2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ film Help! and the Opera House is celebrating. Riding the vibe of 1964’s A Hard Day’s Night, Help! was released the very next year. The premiere in London’s West End was attended by that season’s royal celebrities: Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon. Departing from the autobiographical […]
In 1964, Fredonia’s Winter Garden Theatre was packed for The Beatles’ first feature film A Hard Day’s Night. For this year’s Fredonia High School Class of 1970 reunion, that theatre, now famous as the 1891 Fredonia Opera House & Performing Arts Center, honors the film on its big screen once again. This will be an encore […]
Cellist Jolyon Pegis returns to the Fredonia Opera House for a special solo recital. Pegis may be familiar to Opera House audiences as one of the Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival musicians for several years, as well as for a previous concert with violinist Maria Schleuning. In this concert, he will be joined by […]
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D. Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two […]
Acclaimed Broadway star Nick Adams comes to the Opera House for a very special evening of songs from the Broadway stage and the Great American Songbook. Earlier in the day, Adams will lead a master class with musical theatre students at the State University of New York at Fredonia at 2 p.m. in Rosch Recital […]
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley. Filmed live at the […]
The Billy Joel Tribute Experience by Pat Farrell and the Cold Spring Harbor Band is an immersive concert-style theater show chronicling the amazing journey of Billy Joel from his humble beginnings to his incredible success as one of the best-selling artists of the 1970s and 80s. Using photo projections and original film footage, and featuring […]
