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Musicals in Syracuse, New York

Theatergoers can see musicals in Syracuse, New York year-round. The city's venues offer Broadway tours, locally-produced shows and seasonal musicals. In addition, the highly-reputed Syracuse University theater department also produces musicals that are open to the public. Local children's theaters offer family-appropriate programs, and youth theater schools give young students of musical theater opportunities to perform.

  1. Professional Companies

    • The Broadway cast of "American Idiot."

      Professional theater companies are businesses which hire union actors, often bringing them in from New York City. Syracuse has two such companies: Famous Artists Broadway Series (famousartistsbroadway.com) and Syracuse Stage (syracusestage.org).

      Famous Artists Broadway Series produces tours of major Broadway musicals in Syracuse, New York. Productions take place in the Mulroy Civic Center Theater, which is one of the venues at the Oncenter, (oncenter.org).

      Syracuse Stage produces six shows each year, one or two of which are musicals. They always do a musical during the holidays; these shows include both professional actors from New York City and students of the Syracuse University Drama Department.

    Community Theaters

    • Community theaters are volunteer organizations that cast amateur performers from the area instead of hiring career performers from New York City. The community theaters doing musicals in Syracuse, New York are Appleseed Productions (appleseedproductions.org) and Wit's End Players (witsendplayers.com).

      Appleseed Productions has been producing musicals in Syracuse, New York for fifteen years. Wit's End Players doesn't have its own venue, but has been winning Syracuse Area Live Theater (SALT) Awards since 2004 for its musicals.

    Student Theater

    • The Syracuse University Drama Department (vpa.syr.edu/drama) shares Syracuse Stage's building. Along with their participation in the union productions at the theater, SU students also perform in their own shows, some directed by faculty members and some by other students. Each year, the SU Drama Department's mainstage season includes at least one musical; the department's smaller Black Box Theater and annual Children's Tour often do as well.

    Other Types of Companies

    • Children stand backstage with their teacher, waiting for their cue.

      Catering specifically to young audiences, the Gifford Family Theater (lemoyne.edu) also offers classes and summer programs. It is affiliated with LeMoyne College's Coyne Center for the Performing Arts.

      Syracuse Children's Theater (syracusechildrenstheatre.com) offers shows and classes for children; it also gives children opportunities to perform in musicals in Syracuse, New York.

      Not Another Theater Company (notanothertheatercompany.com) is a dinner theater which produces musicals, comedies and improv shows.

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