Two buddies, Tommy and Jeff, are lost in the Scottish Highlands. It’s not long after WWII, so there’s no GPS. And Tommy is unhappily engaged and something seems to be missing from his life. Wait – what’s that music? And in that valley, where did that village come from? They don’t remember seeing it yesterday! […]
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Covington Buses to Become Mobile Stages
Buses in Covington are about to become more awesome. Picture yourself on a TANK bus when all of a sudden you’re surrounded by dancers, musicians, and artists! “Ride With an Artist Day” is a project created by creative dance troupe Pones, Inc. and the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky. It’s a free pop-up art […]
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Catch the Opening Performance of NCC’s “Legally Blonde” Friday
This Friday, Newport Central Catholic will host the opening performance of its spring play, Legally Blonde, at 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Gala Performance will begin with a social hour starting at 6:00 p.m. followed by the show. For over twenty years, the Gala Performance of the school play has benefited the Newport Central Catholic Tuition Assistance Fund. […]
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With Library Setting, NKU’s “Into the Woods” Offers Unique Telling of Classic Musical
Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods famously turns familiar fairytales upside-down as it asks of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and more – what happens after the happily ever after? Northern Kentucky University’s revival, playing April 21-May 1, gives the show another flip by setting the action in an unexpected place – a library. Like […]
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Theatre Review: “Silent Sky” at Know Theatre
Have you ever heard of American astronomer Edwin Hubble (hint: The Hubble Space Telescope.) Have you ever heard of Henrietta Leavitt? Of course you haven’t. But there’s a strong case to be made that there wouldn’t have been Hubble (who formed the basis of the Big Bang Theory) without Leavitt. Prolific playwright Lauren Gunderson is drawn to […]
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Theatre Reviews: Carnegie’s “Last Five Years”; Warsaw Incline’s “Glengarry”
Glengarry Glen Ross is one of my Top 5 shows this season – a great reason to find your way to the Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre (just a quick 15 minutes from the Northern Kentucky River Cities, over the river then basically a straight climb up Price Hill. It’s across the street from Prima Vista.) […]
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Lost Love, Hope for Future Love Explored in Carnegie’s “Last Five Years”
Boy meets girl, boy gets girl – and then what? People recognize the story of the relationship that is sung in detail in modern musical The Last Five Years, playing April 9-24 at The Carnegie. Composer Jason Robert Brown creates a complete original in this two-person musical, about a contemporary relationship that’s easy to recognize. […]
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Don’t Be an April Fool! Get to the Theater for These Shows in NKY & Cincy!
In April, I’ll be following directors and actors who just about always deliver. Look for them in particular at Know Theatre with Silent Sky, in which women look to the skies, and The Incline, in Glengarry Glen Ross, in which men look to making a deal, whatever it takes. One of the area’s most reliable […]
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Theatre Review: “Mothers & Sons” at Playhouse
A friend of mine calls Mothers and Sons, continuing through April 17 at Playhouse in the Park’s Thompson Shelterhouse, ”speeches in search of a play.” That’s what I call it, too. Middle-aged widow Katharine (Stephanie Berry) arrives unannounced and completely out-of-the-blue at the Central Park West apartment of Cal (Alvin Keith). (The stage design looks […]
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After 25 Years, NKU Theatre Professor to Retire with Sold Out Run of “Pygmalion”
Sandra Forman has been an intrinsic part of Northern Kentucky University since she arrived on campus in 1990 as the first chair of the theater department. Now, after 25 years here as educator, director, and actress, she’s retiring. Forman may be best known beyond the campus for her quarter-century oversight of the Y.E.S. Festival, Northern […]
