Falcon Theater opens its new season with Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner by Todd Kreidler. The play is based on the 1967 film of the same name and explores a progressive white couple’s liberal sensibilities when their daughter brings her black fiancé home. Blindsided by their daughter’s whirlwind romance and fearful for her future, Matt and Christina […]
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Carnegie Announces 2021-22 Theatrical Season
The Carnegie announced its 2021-22 season on Tuesday, featuring two well-known musicals, a story of Judy Garland, and a brand new play set to premiere on the Covington stage. Little Shop of Horrors opens the season August 13-22, telling the story of Seymour, a down-on-his-luck floral assistant pining for the love of his coworker, Audrey, […]
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Carnegie Announces 2021-22 Theatrical Season
The Carnegie announced its 2021-22 season on Tuesday, featuring two well-known musicals, a story of Judy Garland, and a brand new play set to premiere on the Covington stage. Little Shop of Horrors opens the season August 13-22, telling the story of Seymour, a down-on-his-luck floral assistant pining for the love of his coworker, Audrey, […]
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Falcon Theatre Announces New Season of Shows in Newport
Newport’s Falcon Theatre announced a new season of plays for 2021-22 after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the last one. While the titles were released, Artistic Director Ted Weil said that the schedule would be assigned and announced in the upcoming weeks. Here are the shows: Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston (Adapted for stage by George C. […]
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Carnegie to Present Staged Reading of “Angels in America”
The Carnegie is hosting a staged reading of the 1990s hit play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. The event will be presented in-person at the Covington arts center in a socially-distanced manner. The groundbreaking play, by playwright Tony Kushner, explores the arrival of the AIDS crisis in the U.S. (specifically, in New York City) during the […]
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Theatres Team Up for “To Be Black” Virtual Event
Newport-based Falcon Theatre is teaming up with Cincinnati Black Theatre Artist Collective (Cincy BlackTAC) to present To Be Black, a virtual event featuring scenes and monologues from local black playwrights. The event streams online from April 9 to April 14. Cincy BlackTAC introduced a weekly series last summer, Monologues for Us by Us, featuring the work of […]
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Theatre Production Delayed by Pandemic’s Arrival Now Moves to Streaming
Falcon Theatre’s production of The Agitators was slated to open last March just as the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the nation, forcing the Newport company to postpone the show. Now, playwright Mat Mart’s story of young nineteenth century abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony is being presented online as a special theater-for-film presentation March 12-20. Falcon Artistic […]
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Falcon Theatre, NKU Team Up for Production of “Daisy” Exploring 1964 LBJ Ad
Newport’s Falcon Theater is pivoting from the stage to the screen for its upcoming production of Daisy, Sam Devine’s play that explores the creation of one of American politics’ most infamous campaign ads. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has mostly shuttered live performances, but Falcon, which operates a small theatrical space on Monmouth Street, is partnering with […]
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NKU Theatre & Dance Program Moves to Virtual Format
Northern Kentucky University’s School of the Arts (SOTA) announced that its 2020-21 theatre and dance academic season will be presented on film instead of live, in-person due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Some productions from the previously announced season lineup have been postponed to the 2021-22 season, including Noises Off, Torch Song, Mamma Mia, and the […]
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Village Players of Fort Thomas To Stream Annual Playwrighting Celebration Featuring New Works
“It’s Alive-ish” — Streaming August 29 through September 27 Village Players of Fort Thomas presents “It’s Alive-ish” featuring 7 new streaming plays by local playwrights Aug. 29 – Sept. 27. (Img: Village Players of Fort Thomas / “Humanoid”: (back row, l-r) Jacqlyn Schott, Pam Blessing;(front row l-r) Khrys Styles, Lyle Benjamin) Village Players of Fort Thomas […]