David Wilcox, AUBURN – Chris O’Neill and Paul Valenti liken their comedy show to a playground. And not only is everyone welcome to come inside, but when they do, the outside ceases to exist. The duo, based in Stamford, Connecticut, will bring “The...
“Scrooge: The Musical” will return for its fourth holiday season at Auburn Public Theater this weekend. An adaptation of the 1971 Albert Finney film of the same name, the musical tells the story of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas...
AUBURN — Shortly after Auburn Public Theater opened 14 years ago this month, staff began finding signage for its events stuffed in the door handles there. The theater didn’t know who was donating the hand-drawn signs. But when Bourke Kennedy of the Auburn...
Blues music legend Willie Dixon liked to say, “Blues is the roots, the rest is the fruits,” to explain the influence of that genre on other forms of music. But as music progresses, the roots of blues music itself are sometimes heard less often, lost in the cacophony...
Auburn Public Theater will host a three-day stretch of music and comedy this weekend, including a rising Manhattan comedian and the return of an acclaimed bluesman. • First, Cazenovia-based musician Andrew VanNorstrand will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in...
After traveling the country playing music, local musician Andrew VanNorstrand returned home to Central New York to release his first solo LP, “That We Could Find a Way to Be.” “For the past years, I’ve been working on this record as a singer/songwriter, and I’m really...
This September, Andrew VanNorstrand released his debut solo LP That We Could Find A Way To Be and this month premieres the video for “Boy with Gray Eyes” off the album. Americana Highways premiered the audio for “Boy With The Gray Eyes” and said of the track, “In a...
AUBURN, NY — Thanksgiving Eve — one of the most festive nights of the year in Central New York — will be the date for a concert to benefit one of the area’s most admired musicians. The concert fundraiser for guitarist, singer and songwriter...
Austin’s Female Vocalist of the Year and a husband-and-wife duo that mixes music and humor will come to Auburn Public Theater this weekend. • First will be SingTrece and Kenneth McLaurin, who will present “Singing Notes & Slinging Jokes”...
