tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747Thu, 22 May 2008 14:34:55 +0000http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/index.aspnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)Blogger298125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-5541149061922796258Thu, 22 May 2008 14:34:00 +00002008-05-22T10:34:56.016-04:00 Oh, happy day. A big round of applause goes to The Children’s Theatre, for welcoming home (and giving employment) to two electrifying young area actors.   Andy Gaukel gave many memorable performances in the early days of Clear Stage then left for Edinburgh, Scotland. He has signed on with Children’s Theatre to work in the education department (hopefully leaving many evenings free.) His wife http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/gaukel-and-justice-return-to-cincy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-9212084463195650822Wed, 21 May 2008 18:54:00 +00002008-05-21T14:54:16.708-04:00 Transit Five is looking for talent to perform their own work for the summer season opener Transit Five Cabaret June 19-21. The troupe is accepting solos, duets and group numbers. You will be working with board members – not quite sure what that means.   Interested? E-mail Mollie Fingerman at molfry@aol.com with info, including what you want to perform.             http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/transit-five-shouts-out-to-cabaret.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-4356756349328789119Wed, 21 May 2008 13:56:00 +00002008-05-21T09:56:07.118-04:00 Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative (CPI) announces its new slate of officers:  President:  Alan Jozwiak has been a member of CPI for ten years, and served as its Treasurer.  His plays have been produced in the Cincinnati and Indianapolis Fringe Festivals, as well as Madlab Theatre and Sundog Theatre in NYC.  He recently was awarded a City of Cincinnati Individual Artist Grant to write/producehttp://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/cpi-has-new-officers-next-reading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-2367044685384412046Tue, 20 May 2008 17:16:00 +00002008-05-20T14:39:16.491-04:00Loved it, loved it – Nancy James opening the show with “Applause,” all the twentysomething talent who brought their parents to the show, the company of “Around the World in 80 Days” standing on stage at the Aronoff’s Jarson-Kaplan telling the crowd that Cincinnati has the best audiences anywhere. Monday night’s third Acclaim Awards brought lots of friends to the stage – Cincinnati kid Richard http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/acclaims-night-re-cap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-4433390609068974632Mon, 19 May 2008 18:53:00 +00002008-05-19T14:53:28.159-04:00 - Starting later this week, this blog will be published in a new blog tool on a brand-new Cincinnati.Com website.   - This blog isn¹t changing, but it will have a lot of new improvements.   - When we move to the new blog, this one won¹t go away just yet, but it will have a link to the home of the new blog. Eventually, any bookmarks and links to this blog will take you to the new one.   - Once I http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/buzzzz-is-moving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-5313976727367036238Mon, 19 May 2008 18:42:00 +00002008-05-19T14:42:57.527-04:00 The Cadillac Ultimate Broadway Experience Sweepstakes began April 8 and will run through May 30. Now in its fourth year, the nationwide contest invites entrants to vote for their favorite leading musical theatre actress, choosing between four beloved performers: Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters and Chita Rivera. One sweepstakes entrant will be chosen at random on June 1 and willhttp://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/vote-maybe-win-broadway-tix.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-5659998165206115258Mon, 19 May 2008 13:37:00 +00002008-05-19T09:37:51.803-04:00 CCM musical theater grad Andrew Palermo, Broadway vet of shows including “Wicked” and choreographer of “Ace” at Playhouse in the Park will direct and choreograph “Two Gentlemen of Verona” for CCM in winter 2009.   Terrell Finney, division chair, notes, “Andrew was in the CCM production when he was a student and has amassed an impressive career as an actor/choreographer/director. ... Especially http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/grad-palermo-helms-ccm-two-gents.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-6533821341153526484Wed, 14 May 2008 15:03:00 +00002008-05-14T11:03:03.689-04:00 CCM voice coaching and training prof Rocco Dal Vera is this year’s recipient of the Barbour Award for Good Faculty-Student Relations at University of Cincinnati. Why do the students love him? Among other things, his spirit of generosity includes an open-door policy for his students, resulting in countless hours spent with them off the books. According to the announcement from CCM, Dal Vera is http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/everybody-loves-rocco-especially-ccm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-2998391646810459790Wed, 14 May 2008 13:37:00 +00002008-05-14T09:37:31.015-04:00 This from Playbill online: Cincinnati’s Kate Rockwell, a finalist in the TV reality series "Grease: You're the One that I Want," last year, starts a Broadway gig today as Legally Blonde's latest Delta Nu pledge starting today. Rockwell plays Margot, one of Elle Woods' trio of best friends.       http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/where-in-world-is-kate-rockwell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-6962368749920098586Tue, 13 May 2008 18:00:00 +00002008-05-13T14:00:09.246-04:00 Well, of course we knew Andy Blankenbuehler was going to get a nomination for choreography for “In the Heights.” His merengue, salsa and hip-hop infused dance defines the character of the Washington Heights corner where the action is set at the top of Manhattan, in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge and he scooped up many choreo awards for the Off-Broadway run last year.   Andy B.’s http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/congrats-andy-b-on-tony-nom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-5087426186235610552Mon, 12 May 2008 13:44:00 +00002008-05-12T09:44:51.064-04:00 The Cincinnati 48Hour Film Project is teaming up with The League of Cincinnati Theatres to bring actors and Cincinnati 48Hour Film Project teams together at 6 p.m. Thursday (May 22) at the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center in Covington.   Actors and actresses should bring a one minute monologue to be performed on camera. If you don’t have a headshot, they’ll shoot one. Auditions firsthttp://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/want-to-act-in-48-hour-film.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-4992209692649181968Fri, 09 May 2008 14:13:00 +00002008-05-09T10:13:54.023-04:00 After giving a sneak preview of their New York showcase Friday morning, most of the eight members of the Playhouse in the Park Acting Intern Company class of ’08 are packing up and starting the drive to Manhattan this afternoon and spend the weekend settling in and counting down to Monday’s NYC performance at the Lark Theatre.   The handful who are working on “Around the World in 80 Days” (http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/bon-chance-to-playhouses-2008-intern.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-428538166182638648Thu, 08 May 2008 17:11:00 +00002008-05-08T13:11:34.094-04:00 Denise Devlin (NKU ’07) is spending the weekend singing Maria in “West Side Story” for Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, then it’s back to New York.   While most young hopefuls are working restaurants or secretarial, Devlin has her fingers crossed that she makes the grade with Stage Star Records which produces Broadway karaoke CDs. Devlin’s first big break –- singing guide vocals for “The Little http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/whats-up-with-denise-devlin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-2322270285270869288Mon, 05 May 2008 21:03:00 +00002008-05-05T17:03:09.581-04:00 Here’s one you don’t see everyday.   Culture Works in Dayton announces its first annual Cornhole Tournament for the Arts, Saturday, May 31, 2008 in the Montgomery County Fairgrounds’ Coliseum.  Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the 2008 Culture Works Annual Campaign for the Arts.    This single elimination tournament will begin at 10:00am, with check-in beginning at 9:00am.  The entry http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/cornhole-for-arts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-842518390314042250Mon, 05 May 2008 16:41:00 +00002008-05-05T12:41:33.881-04:00 Get your dialing finger ready. “An Evening with Garrison Keillor” at Miami University goes on sale at 10 a.m. May 7. He won’t land in Oxford until March 18, 2009, but what do you want to bet the tickets are gone by the end of the day?   Keillor promises more of the beloved anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest and the aging process, not to mention “late-life fatherhood.” Tickets http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/keillor-at-miami-u-on-sale-may-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-6469881832719082706Fri, 02 May 2008 13:21:00 +00002008-05-02T10:08:56.390-04:00Finalists for the 2008 Enquirer/Fifth Third Bank Theater Educator Award will be listed in Sunday’s paper and panelist Diane Carr had the bright idea of polling some drama teachers to see what a $2,500 prize can mean to a department. Here are some of the answers that came in: Hire a professional sound consultant to come teach your sound crew about sound.Bring incredible and professional artist http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/teachers-shout-out-dream-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-7731142247173355048Thu, 01 May 2008 12:40:00 +00002008-05-01T08:40:12.326-04:00 New Stage Collective plans to ring in the 2008-2009 season with a “New Stage in the City/Sex and the City” Subscription Kickoff Party “with a swanky party that worthy of Carrie Bradshaw!” promises artistic director Alan Patrick Kenny.   Mark May 16 on your calendar, when Below Zero Lounge (12th & Walnut St., Over-the-Rhine) will be stirring up cosmos from 8 to 11 p.m.   There will be a raffle http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/05/party-down-with-new-stage-new-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-4395307410628191957Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:39:00 +00002008-04-30T16:39:39.175-04:00 The New York Theatre awards season has officially begun with the announcement of the Drama Desk nominations. Of course the reason we care is Cincinnati is well-represented with natives and friends.   First things first, native son Andy Blankenbuehler isn’t nominated for outstanding choreography for “In the Heights” because he won last year for the show’s Off-Broadway run and isn’t eligible.   http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/04/catered-affair-gets-12-drama-desk-noms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-5025608862864361934Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:01:00 +00002008-04-30T11:01:43.847-04:00 When “Children of Eden” opens Thursday at Footlighters, puppets will be co-starring.   And, says Aretta Baumgartner, in charge of puppetry for the show, “Our version of the show doesn’t just include “puppets” for this practical sense, it celebrates a deeper exploration of the concept of “puppet” as man/woman learns to manipulate the world around him/her.”   Baumgartner notes, “In a practical http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/04/puppets-in-eden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-1083103561216759216Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:13:00 +00002008-04-29T13:13:42.010-04:00 The Carnegie schedules its first theater season, with some very smart collaborations. Holiday show “Jesus Christ Superstar” will be in partnership with The Commonwealth Theatre (that translates as Northern Kentucky University) with terrific Ken Jones directing. Jones did a smash hit version at NKU a few years back and we hear Jones would love a reprise in the role of Judas, if now NYC-based gradhttp://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/04/carnegie-theater-season-dish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-2532533814622851236Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:29:00 +00002008-04-28T08:29:34.401-04:00 There is no more Cincinnati Post, but its biennial arts awards continue with a new name. Seven Scripps-Corbett Awards are named this year, encompassing winners in five specific categories and two lifetime achievement honors.   This year’s winners are:   Artist Award: Cincinnati Children’s Choir, Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of MusicOrganization http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/04/scripps-corbett-names-2008-winners.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-8886178990823920104Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:04:00 +00002008-04-26T17:04:09.280-04:00 Cleveland's Playhouse Square (northeast Ohio’s Broadway touring series) has announced its  2008-2009 season, and my only question – where is that high-speed train connecting Cincinnati-Columbus-Cleveland? There’s a little overlap in the season. A very little. You’ll just have to wait for May 8. One hint – if you’re a regular reader of Buzzzz…, I predicted one of the shows and I was right.) In http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/04/remember-this-next-week-when-broadway.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-8967436222516537892Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:09:00 +00002008-04-25T09:09:47.164-04:00 “Ella” closes out Playhouse in the Park’s mainstage season and it just so happens today would have been her 91st birthday. Have a ticket for tonight’s performance? To honor the First Lady of Song's big day, Playhouse will be serving Graeter's cupcakes during the intermission.   For tickets call 513-421-3888 (toll-free in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, 800/582-3208) or visit www.cincyplay.com. You’http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/04/happy-birthday-ella-have-cupcake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-5326550274668299608Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:08:00 +00002008-04-24T14:38:48.156-04:00 Community theater practitioners and fans, mark your calendars for June 27-28 (and maybe June 26, to be determined) for the annual OCTA REGIONAL FESTIVAL, southwest Ohio region’s coming together for a friendly excerpt competition (determining which theater companies will showcase at Ohio Community Theatre Association state competition in September) and the bestowing of Orchids.   New this year, http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/04/act-already-gearing-up-for-octa-fest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082816192437453747.post-1024390541131509943Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:48:00 +00002008-04-23T09:48:36.758-04:00 Cincinnati New Light Festival play reading series will return for three days of readings in fall 2008, says Taylore Mahogany Scott. This year the spotlight will be on local playwrights and Scott puts out a call to artists.   Scott, a fine actress currently living back home in the Lone Star state, was based for a time in Cincinnati, came up with the idea last year and pulled together ensembles http://www.cinstages.com/Buzz/2008/04/new-light-reads-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CinStages Buzz)