It will be raucous comedy – The Merry Wives of Windsor – and teenage tragedy – Romeo and Juliet – for Cincinnati Shakespeare’s free Shakespeare in the Park local tour from July 14 to Sept. 4. The shows feature small casts of young actors and are edited to two hours, a ‘pre-tour’ of the academic year when […]
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Show Created by NKU Team – BurgerTown – Returns to Highland Heights
A timid fry cook accidentally invents the hottest new craze in the fast-food world – the Triangle Burger – and takes the humble BurgerTown restaurant from its lowly place beneath the tracks to soaring new heights. How’s that for a high-concept musical? Northern Kentucky University team Ken Jones (book), Jamey Strawn (music), and Christine Jones […]
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Local Playwrights Bring “7 Deadly Sins” to Stage in Ft. Thomas
Seven Deadly Sins. Now there’s an inspiration for an evening of short plays. Village Players of Fort Thomas continues its annual showcase of local playwrights June 30-July 2 with six local scripters taking on our favorite vices, from gluttony to sloth. Will Lindsey, who is a member of Village’s New Works Group and one of […]
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Catch Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” Outside at Thomas More
One of the best things about any summer is free, outdoor Shakespeare. Thomas More College’s Villa Players debuts its new under-the-stars Summer Shakespeare, which continues this weekend, June 16 and 17, with Bob Allen, one of the area’s favorite veteran actors, starring as Prospero in The Tempest. The comedy/romance/drama/fantasy is a perfect play to begin […]
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“The 39 Steps” Opens Commonwealth Summer Dinner Theatre Season
World War II approaches. Nazis are everywhere. Richard Hannay spends the evening at a London theater to witness the remarkable powers of “Mr. Memory” when a shot is fired! There is panic! Richard is picked up by a beautiful spy! She has uncovered a plot to steal British military secrets! Assassins want to kill her! […]
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Theatre Review: “Busted Bumpers” Shines at Cincinnati Fringe
For two weeks every year, Fringe invades Cincinnati. This year’s theatre and arts festival features over 40 productions. Not every production is everyone’s cup of tea. But the spirit of Fringe is for audiences to push their boundaries as much as the artists push their own. One artist who has pushed her boundaries this year […]
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RCN Previews: Cincinnati Fringe 2017
Are you ready for Cincy Fringe? It’s coming right up, May 31 through June 11. 12 nights (and some days). 45 shows. 200 productions. 26 companies making their Cincinnati debut. Special events, including OTRimprov, Comedy Sportz and True Fringe (Don’t miss them!), and Visual Fringe. The post-performance Bar Series, which opens with 60-second previews […]
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Apartheid, Relationships Explored in Falcon’s “Master Harold…and the Boys”
In a small South African tea shop in 1950, two black men and a white boy joke and dance together, defying the brutalities of apartheid through their joyous love. But issues of family, race, and power are just below the surface and a phone call triggers catastrophe in Athol Fugard’s searing Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Master […]
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With “Civil War”, Showbiz Players Takes Final Bow After 30 Seasons
Showbiz Players is bringing down its curtain after 30 seasons – but not before it presents a final production, a reprise of Frank Wildhorn musical The Civil War at The Carnegie from April 28-May 6. Founding producer Bunny Arszman fell in love with the show when she saw a performance on Broadway. The Civil War […]
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Theatre Reviews: “Matilda the Musical” & “Small Engine Repair”
The River City News‘s Jackie Demaline has a pair of theatre reviews: Matilda the Musical, through April 16, Broadway in Cincinnati Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., downtown Cincinnati. Talk about a children’s musical for today’s kids. Matilda the Musical, based on Roald Dahl’s classic, is joyously subversive in its message that books are better than […]
