleyway, and the first BUA show - A … MY NAME IS ALICE. Her other theatre company is The Wondermakers which presents folk tales, Paul Sills story theatre style, throughout NYS. Golden travelled for 4 years - performing at 150 VA Medical Centers throughout the country and has given two diversity play presentations at The Pentagon. She is the director of Dramatic Solutions, an interactive business theatre company which has presented diversity training for Walt Disney World, Darden Restaurants, Best Buy, Out + Equal, and for many federal government agencies including Social Security, DOL, and the CDC. Gail Golden has a BFA in Theatre from Ithaca College and an MA in Humanities from SUNY at Buffalo. Provided that this is the kind of show you like, you’d be a fool to miss it! Comedies that leave you weak with laughter, dramas that really touch the heart. ![]() If the genre/content are up your alley, I would make a real effort to attend.įIVE BUFFALOS: Truly superb–a rare rating. If you don’t go in with huge expectations, you will probably be pleased.įOUR BUFFALOS: Both the production and the play are of high caliber. THREE BUFFALOS: I still have my issues, but this is a pretty darn good night at the theater. Unless you are the sort of person who’s happy just going to the theater, you might look around for something else. Either the production is pretty far off base, or the play itself is problematic. TWO BUFFALOS: Passable, but no great shakes. you are the parent of someone who is in it), give this show a wide berth. Unless there is some really compelling reason for you to attend (i.e. A dreadful play, a highly flawed production, or both. *HERD OF BUFFALO (Notes on the Rating System) A laugh filled evening of theatre is one of life’s greatest treasures. Warfield’s cap.Īdding to this entertaining evening are interactive choreography by Joey Bucheker, the well detailed Golden Girls set by Christopher Rhoton, and fabulous costumes by Todd Warfield.įor an amusing (albeit adult’s only) evening – perfect for a summer night - I recommend The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes, Vol. Golden Girls 3 is fast-paced and very funny and another feather in Mr. I remember Posiedon: The Upside Down Musical and L’imitation Of Life with great fondness. Welcome to the 80’s!ĭirector Todd Warfield is known around town as The Go To Guy for directing imaginative campy parodies. Built into his plays are Golden Girls trivia games and TV commercials to help the audience go back in time and get into the mood. The script full of quips is by Chicago playwright, David Cerda, and it is one of the series of his Golden Girls productions. In supporting roles are genial Tim Goehrig, lively Michael Wells, and zany Collin Ranney. The mambo sequence is sensational and it left me agog with glee! Matt Rittler looks and sounds just like Estelle Getty and he does amazing work throughout the show. This production sports the best Alleyway Theatre Sophia to date. Bucheker has absolutely nailed this character – a dewy-eyed darling in a dirndl – and he is always endearing as the perpetually befuddled Rose. I believe that Joey Bucheker has been Rose in every incarnation of Golden Girls at Alleyway Theatre. Michael (BeBe Bvlgari) Blasdell is a luscious Blanche who especially shines in Act 2 when the plot takes an incredible twist! No spoilers here, but the show builds to a really fun and unexpected sequence. Seitz does a fine job and slings out those caustic one-line putdowns in true Bea Arthur fashion. His is a believable interpretation of the role. We are fortunate here in WNY to get David Credo’s new “volumes” regularly.Īs Dorothy, the leader of the pack, Mike Seitz is never over the top. ![]() There are musical versions and there is even a puppet show version. Golden Girls drag parodies have been popping up all over the country. Four 50+ year old women share a house in Miami and support each other through both happy and hard times. The Golden Girls was an award winning sitcom that aired from 1985 – 1992 and is still popular in reruns. THE PLAYERS, THE PLAY, AND THE PRODUCTION. ![]()
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