NADIA BRACH - The Spectrum

A series of promotional posters for the film, outside of the Regal Theater in Buffalo’s Walden Galleria Mall, where viewers wore pink and green, and music from the Broadway musical played in the background.

ARTS

Movie review: “Wicked: (Part One)” defies expectations as a 160-minute musical epic

By NADIA BRACH | Dec. 3

To call this film long-awaited would be an understatement.

Nadia Brach is a staff writer at The Spectrum.

OPINION

Study abroad: the most important education in college

By NADIA BRACH | Nov. 12

On top of working a part-time job on campus and taking five courses, I spent months applying and planning for an exchange semester at Cardiff University in the capital of Wales. This time, the payoff was well worth the labor.

Photo of the cast. From left to right, “Bird,” “Zelda,” and “Theodore.”

Photo: Courtesy of James Gillan

ARTS

'Off Beat Cinema': labor of love drives long-running local television show

By NADIA BRACH | Oct. 30

Since 1993, every Saturday after midnight, local television station WBBZ TV, and other channels across the country, air “Off Beat Cinema.”

A collage about media taking place in Buffalo.

ARTS

Buffalo in popular media

By NADIA BRACH | Oct. 22

It should therefore come as a surprise to learn that because of Buffalo's rich and diverse history, there is a considerable number of films, songs, and other forms of entertainment that have paid reverence to this storied city. Below are seven instances of popular media in which Buffalo is the key setting:

Saweetie and Rae Sremmurd performed at this year's Fall Fest in Baird Point.

FEATURES

Fall Fest 2024 brought energy, music and community

By NADIA BRACH , BEYONCE THOMAS-REYNOSO and NADIA BANGAROO | Oct. 2

The UB Student Association’s (SA) Fall Fest lit up Baird Point on Friday with performances by Saweetie and Rae Sremmurd, even after a late announcement about Cash Cobain’s absence that left some attendees disappointed.

The small, local theater was transformed for this horror, comedy production.

ARTS

Irish Classical Theater Company presents: ‘Dracula (a comedy of terrors)’

By NADIA BRACH | Sep. 24

“Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” had its original run off-Broadway from Sept. 2023 to Jan. 2024, and now the play is being adapted by the Irish Classical Theater Company (ICTC) in Buffalo.

The cast of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.

Photo: Harald Krichel / Wikimedia Commons

ARTS

Movie review: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ is adequate adequate

By NADIA BRACH | Sep. 10

Thirty years after his debut, one of the heroes of “spooky season” is back on the silver screen. Directed by Tim Burton and scored by Danny Elfman, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” includes many elements of Burton’s signature style.