Curtain Up!
League of Cincinnati Theatre’s Information Celebration
for the upcoming 2008-2009 Season
Sept. 3 on Fountain Square
| Posted Sun, Sept. 7 Commanding stage presence -Cincinnati Enquirer article Lyle Benjamin works to give Cincinnati a theater company specializing in African-American classics |
| Posted Sun, Sept. 7 Much on the calendar for theater founder -Cincinnati Enquirer article Plans are always fluid with Queen City Off-Broadway, but for 2008-2009, founder Lyle Benjamin promises some things are locked-in. |
| Posted Sun, Sept. 7 Jane Austen's Emma -CityBeat review Capturing the essence of Austen for those who love her novels. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Sat, Sept. 6 Jane Austen's Emma -Cincinnati Enquirer review 'Emma' needs more Austen -Jackie Demaline |
| Posted Sat, Sept. 6 Amadeus -Cincinnati Enquirer review 'Amadeus' opens CSC season with flair |
| Posted Fri, Sept. 5 Dressing 'Amadeus' -Cincinnati Enquirer article Costumers' tricks help fashion 18th-century look |
| Posted Thu, Sept. 4 Cincinnati Landmark Productions Seeks Trobone Player |
| Posted Wed, Sept. 3 Ushers Needed for NSC's Shining City |
| Posted Wed, Sept. 3 Press Release: The History of the Historic Showboat Majestic, on her 85th Birthday In the early morning hours of April 9, 1923, Captain Thomas Jefferson Reynolds woke from his bed aboard his sparkling new showboat... |
| Posted Wed, Sept. 3 Cincinnati Landmark Productions Seeking Two Stage Managers for Showboat Majestic |
| Posted Wed, Sept. 3 Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. -CityBeat Paying for Good Theater |
| Posted Tue, Sept. 2 Learn to review school plays -Cincinnati Enquirer article Playhouse in the Park's free high school criticism class is now accepting applications. |
| Posted Tue, Sept. 2 Press Release: A Family Affair: Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati Presents the Regional Premiere of the Tony Award®-winning Grey Gardens From cult film to cult musical! |
| Posted Mon, Sept. 1 Picks for the theater season -Cincinnati Enquirer article What to see, what to see. While we're waiting for Cincinnati theater's high season, which runs January-March, why not commit to one night of theater a week between now and the end of November? |
| Posted Sun, Aug. 31 'Emma' has plain Jane appeal -Cincinnati Enquirer article Paul Gordon says he's happy he was ahead of the curve on the current Jane Austen craze. |
| Posted Sun, Aug. 31 Start new theater season within your comfort zone -Cincinnati Enquirer article You're not going to see 100 plays and musicals between now and the 2009 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, but you could. |
| Posted Sun, Aug. 31 Cincinnati Landmark Productions Seeks Stage Manager for Our Town |
| Posted Sat, Aug. 30 New Stage a must to discover -Cincinnati Enquirer article The downtown Cincinnati theater you most likely have never heard of is New Stage Collective, and New Stage is the theater you most need to discover in 2008-09. |
| Posted Fri, Aug. 29 Dance Theater to step up big -Cincinnati Enquirer article Two of America's top modern dance companies come to Cincinnati for the first time, leading off Contemporary Dance Theater's 2008-09 season. |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 27 Diva Talk: Chatting with 'Ace's' Jill Paice -Playbill.com article Plus News of Ripley, Dandridge and Bundy |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 27 Fall Arts Preview: Theater -CityBeat article Music, madness and CEA winners everywhere |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 27 Fall Arts Preview: Dance -CityBeat article Local scene still movin' and ready for another fruitful season |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 27 Cincinnati Landmark Productions Seeks Part-Time Staff Member |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 27 Lebanon Theatre Company Calls for Directors/Scripts for 2009-2010 |
| Posted Tue, Aug. 26 Press Release: Over the Tavern and Through the Loft We'll Have a First-Rate Play...and Lots of Laughs, Too |
| Posted Mon, Aug. 25 Press Release: New Stage Collective Launches 'New Stage in the City' Season With Premiere of Conor McPherson's Acclaimed Broadway Mystery Shining City |
| Posted Mon, Aug. 25 Press Release: The Turn of the Screw Haunts Cincinnati Shakespeare Company This Halloween Kelly Mengelkoch & Josh Stamoolis star in Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of the classic ghost story by Henry James, running October 25th through November 9th. |
| Posted Mon, Aug. 25 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards CityBeat's coverage of their 2008 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards for Theater |
| Posted Fri, Aug. 22 Young-audience series marks 15 years -Cincinnati Enquirer article The Rosenthal Next Generation Theatre Series returns to Playhouse in the Park for year 15, with 16 globe-trotting theatrical stories for young audiences October through April. |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 20 Press Release: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Opens Its 15th Anniversary Season with Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus Bruce Cromer and Christopher Guthrie explore the music and the madness in Amadeus opening September 5th. |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 20 Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. -CityBeat Award-Winning CEA History |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 20 Hand in Hand -CityBeat article New CEA Hall of Famers Bill Hartnett and Ellie Shepherd make beautiful theater together. Photo: Ellie & Bill in Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's production of Endgame. Photo by Rich Sofranko Photography. |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 20 Check out CinStages' new Greater Cincinnati theater-going guide Directory for local theater (and more) in September and October from A -- Amadeus -- to Z -- Zooman and the Sign |
| Posted Mon, Aug. 18 Gift helps Know Theatre offer $12 tickets -Cincinnati Enquirer article Know Theatre announces a flat ticket rate of $12 for the 2008-09 season, thanks to a gift from the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile/U.S. Bank Foundation. |
| Posted Mon, Aug. 18 The Mousetrap -Cincinnati Enquirer review They could build better 'Mousetrap' -Jackie Demaline |
| Posted Sun, Aug. 17 Autism's theme of Playhouse prize winner -Cincinnati Enquirer article Theory of Mind is the winner of the Macy's New Play Prize for Young Audiences at Playhouse in the Park. |
| Posted Sun, Aug. 17 Three Actors Needed for a Staged Reading of a CPI's new play |
| Posted Sun, Aug. 17 CCM Preparatory Department Announces 2008-2009 Program Details and Audition Dates |
| Posted Thu, Aug. 14 Walsh, Myers and Zimmerman Will Star in Much Ado Musical About Face at NYMF -Playbill.com article Cincinnati's Pam Myers, Tony Award-nominated for the original Company and Barbara Walsh, vet of Playhouse's Company Broadway revival, share the stage in About Face at New York Musical Theatre Festival |
| Posted Thu, Aug. 14 Sondheim & Weidman's Bounce Is Now Called Road Show; Cast Announced -Playbill.com article The fall Off-Broadway production, directed by John Doyle, will star Michael Cerveris and Alexander Gemignani as the Mizner brothers. |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 13 Nunsense -CityBeat review Oft-produced Nunsense has its charms. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Tue, Aug. 12 Press Release: Calculus: the Musical! Hits the Road Know Theatre to Produce National Tour |
| Posted Mon, Aug. 11 Playhouse tickets half off -Cincinnati Enquirer article Starting Monday, for eight days only (through Aug. 18), Playhouse in the Park is having a half-price sale for the first week of regular season performances of most shows. |
| Posted Mon, Aug. 11 Sycamore High stages success -Cincinnati Enquirer article There's a real showbiz tradition at Sycamore High School, much of it credited to the work of late drama teacher Leslie Knotts. |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 6 Press Release: It's Habit Forming! Nunsense Opening at the Aronoff Jersey Productions, returning to the Aronoff Center for the Arts, is excited to present the musical comedy Nunsense, running August 8-16. |
| Posted Wed, Aug. 6 Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. -CityBeat It Came from Cincinnati |
| Posted Tue, Aug. 5 New York loves 80 Days Off-Broadway run extended through Sept. 28. |
| Posted Mon, Aug. 4 CEA Theater Voting Ends Today -CityBeat article Vote for the winners in 12 categories, celebrating the 2007-08 theater season in Greater Cincinnati. Deadline is Monday, August 4. |
| Posted Sat, Aug. 2 Cincinnati Landmark Productions Seeks Part-Time Production/Facilities Assistant |
| Posted Sat, Aug. 2 Cincinnati-College-Conservatory of Music-CCM Drama -YouTube Promotional Video Overview of the BFA in Dramatic Performance Program at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM Drama). |
| Posted Fri, Aug. 1 Whodunit, or Whosgonnagetit? The Carnegie Conducts Vote on Which Mousetrap Character Deserves to be "Done In" |
| Posted Wed, July 30 Barefoot in the Park -CityBeat review Cincinnati Shakespeare's Barefoot needs new shoes. -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Tue, July 29 Covedale Center for the Performing Arts Presents the 2008 School Day Matinees |
| Posted Mon, July 28 What's the Point?! -CityBeat review Know Theatre lightens up in new musical. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Mon, July 28 Around the World 80 Days -New York Times review A summer entertainment that revels in simple theatrical artifice. -Rachel Saltz |
| Posted Fri, July 25 New Yorker's revue heads here -Cincinnati Enquirer article Know Theatre has a special guest star at the cabaret revue What's the Point?! July 25-26, show lyricist Hector Coris. |
| Posted Thu, July 24 A winning 'Pajama Game' -Cincinnati Enquirer article Young People's Theatre players fit snugly into a Golden Age musical |
| Posted Thu, July 24 'Calculus' musical to go on road -Cincinnati Enquirer article Know Theatre goes into the national touring biz with 2007 Cincinnati Fringe hit Calculus: the Musical! scheduled to embark on Oct. 20 and tour through spring 2009. |
| Posted Thu, July 24 Around the World 80 Days -CurtainUp review the gimmick tends to become the most admirable aspect of this rather undernourished production. -Simon Saltzman |
| Posted Wed, July 23 Around the World 80 Days -Associated Press review The clever, action-packed production is skillfully directed by Michael Evan Haney. -Jennifer Farrari |
| Posted Wed, July 23 Around the World 80 Days -Variety review Some of the jokes are painfully lame, but this featherweight romp should still find its niche. -Mark Blankenship |
| Posted Wed, July 23 Around the World 80 Days -TheatreMania.Com review Playwright Mark Brown and director Michael Evan Haney seem to tackle the impossible by bringing this massive novel to the stage using just five actors. Not only do they succeed in their mission -- they bring the work to the stage gleefully and thrillingly. -Andy Propst |
| Posted Wed, July 23 'Around the World' reviews posted -Cincinnati Enquirer article Early reviews are posted for Playhouse in the Park’s production of Around the World in 80 Days, now playing at Irish Repertory Theatre in New York through Sept. 5. |
| Posted Wed, July 23 West Side Story -CityBeat review Jersey doesn't balance West Side Story's tragedy and humor. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Wed, July 23 Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. -CityBeat Bursting Forth in Summer |
| Posted Wed, July 23 Know Theatre of Cincinnati Casting National Tour of Calculus: the Musical |
| Posted Tue, July 22 New Stage Collective Seeks Stage Managers, Designers & Technicians for 2008-2009 Season |
| Posted Mon, July 21 West Side Story -Cincinnati Enquirer review One of the theatrical pleasures of summer in Cincinnati is seeing talented young artists on area stages. That holds true for West Side Story by Jersey Productions. -Jackie Demaline |
| Posted Sun, July 20 Barefoot in the Park -Cincinnati Enquirer review Mysteries abound in 'Barefoot' -Jackie Demaline |
| Posted Sun, July 20 Press Release: New Edgecliff Theatre Expands Staff NET looks to the future with two new members |
| Posted Sat, July 19 Remembering Jim Campbell Essential member of the Playhouse family for more than ten years. |
| Posted Fri, July 18 Jill Paice signed to star in Ace Signature Theatre production of Richard Oberacker-Rob Taylor musical opens late August. |
| Posted Fri, July 18 Meet 'West Side Story' gang -Cincinnati Enquirer article Several ensemble members are very young hopefuls, area 2008 high school grads heading to college in fall. |
| Posted Wed, July 16 Press Release: Bill Hartnett and Ellie Shepherd Named Recipient of LCT's Continuing Achievement Award Bill Hartnett and Ellie Shepherd have been a part of Cincinnati theatre for over four decades. |
| Posted Wed, July 16 Barefoot in the Park -CiN Weekly article Kick off your shoes with Neil Simon's classic comedy. |
| Posted Wed, July 16 Forever Plaid -CityBeat review NKU's Forever Plaid sounds great, but the story's lame. -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Wed, July 16 What's the Point?! -CiN Weekly article Know Theatre opens season with regional premiere |
| Posted Wed, July 16 Press Release: Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative Elects New Officers CPI is proud to announce its new elected officers. |
| Posted Tue, July 15 Press Release: Broadway Across America Announces Cincinnati's Season Specials Summer Scoop is Back by Popular Demand. Scoop Up Four or More of Your Favorite Broadway Shows Before They Go On Sale to the Public |
| Posted Tue, July 15 Press Release: New Edgecliff Theatre Announces 2008-09 Season: Deams Lost & Found Six-play campaign includes an American classic, radio dramas, and a regional premiere musical |
| Posted Tue, July 15 Jerry Springer: The Opera -Talkin' Broadway.com review New Stage provides an incredibly solid and entertaining production of a somewhat unbalanced show. -Scott Cain |
| Posted Tue, July 15 Jerry Springer: The Opera -The Conveyor.com review The strength in NSC's production is that it doesn't try to pretend it's something that it's not. -Jennifer Davis |
| Posted Tue, July 15 Press Release: Know Partner Attempts International Hit Hunger Warrior Theatre Performs Show in Edinburgh Fringe |
| Posted Mon, July 14 Forever Plaid -Cincinnati Enquirer review The quartet of geeky-but-not-too-geeky crooners who form the boy group have charm by the bucketload, which more than carried the opening night. -Jackie Demaline |
| Posted Mon, July 14 Six reasons to see 'Dozen' -Cincinnati Enquirer article This month you'll find nostalgic laughter aboard Showboat Majestic, with Cheaper by the Dozen, a family comedy about a large and boisterous family with an efficiency expert for a father. |
| Posted Mon, July 14 Fine Arts Fund distributes more than $11 million -Cincinnati Enquirer article The Fine Arts Fund has allocted more than $11.3 million to its member organizations. |
| Posted Mon, July 14 Five hits added to Broadway tour lineup -Cincinnati Enquirer article The addition of five favorites almost doubles the schedule of Fifth Third Bank Broadway Across America for 2008-09, with 11 titles now booked into the Aronoff Center. |
| Posted Mon, July 14 News from CCM grads Christy Altomare & Lauren Carter One to tour, one to get animated. |
| Posted Wed, July 9 New Edgecliff sets season -Cincinnati Enquirer article You'll probably want to be along for the ride as New Edgecliff Theatre continues to create its distinct signature in the 2008-2009 Cincinnati theater scene. |
| Posted Wed, July 9 Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. -CityBeat Recognizing Good Theater |
| Posted Mon, July 7 Press Release: CSC Swings into Summer with Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's fourth annual Summer Fling production brings the quintessential situation comedy to the stage. Opening July 18th and running through August 10th. |
| Posted Sun, July 6 Madcap looks to classics -Cincinnati Enquirer article 2008-09 season preview |
| Posted Sun, July 6 A show of young hands with talent -Cincinnati Enquirer article Young talent is everywhere on the area's summer stages. Check in with eight performers from eight shows already onstage or opening soon. |
| Posted Thu, July 3 Press Release: Tonight, Tonight West Side Story Opening at the Aronoff. |
| Posted Wed, July 2 All Over the Map -CityBeat article Several Cincinnati theaters contributed to a great 2007-08 season. |
| Posted Tue, July 1 Press Release: CCM's Prepatory Department Hosts Ted Hitchens Family Fundraiser July 19 Scholarship benefit features musical entertainment and activities for the whole family. |
| Posted Tue, July 1 The Fly: The Opera? -Cincinnati Enquirer blog CCM grad Daniel Okulitch to star. |
| Posted Mon, June 30 Jerry Springer: The Opera -CityBeat review Springer? Opera at New Stage? Oh, yeah! -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Mon, June 30 Press Release: Chesterton Playwright/Actress Takes her One-Woman Show on the Road After a successful premiere at the 2008 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, CCM actress Alison Vodnoy is taking her one-woman show In Rehearsal on the road |
| Posted Fri, June 27 Good vs. evil? That's 'Springer' -Cincinnati Enquirer article New Stage's largest production to date is a fascinating mix of a high art and low culture |
| Posted Fri, June 27 Jerry Springer: The Opera -Cincinnati Enquirer review 'Springer' loses its fire. -Jackie Demaline |
| Posted Wed, June 25 Jerry Springer: The Opera -CiN Weekly article Local icon the subject of controversial play |
| Posted Wed, June 25 Jitney -CityBeat review QCOB's Jitney brings August Wilson's play to Madisonville |
| Posted Wed, June 25 Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative (CPI) Invites Manuscript Submissions |
| Posted Tue, June 24 'Jitney' wins Acclaim -Cincinnati Enquirer article Queen City Off Broadway's Jitney, receives Acclaim for scenic design. |
| Posted Fri, June 20 CCM picks new opera leader -Cincinnati Enquirer article An opera stage director, educator and filmmaker has been chosen as the next chair of the opera department at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music |
| Posted Fri, June 20 'Farce' is with them at NKU -Cincinnati Enquirer article Bedroom Farce is the summer season-opener for newly named Commonwealth Theatre Company, formerly Northern Kentucky Summer Dinner Theatre. |
| Posted Fri, June 20 Springer the Lightning Rod -CityBeat article Protests expected to greet Jerry Springer: The Opera at New Stage Collective. |
| Posted Thu, June 19 Press Release: Know Theatre Announces 2nd US Premiere Musical for Summer 2008 Cabaret Style Musical to show at Jackson Street Underground |
| Posted Wed, June 18 Strawberry Pie -CityBeat review Millsaps' Jamming Talent Productions is an earnest company and reflects sincere commitment to producing works with substance. -Jerry Stein |
| Posted Wed, June 18 Don't Make Me Pull This Show Over: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Parenting -CityBeat review Standing ovations don't mean much any more, it seems to me, but the one prompted by this show was perhaps the most spontaneous and heartfelt I've seen in a long time. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Wed, June 18 Southwest Ohio Society of Badasses -CityBeat review It tries really hard, but you can also see it trying really hard, and that takes away from its effectiveness. -Rodger Pille |
| Posted Wed, June 18 Your Negro Tour Guide -CityBeat review Torie Wiggins not only captures the joy and sorrow of Wilson's words, she re-creates some of the personas that Kathy Y. Wilson used. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Wed, June 18 Nearly Nude -CityBeat review A different, more honest take on women’s culture, body images and clothing — or lack thereof — lies in the foreground of Cleveland-based MegLouise Dance's Nearly Nude. -Julie Mullins |
| Posted Wed, June 18 Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. -CityBeat Tying Up the Fringe |
| Posted Wed, June 18 Bedroom Farce -CityBeat review Bedroom Farce isn't very farcical. -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Wed, June 18 Press Release: Fifth Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival Most Successful Ever Festival attracts record audiences |
| Posted Fri, June 13 'Jitney' themes drive troupe -Cincinnati Enquirer article Queen City Off-Broadway is the first theater company to produce in the new Madisonville Arts Center with August Wilson's tale of gypsy cabs, Jitney. |
| Posted Fri, June 13 Jitney -Cincinnati Enquirer review |
| Posted Fri, June 13 Playhouse 'World' headed off-Broadway -Cincinnati Enquirer article Phileas Fogg and company traveled across Europe, India, Hong Kong and the Wild West in Around the World in 80 Days. Now Playhouse in the Park's Acclaim Award-winning production is headed for off-Broadway and the Irish Repertory Theatre. |
| Posted Thu, June 12 Bedroom Farce -Cincinnati Enquirer review |
| Posted Tue, June 10 What's the Point? cabaret headed to Know -Cincinnati Enquirer article A cabaret themed to today’s trends, gets its first west-of-Manhattan performances at Know Theatre from July 18 through Aug. 12. |
| Posted Mon, June 9 Fringe attendance up -Cincinnati Enquirer article Get a recap of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival - Up nearly 12 percent over last year. |
| Posted Thu, June 5 CCM grad reverts to small town -Cincinnati Enquirer article Two favorite artists from previous Fringe Festivals returned to Cincinnati this year with new productions. |
| Posted Thu, June 5 Last Chance -CityBeat article Shows worth seeing as the 2008 Cincinnati Fringe Festival winds down. |
| Posted Thu, June 5 Far End of the Fringe -CityBeat article Five more shows join this week's Fringe Festival lineup |
| Posted Tue, June 3 Oatmeal and a Cigarette -CityBeat review This is ensemble work ticking along at high speed, with results that are extremely funny and surprisingly moving. -Jane Durrell |
| Posted Tue, June 3 Inner:City -CityBeat review The Fringe-iest walking tour you're ever likely to put shoe to pavement. -Jane Durrell |
| Posted Tue, June 3 The Attack of the Big Angry Booty -CityBeat review This show about being overweight is anorexic when it comes to substance. -Jerry Stein |
| Posted Tue, June 3 UnMasked -CityBeat review Curtis Shepard is an ingenious actor. In UnMasked, he is also an ingenious and energizing writer. -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Tue, June 3 Car/Street -CityBeat review It was interesting to see how the performance artists interacted with each other, but even more so was observing the audience’s reaction to this series of events. -Jessica Canterbury |
| Posted Tue, June 3 Giving Up Later -CityBeat review In just his second local show, Adam Wagner illustrates that while "falling in love" songs are fun, it's the songs about love lost or missed or needing repair that are the most interesting. -Rodger Pille |
| Posted Tue, June 3 The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy -CityBeat review The Dance is conceived in a stylized manner and, for the most part is executed stylishly. -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Mon, June 2 Ensemble offers best yet -Cincinnati Enquirer article Ensemble Theatre has its best season lineup ever for 2008-2009, opening with the regional premieres of a pair of fresh New York hits. |
| Posted Mon, June 2 (rsvp) & Body Language: A Radical Truth -Cincinnati Enquirer review This year's Cincinnati Fringe Festival has a couple of stage experiments worth checking out. -Joe McDonough |
| Posted Mon, June 2 The Next Stage -CityBeat review A good chance to see 10 young actors demonstrate what they're capable of doing. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Mon, June 2 The Charlie Clark Show -CityBeat review Sometimes the simplest things are the funniest. And sometimes when things go wrong they become even funnier — particularly with a performer who can think on his feet. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Mon, June 2 Eastbound Jungle -CityBeat review Premier production of a play by recent NKU graduate Brad Cupples is presented as a reading and demonstrates how compelling a tightly written story can be when read by able actors. -Jane Durrell |
| Posted Mon, June 2 In Rehearsal, Anna the Slut and the (almost) Chosen One, Giving Up Later & Then After Water-Cincinnati Enquirer review The Cincinnati Fringe Festival continues with a couple of terrific shows with different takes on love and sex, both featuring CCM Drama students. -Joe McDonough |
| Posted Mon, June 2 Next to Not -CityBeat review This analysis of loss touches on several angles and looks at both causes and consequences. -Jessica Canterbury |
| Posted Mon, June 2 Jersey Boys Playing Cincinnati's Aronoff Center through June 15 Great seats are still available. |
| Posted Sun, June 1 Davies does Dickens, departs -Cincinnati Enquirer article Giles Davies makes his final local appearance in his solo performance An Evening with Charles Dickens June 5, 6 and 8 to benefit Oxford Community Arts Center. |
| Posted Sun, June 1 Rappaccini’s Daughter -Cincinnati Enquirer review Afterglow of CCM opera lingers |
| Posted Sun, June 1 The Factory -CityBeat review The lights at the Contemporary Arts Center shone brightly, but the mood was dark in The Factory. -Jerry Stein |
| Posted Sun, June 1 fricative -CityBeat review The 45-minute performance is remarkably different than anything else you will see during Fringe. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Sun, June 1 Letters at Large -CityBeat review Letters at Large is about as affable and low-key an entertainment as you're likely to attend. -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Sun, June 1 This is No Ordinary Life! -CityBeat review An enjoyable evening crammed with astonishing young talent and vibrant energy. -Mark Sterner |
| Posted Sun, June 1 Love of Last Resort -CityBeat review The play over-extends what might have been a perfectly effective 30-minute character study into a 90-minute trial of patience. -Jerry Stein |
| Posted Sun, June 1 Exit-stance -CityBeat review Sorry to say, a visit to an old man in a nursing home, foul-mouthed and defiantly individual though he might be, is no evening at the theater. - Jane Durrell |
| Posted Sun, June 1 Burning Man Redux -CityBeat review Is it theater or motivational speaking? Is it stand-up comedy or an indoor busk act? The accurate answer is probably somewhere in the middle. -Rodger Pille |
| Posted Sun, June 1 Meet Me at 3. -CityBeat review Mam-Luft's work reaffirms that improvography is a choreographic tiger to tame in dance creations. -Jerry Stein |
| Posted Sun, June 1 What the Deuce! -CityBeat review A certain tone is set when a production asks of its audience before it's even begun to contribute to the performance. -Jessica Canterbury |
| Posted Sun, June 1 Anna the Slut and the (Almost) Chosen One -CityBeat review Anna the Slut is the retelling of Ianna's dangerous adventures in the underworld. -Jerry Stein |
| Posted Sun, June 1 Undertow -CityBeat review The music and the emotions evoked seem to linger while the film's images fade. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Sun, June 1 Destination: Fringe -CityBeat review Psophonia’s performance brings forth much modern dance bang for the buck. -Julie Mullins |
| Posted Fri, May 30 The Hotel Plays: 3 by Horovitz -CityBeat review It's all fine. It's wonderful. And it's all done with something rare in the theater these days: flare. -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Fri, May 30 (rsvp) -CityBeat review Let's get this clear at the outset: This is not a review of RSVP. It's a report, with little critical evaluation. -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Fri, May 30 SoulVerses -CityBeat review Ranks as one of the most interesting and engaging shows I've seen at Cincy Fringe over the years. -Mark Sterner |
| Posted Fri, May 30 Better/Worse -CityBeat review Actresses stand in deep need of a stronger script and more coherent direction. -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Fri, May 30 The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy & The Charlie Clark Show -Cincinnati Enquirer review Two radically different shows opened back to back in SCPA's black box theater Thursday night. |
| Posted Fri, May 30 'Rehearsal' pays off for actress -Cincinnati Enquirer article Alison Vodnoy's many-character one-woman show In Rehearsal, debuts at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. |
| Posted Fri, May 30 Meet me at 3. -Cincinnati Enquirer review This is experimentation, pure and simple. -David Lyman |
| Posted Fri, May 30 Destination: Fringe -Cincinnati Enquirer review Dance show gets cramps. -David Lyman |
| Posted Fri, May 30 Press Release: New Stage Collective Premieres the Infamous Musical Smash Hit about Cincinnati's Favorite Son: Jerry Springer: The Opera June 26-August 3. |
| Posted Fri, May 30 Press Release: Jersey Productions 2008 Season Announcement Third Season "Off and Running" in Jersey Production's New Home at the Aronoff Center |
| Posted Fri, May 30 Catch -CityBeat review New work from Transit Five Productions out of Michigan. Ambitious? Yes. Challenging? Definitely. Finished? Not yet. -Rodger Pille |
| Posted Fri, May 30 then after water -CityBeat review Difficult piece of material that Available Light Theater haven't quite mastered. -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Fri, May 30 Body Language: A Radical Truth -CityBeat review An ambitious venture, part sociological tract and part surprising theatrical experience in a space that has its own sense of theater. -Jane Durrell |
| Posted Fri, May 30 In Rehearsal -CityBeat review Alison Vodnoy, senior at CCM, is one multi-talented young woman. -Jane Durrell |
| Posted Fri, May 30 Mortem Capiendum -CityBeat review Mortem Capiendum nails its atmosphere from the start, which is usually quite a challenge in the Fringe. -Rodger Pille |
| Posted Thu, May 29 Shape of things to come -Cincinnati Enquirer article They call themselves Psophonia, and you can see them at the Fringe Festival |
| Posted Thu, May 29 Mortem Capiendum & Letters at Large -Cincinnati Enquirer review Out-of-towners kick off Fringe. -Joe McDonough |
| Posted Thu, May 29 Press Release: Bedroom Becomes Stage for Commonwealth's Farce Northern Kentucky University's Commonwealth Theatre Company kicks off it's 2008 Summer Season with Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn. |
| Posted Wed, May 28 Living on the Fringe -CiN Weekly article Five Fringe things from the festival's creator |
| Posted Wed, May 28 Anna the Slut and the (almost) Chosen One -CiN Weekly article Sex sells - and a few puppets can't hurt |
| Posted Wed, May 28 Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. -CityBeat Show Up |
| Posted Wed, May 28 On the Edge -CityBeat article Here's the scoop on this week's Fringe Festival shows |
| Posted Wed, May 28 Jersey Boys -CityBeat review The Four Seasons harmonize their way into audience's hearts. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Sun, May 25 Jersey Boys -Cincinnati Enquirer review Jersey Boys is one of those rare, well-oiled stage machines that can run forever with energy to burn. -Jackie Demaline |
| Posted Sun, May 25 Local favorites: Chris Guthrie -Cincinnati Enquirer article Local notables weigh in with their all-time favorite album and movie. |
| Posted Sun, May 25 Falcon Players set lineup -Cincinnati Enquirer article Falcon Players sets its 2008-09 season at Monmouth Theater in Newport. |
| Posted Sun, May 25 Find your way through Fringe -Cincinnati Enquirer article Thirty-five shows in 175 performances at 12 locations from Wednesday through June 7 in the fifth Cincinnati Fringe Festival in Over-the-Rhine and downtown. |
| Posted Fri, May 23 'Around the World' in 17 costumes -Cincinnati Enquirer article There are 39 characters in Around the World in 80 Days at Playhouse in the Park. Jay Russell plays 17 of them. |
| Posted Fri, May 23 CCM students sweep Dayton opera honors -Cincinnati Enquirer article Singers from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music swept the awards at the Opera Guild of Dayton Tri-State College Vocal Competition. |
| Posted Thu, May 22 Press Release: CCM Dance Students Soar in Beloved Swan Lake CCM's dance division presents the largest-scale production in its history featuring beautiful sets and costumes, along with the CCM Concert Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky's glorious music. |
| Posted Wed, May 21 Press Release: CCM Presents the Cincinnati Premiere of Rappaccini's Daughter By Mexican Composer Daniel Catan May 30-June 1 |
| Posted Wed, May 21 Ready, Set, Fringe -CityBeat article Fifth annual Cincy Fringe Festival will expand your horizons |
| Posted Tue, May 20 Playhouse, Ensemble honored -Cincinnati Enquirer article Cincinnati celebrated 365 days of great theater in 90 minutes Monday night at The Enquirer's third annual Acclaim Awards at the Aronoff Center. |
| Posted Tue, May 20 Around the World in 80 Days -CityBeat review The Playhouse uses five actors to tell a hilarious voyage. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Tue, May 20 Acclaim Awards Show -Cincinnati Enquirer photo gallery |
| Posted Mon, May 19 Press Release: The Satori Group Presents (rsvp) at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival Our stage is a table set for two, where the audience is also the star. |
| Posted Mon, May 19 New Edgecliff Theatre Offers Four-Letter Discount to Glengarry Glen Ross May 22-24 |
| Posted Sun, May 18 Local favorites: Tim Perrino -Cincinnati Enquirer article Local notables weigh in with their all-time favorite album and movie |
| Posted Sun, May 18 'I didn't know that!' fills 'Jersey Boys' -Cincinnati Enquirer article For everyone who casually tunes in to Top 40, Jersey Boys is a musical peppered with "I didn't know that!" moments. |
| Posted Sun, May 18 CCM series adds golden age of musicals -Cincinnati Enquirer article The 2008-09 Mainstage and Studio Series of musicals, dramas and operas at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music offers six fully staged productions. |
| Posted Fri, May 16 Familiar path for 'Day's Journey' actors -Cincinnati Enquirer article Hodges was on-stage wife, daughter and more to Joplin |
| Posted Fri, May 16 Around the World in 80 Days -Cincinnati Enquirer review The Playhouse Shelterhouse season, which began breathtakingly with Othello ends in giddy delight with Around the World in 80 Days. |
| Posted Fri, May 16 '80 Days' gets plenty of Acclaim -Cincinnati Enquirer article The 2007-08 Cincinnati theater season closes to Acclaim for Playhouse in the Park's Around the World in 80 Days. |
| Posted Thu, May 15 'La Boheme' plays up drama -Cincinnati Enquirer article Opera is a visual as well as a musical art, and that means more than sets and costumes. |
| Posted Wed, May 14 Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. -CityBeat Sounding Off |
| Posted Sun, May 11 Cincinnati Fringe Festival 2008, Chapter 5 (of 5) Watch the final installment in the Fringe commercial series. |
| Posted Fri, May 9 Glengarry Glen Ross -Cincinnati Enquirer review Well-timed revival resonates (creepily) today. -Jackie Demaline. |
| Posted Fri, May 9 Press Release: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Closes Season With Around the World in 80 Days 24,000 miles...39 characters...five actors...two fun-packed magical hours... |
| Posted Fri, May 9 Glengarry Glen Ross -CityBeat review NET's production has testosterone to the max. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Thu, May 8 Broadway season offers ones that you want -Cincinnati Enquirer article Cincinnati's national Broadway touring series offers a six-show series that comes with the lowest subscription price in a long time. |
| Posted Thu, May 8 Press Release: New Stage Collective Announces 2008-2009 Season New Stage in the City |
| Posted Wed, May 7 Long Day's Journey Into Night -CityBeat review CSC gives Eugene O'Neill tragedy a luminous reading. -Tom McElfresh |
| Posted Mon, May 5 Press Release: Love Has Never Been More Lyrical: CCM Presents La Boheme May 15-18 CCM Students Shine in Puccini's Quintessential Romantic Opera |
| Posted Mon, May 5 Press Release: Pones Inc. Makes Cincy Fringe Debut with Performance Piece The Factory Pones Inc. Laboratory of Movement, a new professional performance art group whose work blends dance, movement and traditional theatre, presents its original, multidimensional piece. |
| Posted Mon, May 5 Long Day's Journey into Night -Cincinnati Enquirer review With Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, Cincinnati Shakespeare delivers its best effort of the main stage season. -Jackie Demaline. |
| Posted Mon, May 5 The Great American Trailer Park Musical -Talkin' Broadway.com review Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati gives this show as strong a production that one can hope. -Scott Cain |
| Posted Sun, May 4 Madisonville Arts Center unveiled -Cincinnati Enquirer article Saturday, May 10th, after six years, Madisonville Arts Center will show itself off to Madisonville and Greater Cincinnati. |
| Posted Sun, May 4 Playhouse looking for kids in 'Carol' -Cincinnati Enquirer article Boys and girls ages 8 to 13 interested in being part of A Christmas Carol at Playhouse in the Park must submit their application by May 19. |
| Posted Fri, May 2 Recent Tragic Events -Cincinnati Enquirer review 'Tragic Events' for free at CCM. -Jackie Demaline |
| Posted Fri, May 2 CCM talents converge in 'Trailer Park' -Cincinnati Enquirer article CCM musical theater is in residence at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati this month, with faculty, alums and students all part of the regional premiere of über-wacky The Great American Trailer Park Musical. |
| Posted Fri, May 2 Corbett's final gifts: $30M -Cincinnati Enquirer article Arts organizations close to the heart of arts patron Patricia Corbett, including the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Music Hall, were notified Thursday that they will benefit from a substantial trust fund. |
| Posted Fri, May 2 The Great American Trailer Park Musical -CityBeat review ETC's musical is hilarious, mindless fun. -Rick Pender |
| Posted Thu, May 1 New Stage Collective announces ambitious schedule -Cincinnati Enquirer article Trust New Stage Collective artistic director Alan Patrick Kenny to have drop-dead titles and drop-dead casting for the Main Street theater in 2008-09. |
| Posted Thu, May 1 Great American Trailer Park Musical -Cincinnati Enquirer review Demented Trailer Park is the best-executed musical of the current theater season. -Jackie Demaline |
| Posted Thu, May 1 'Trailer Park' wins Acclaims -Cincinnati Enquirer article Ensemble Theatre's The Great American Trailer Park Musical opens to the most Acclaims of the season to date. |