Review: A Bright New Boise at Clifton Players
In the regional premiere of “A Bright New Boise” at Clifton Players, we meet Will (Kevin Crowley) in the break room of a box store in Boise where the store manager Pauline (Cathy Springfield) is...
View ArticleMusic Hall has a deal
The terms of a lease agreement between the city and the group that hopes to revitalize Music Hall will be announced at Music Hall tomorrow morning. Here’s a link to the story, with a timeline, photo...
View ArticleMusic Hall plan now scaled back
In case you missed today’s story, here it is. Also, check out our click-through timeline of the renovation by clicking here. A new long-term lease agreement with the city of Cincinnati means that the...
View ArticleGot talent? Casting calls for opera, TV
Two local organizations are looking for talented folks who, A, might want to sing on an opera stage or B, would like to be on TV. Both sets of auditions are the weekend of Jan. 12-13. If this means...
View ArticleOpera, strings, piano and wig-making on tap at CCM this summer
Students from the region and around the world will have a chance to participate in several interesting programs being offered this summer at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of...
View ArticleImpressive new Bing Concert Hall debuts in California
An inviting new concert hall opened last weekend in the Bay Area, and it promises to be an exciting destination for the performing arts. The Bing Concert Hall is the new hub for the arts on the...
View ArticleEighth blackbird tops classical list to win third Grammy
The sensational new-music ensemble eighth blackbird – which has multiple Cincinnati ties — won its third Grammy Award during last night’s award ceremony. The group also performed in Grammy-Live, part...
View ArticleQCOB returns with Mamet Fest starting March 22 at Aronoff’s Fifth Third
The admirable Queen City Off Broadway returns to producing after a couple of years off with Mamet Fest, a multi-part play festival celebrating the career of prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright...
View ArticleReview: “Shipwrecked! An Entertainment,” Playhouse in the Park
Playhouse in the Park ends its 2012-2013 on an ‘okay’ note with “Shipwrecked: An Entertainment,” playwright Donald Margulies affectionate mash-up of 19th century adventure classics. In the three-person...
View Article2012-2013 theater season: What I loved — and what I loved most was CCM...
With the opening of “Shipwrecked!” at Playhouse in the Park, the 2012-2013 theater calendar is complete. It wasn’t a strong season for area theater, but there was a lot I liked, which I list here....
View ArticleCincy Fringe’s web problems are fixed. They promise
Talk about bad timing. CincyFringe.com has been down almost as much as it’s been up since Tuesday. “There were a variety of issues,” sighed managing director Alexandra Kesman. “But they’re fixed now.”...
View ArticleFringe back-story: “A Killing Game,” opening tonight at Know Theatre
dog & pony dc’s Rachel Grossman talks about the inspiration fo A Killing Game: A Killing Game developed from exploring multiple, seemingly disparate sources: a little-known work by Eugene...
View ArticleFringe: “Loon” close to selling out entire run — and other hot weekend tickets
Box office is booming at Cincinnati Fringe. “Loon,” The Wonderheads’ funny and wistful mask show about a man who falls in love with the moon, opens tomorrow night and already the entire run is close to...
View ArticleShowbiz’ McGuire and Ryan had special opening night
Congratulations to Jen McGuire and Jered Ryan, co-directors of Showbiz Players’ production of rock musical hit “Spring Awakening.” They made opening night especially memorable by getting engaged. Find...
View ArticleHere’s the skinny on trueFringe Thursday night at Coffee Emporium
For the third year in a row, Cincinnati’s too fun True Theatre (winner of an MVP award in my annual Best of the Season) offers a Fringe evening of entertainment of “true stories told be real people.”...
View ArticleFringe back-story: popular ticket “Dirk Darrow: NCSSI,” catch the show tonight
Timothy Scher tells you what you need to know about “Dirk Darrow: NCSSI (Not Completely Serious Supernatural Investigator),” his one-man comedy-noir mystery with mind-reading and magic, definitely a...
View ArticleApplause for 2013 ACT-Cincinnati stars Murphy, Rafferty and Cohen
For all the Orchids — 527(!) to 67 productions by 21 community theaters — handed out by ACT Cincinnati at last Saturday’s area community theater awards banquet, the biggest applause goes to the three...
View ArticlePlayhouse budget remains in black in 2012-13
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park ended its 2013-13 fiscal year in the black for the 21st consecutive year – but the theater did it the hard way. Early last season executive director Buzz Ward started...
View Article“SANDMAN” update: Oberacker takes his 3rd show to New Musicals fest
“THE SANDMAN – a little nightmare musical” by Cincinnati native Richard Oberacker, who composed the score and teamed with Robert Taylor on book and lyrics, will be one of nine works featured in the...
View ArticleUntethered “Love/Stories” is flooded out; Commonwealth “Church Girls” adds...
Tiny Untethered Theater postpones this week’s opening of “Love/Stories” due to flooding at storefront Clifton Performance Center, which damaged the center’s floor. The show moves to fall, dates TBA....
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