The Buffalo Niagara Region has a lot to offer our students, both locals and out-of-towners.  The Best of Buffalo (BOB) Series features regional programs including Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres games, theatrical productions at Shea's Performing Arts Center, and much more.  Campus Programming subsidizes these programs so the cost to students is reasonable.  Get to know the area and discover all there is to do here with BOB!

Please note:
- Tickets go on sale one week prior to the event date.
- Tickets are only avaliable to full time undergraduate students at Canisius College.


Best of Buffalo Event Schedule 2009-2010

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Fiddler on the Roof
Shea’s Performing Arts Center
8PM | Friday, November 20, 2009
$25, one ticket per student with Canisius Student ID


“This show is based on the short story "Tevye and His Daughters" by Sholom Aleichem. Set in 1905, Fiddler on the Roof takes place in Anatevka, a small Jewish village in Russia. The story revolves around the dairyman Tevye and his attempts to preserve his family's traditions in the face of a changing world. When his eldest daughter, Tzeitel, begs him to let her marry a poor tailor rather than the middle-aged butcher that he has already chosen for her, Tevye must choose between his own daughter's happiness and those beloved traditions that keep the outside world at bay. Meanwhile, there are other forces at work in Anatevka, dangerous forces which threaten to destroy the very life he is trying to preserve.”



In the Heights
Shea’s Performing Arts Center
8PM | Friday, January 29, 2010
$25, one ticket per student with Canisius Student ID


“Winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® including BEST MUSICAL and a Grammy Award for BEST SHOW ALBUM, IN THE HEIGHTS is a sensational new show about chasing your dreams and finding your true home. With an amazing cast, incredible Tony Award-winning dancing and a thrilling Tony Award-winning score, IN THE HEIGHTS is an exhilarating journey into a vibrant Manhattan community - a place where the coffee is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. Experience the next chapter of the classic American story at the most joyous, exciting and award-winning new musical on Broadway. Find out what it takes to make a living, what it costs to have a dream, and what it means to be home…IN THE HEIGHTS.”



Grease
Shea’s Performing Arts Center
7:30PM | Thursday, March 25, 2010
$21, one ticket per student with Canisius Student ID


“The one that you want is back! GREASE, Time Magazine’s 2007 pick for “#1 Musical Of The Year,” is rockin’ across the country in this new production direct from Broadway. Take a trip to a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins, and T-birds. “Bad boy” Danny and “the girl next door” Sandy fall in love all over again to the tune of your favorite songs: “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightnin’” and “We Go Together” as well as additional songs from the hit movie: “Grease,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and “You’re the One That I Want.” So throw your mittens around your kittens and Hand Jive the night away with the show that’ll make you want to stand up and shout, “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop A-wop-bam-boom!”



Jersey Boys
Shea’s Performing Arts Center
8PM | Saturday, April 24, 2010
$30, one ticket per student with Canisius Student ID


“TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!” raves the New York Post for JERSEY BOYS, the 2006 Tony Award®-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide – all before they were 30!  JERSEY BOYS, winner of the 2006 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album and most recently, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, features their hit songs “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “Oh What a Night” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.”





Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal Canadiens
HSBC Arena
7:00PM | Saturday, October 3, 2009
$35, one ticket per student with Canisius Student ID

Buffalo Sabres vs. Atlanta Thrashers
HSBC Arena
7:00PM | Saturday, October 17, 2009
$20, one ticket per student with Canisius Student ID

Buffalo Sabres vs. Philadelphia Flyers
HSBC Arena
7:30PM | Friday, November 6, 2009<
$30, one ticket per student with Canisius Student ID

Buffalo Sabres vs. Carolina Hurricanes
HSBC Arena
7:30PM | Friday, February 5, 2010
$30, one ticket per student with Canisius Student ID

Buffalo Sabres vs. Minnesota Wild
HSBC Arena
7:30PM | Friday, March 12, 2010
$30, one ticket per student with Canisius Student ID

Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa Senators
HSBC Arena
7:30PM | Friday, March 26, 2010
$30, one ticket per student with Canisius Student ID



Please visit Shea's Buffalo at www.sheas.org for more information on the plays and musicals listed above.

For more information or to buy tickets to any of the BOB events, please visit the Office of Campus Programming & Leadership Development (WC-003) located in the tunnel level of the Student Center or call 716-888-2190.