So there’s this Elvis impersonator drawing flies when he’s onstage at a crap bar in Panama City Beach, Fla. and the joint’s owner decides drag will be w-a-y more lucrative. He has a pregnant wife, he needs the dough. Clearly it’s time to trade in the King’s jumpsuit for a queen’s lipstick, gown, and heels. […]
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Jackie Demaline: See These September Shows in Cincinnati & NKY
The long, hot summer is over (please!) and the 2016-2017 theatre season is waiting in the wings. This season I’m limiting my monthly picks to 5 (unless it’s an extraordinary month), as well as noting Northern Kentucky’s smaller stages. If you’ve never been to Over-the-Rhine’s Know Theatre – now’s the time. If you like improv, […]
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Park Hills Native is Going for it in Hollywood, Returning Home for Improv Festival
The first time Carla Cackowski ever did improv was in theatre class at Notre Dame Academy. “I remember the teacher said we had to say yes in our scenes, so when someone told me we were stopping at a gas station so my character could go to the bathroom I said yes by going into the […]
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All Your 1980’s Favorite Jams are in “Rock of Ages”, and So is this NKU Senior
There’s this aspiring rock star. He’s working as a busboy. There’s this girl. She’s fresh from Kansas, new in L.A. to seek fame and fortune as an actress. In the meantime, Drew gets Sherrie a job as a waitress. If you love a love story, jukebox musicals, and Eighties rock (with plenty of glam metal) […]
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In “Girlfriend”, Gay Teen Romance in the 1990’s Comes to Life with Music
Nebraska, 1993. It’s the heyday of the mixtape – and a tough time and place to be a gay teenager. Chamber musical Girlfriend has been popping up around the country since its tryout run at Berkeley Rep in 2010. It makes its regional premiere at Know Theatre, playing July 29-Aug. 27 and starring popular local […]
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Where to See FREE Shakespeare in Northern Kentucky & Cincinnati Parks
Free Shakespeare in the Park – what would summer be without it? Here’s a quick look at the shows and the schedule for Northern Kentucky and downtown Cincinnati parks. This year, Cincinnati Shakespeare offers a sneak peek of its 2016-2017 school/community center tour of three favorites: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, […]
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New Plays to Be Workshopped in Newport
Ambitious, fledgling Cincinnati LAB Theatre will present two fully staged workshop productions and two original play readings by area playwrights in its New Works Festival in August at Falcon Theatre in Newport. LAB has been quietly establishing itself for the last three years and is now a division of Falcon. Led by talented indie theatre […]
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Young Artists Bring Monty Python to Life in Ft. Thomas
“If life seems jolly rotten,/There’s something you’ve forgotten!/And that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing…” James Owens looks on the bright side of life – a prerequisite for anyone taking a role in The Commonwealth Artists Summer Theatre (C.A.S.T.) production of gleefully silly musical Monty Python’s Spamalot, playing weekends July 8 – 17 […]
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Have Yourself Some Enchanted Evening with Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Tunes
“An enchanted evening. That’s what the audience wants to feel,” says Dee Anne Bryll. Some Enchanted Evening (the Songs of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein) will star on the Commonwealth Summer Dinner Theatre stage at Northern Kentucky University July 6 – 24. Bryll co-directs (she also choreographs) with husband Ed Cohen. Together they’re a much-admired regional […]
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Theatre Review: Thoughtful Effort Looks Effortless in Know’s “Fisherman’s Wife”
It’s jolly, sexy-time at Know Theatre, where a well-cast, low-budget production of The Fisherman’s Wife (a regional premiere) is tucked onto the tiny stage in The Underground (a.k.a. the downstairs lobby/bar). A Squid and Octopus steal the show. The comedy is billed as a sex farce, but it’s more of a sex sitcom fantasy, with […]
