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Posted Fri, May 9
NET's production has testosterone to the max. -Rick Pender
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Posted Fri, May 9
Well-timed revival resonates (creepily) today. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Wed, May 7
CSC gives Eugene O'Neill tragedy a luminous reading. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Mon, May 5
Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati gives this show as strong a production that one can hope. -Scott Cain
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Posted Mon, May 5
With Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, Cincinnati Shakespeare delivers its best effort of the main stage season. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Fri, May 2
'Tragic Events' for free at CCM. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Fri, May 2
ETC's musical is hilarious, mindless fun. -Rick Pender
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Posted Thu, May 1
Demented Trailer Park is the best-executed musical of the current theater season. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, April 30
Playhouse's Ella Fitzgerald revue 's wonderful
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Posted Fri, April 25
'Ella' at Playhouse: S'wonderful. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Thu, April 24
CCM's 'Rashomon' shows polish. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, April 23
New Yorker embodies jazz icon in Playhouse
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Posted Sat, April 19
Energetic ensemble produces a warm, three-dimensional universe. -Rick Pender
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Posted Sat, April 19
The national tour boasts a strong cast. -Scott Cain
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Posted Fri, April 18
NKU's 'Cats' a winner. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, April 16
'Color Purple' solid, not supreme. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Sun, April 13
Ovation stages a Neil LaBute play that keeps you guessing. -Rick Pender
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Posted Sun, April 13
Play about prejudice could be nastier. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Tue, April 8
Know's new musical needs to sound better. -Rick Pender
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Posted Tue, April 8
New Stage offering is truly ugly and art at the same time. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Mon, April 7
Know Theatre of Cincinnati is unable to overcome the lackluster score and script to make the show a fully satisfactory theatrical experience. -Scott Cain
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Posted Mon, April 7
Acting, directing make Bug a smash. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Mon, April 7
Large cast shines in bare. -Joe McDonough
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Posted Wed, April 2
King Lear is more than a one-man show. -Rick Pender
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Posted Mon, March 31
Phillips' 'King Lear' mediocre. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Sat, March 29
Waking Up and examining how we know ourselves. -Rick Pender
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Posted Sat, March 29
Choreographer brings fire to 'Nights.' - David Lyman
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Posted Fri, March 28
'Sleeping Country' snoozes. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, March 26
'Code' a tour-de-force on Turing. -David Lyman
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Posted Mon, March 24
NKU's 'Miss Julie' doesn't translate. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Fri, March 21
August Wilson wrestles with issues important to Cincinnati. -Rick Pender
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Posted Thu, March 20
A company assembled from the Windy City has blown onto the Ensemble Theatre stage and with "Radio Golf" delivers the best entry of the season to date. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Sat, March 8
When the play ends, your conversation will begin. -Rick Pender
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Posted Fri, March 7
This fun and wholesome show hits all the right notes with its young core audience. -Scott Cain.
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Posted Fri, March 7
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's Doubt shows confidence. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, March 5
CCM's Little Women has more emotion than substance. -Rick Pender
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Posted Wed, March 5
Big and splashy and oozing with a delightfully vivacious energy, this “High School Musical” is a lovely surprise. -David Lyman
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Posted Mon, March 3
Each member of the CCM student cast displays exquisite vocal prowess in singing the score, and the ensemble does a great job of believably playing a wide range of ages. - Scott Cain
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Posted Fri, Feb. 29
The best part of the College-Conservatory of Music's production of Little Women is the opportunity it gives for several students to shine in an otherwise ho-hum musical. -Joe McDonough
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Posted Wed, Feb. 27
Classic American play has little lyricism, less tragedy. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Mon, Feb. 25
The cast of this production is excellent, and some performances surpass the quality of those in the recent Broadway revival. -Scott Cain.
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Posted Mon, Feb. 25
It’s easy to see what director Drew Fracher was trying to do with this elegantly and sparely staged production. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Sun, Feb. 24
Touring Sweeney Todd offers a true Broadway cast. -Rick Pender
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Posted Thu, Feb. 21
Pilobolus intriguing mishmash of dance. -David Lyman
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Posted Wed, Feb. 20
Touring Sweeney Todd is also a dazzler, a minimalist's carving away to the bones of the story. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Sat, Feb. 16
New Stage Collective takes it all off for America's pastime. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Sat, Feb. 16
Romeo and Juliet is the sort of ballet that could cure balletphobia. -David Lyman
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Posted Fri, Feb. 15
Playwright Richard Greenberg's champion script makes its local debut at New Stage and while there are a lot of fine individual plays, the production loses on errors. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, Feb. 13
Vandit Bhatt's shines in Red Light Winter. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Wed, Feb. 13
Dostoevsky's expansive novel is transformed into an intense psychological play -Rick Pender
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Posted Wed, Feb. 13
Near-lyrical Mary's Wedding propelled by an able cast. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Mon, Feb. 11
Red Light Winter is a neat, bleakly funny little package about being depressed and obsessed.
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Posted Fri, Feb. 8
Bravo to director Michael Haney for putting all the tools at his command to wonderful effect. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Thu, Feb. 7
Miss Lonelyhearts supplies shock. -Janelle Gelfand
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Posted Thu, Feb. 7
It's always fun to watch young talent working their hearts out, and that's what you'll find on stage at Ensemble Theatre for the next three weeks. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, Feb. 6
What you'll carry away from Topdog/Underdog is a sense of awe at the writing skill of Suzan-Lori Parks. -Rick Pender
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Posted Fri, Feb. 1
The production benefits enormously from the abilities of director Richard Hess, chair of the College-Conservatory of Music drama department, making his Know debut. - Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, Jan. 30
CSC's classics explore choice and consequence. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Mon, Jan. 28
Cincinnati Shakespeare offers the existential double bill on the topic of torturous eternity No Exit and Endgame and the program is hellish indeed. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Tue, Jan. 22
One-woman show at Playhouse is an acting tour de force. -Rick Pender
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Posted Fri, Jan. 18
Well how's this for tricky? I can't tell you much of anything without ruining the fun of Annalee Jefferies' solo performance in The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead at Playhouse in the Park.
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Posted Mon, Jan. 14
Wicked continues to skillfully create the magic that has made it a sell-out in New York since the show's premiere, in large part thanks to its first rate cast. -Scott Cain
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Posted Sun, Jan. 13
Whiz-bang show is subversive in the best way. -Rick Pender
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Posted Thu, Jan. 10
The short version: Ticket-holders won’t be disappointed. Good cast, tight production, the same fantabulous costumes. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Thu, Dec. 20
Nutcracker uneven, but fun. -David Lyman
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Posted Wed, Dec. 19
Jersey's Joseph is more fun than good. -Nicholas Korn
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Posted Wed, Dec. 19
ETC's Frog Princess is fine family entertainment. -Rick Pender
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Posted Sat, Dec. 8
With a fine cast, solid writing and first-rate design, the show is sure to entertain and delight the vast majority of theatergoers. -Scott Cain
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Posted Thu, Dec. 6
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's Christmas Carol timeless and timely. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Thu, Dec. 6
Delightfully silly Broadway show will keep you smiling. -Rick Pender
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Posted Wed, Dec. 5
NKU production lacks necessary urgency. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Wed, Dec. 5
Cincy Shakes' Midsummer in midwinter is mad, merry fun. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Wed, Dec. 5
The Drowsy Chaperone, on national tour at the Aronoff, is a sly post-post-post-post-modern musical that winks as it asks the question: Why can't they write 'em like they used to? -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Mon, Dec. 3
If you've been wanting to introduce your teenagers and pre-teens to Shakespeare, the holiday run of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Cincinnati Shakespeare is just the ticket. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Sat, Dec. 1
Northern Kentucky University does a fine job with the epic but intimate story of a dying town and its toxic townsfolk in The Rimers of Eldritch. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Fri, Nov. 30
New Stage Collective premieres a hip holiday show. -Rick Pender
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Posted Wed, Nov. 21
Touring show is a square peg in a round table. -Rick Pender
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Posted Wed, Nov. 21
While Wonderful Town won't stand as one of those CCM shows that will be talked about for years to come, it's a solid production and showcases the talented student performers well. -Scott Cain
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Posted Sat, Nov. 17
The current national tour of Camelot boasts a worthwhile cast, design and direction. And, fans of the piece will likely want to hear the newly revised book, which has mixed results. -Scott Cain
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Posted Fri, Nov. 16
Wonderful Town thins out. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, Nov. 14
Ovation's Parallel Lives is funny but flawed. -Nicholas Korn
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Posted Wed, Nov. 14
Musical the Musical is a ton of fun. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Wed, Nov. 14
Once things get rolling, Lou Diamond Phillips as legendary King Arthur carries the day in this musical about the equally legendary Round Table. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Mon, Nov. 12
In the current production being staged at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, a wonderfully talented cast performs the material in excellent fashion, and the direction and choreography are great too. -Scott Cain
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Posted Mon, Nov. 12
A suitable cast, wonderful choreography and strong production values bring White Christmas to life at La Comedia this season. -Scott Cain
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Posted Sat, Nov. 10
It was definitely Suzanne Farrell’s night as the Cincinnati Ballet performed at the Aronoff Center on Friday night. -David Lyman
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Posted Fri, Nov. 9
Director Pamela Hunt puts the cast through their paces on a stage decorated only by a piano; the foursome is perfectly at home in each style and the spoof. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, Nov. 7
Covedale's Little Shop is amusing but uneven. -Mark Sterner
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Posted Wed, Nov. 7
Sondheim's Follies is about old loves and new paths. -Rick Pender
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Posted Wed, Nov. 7
Caroline explores a changing society.
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Posted Wed, Oct. 31
NKU play explores inner and outer space. -Rick Pender
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Posted Tue, Oct. 30
The payoffs of the risks that New Stage continues to take have never been as evident as in this very satisfying production. -Scott Cain
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Posted Sun, Oct. 28
Frankenstein is the good stuff. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Sat, Oct. 27
Another wow-factor show, Caroline, or Change, opens New Stage Collective's 2008-2009 season. If you care about theater, whatever New Stage is doing, make it a point to see it. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Fri, Oct. 26
Change proves to be a good thing at New Stage Collective. -Rick Pender
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Posted Fri, Oct. 26
It's simply terrific, with director Richard Hess delivering a piece of theatrical art that's a highlight of Cincinnati's fall theater season. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Fri, Oct. 26
Darkside is the compelling story of the fictional 1973 Apollo XVIII space mission. -David Lyman
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Posted Thu, Oct. 25
The Drowsy Chaperone, which quietly started taking Broadway by storm last year, is a clever musical spoof of musicals. -Tony Brown
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Posted Wed, Oct. 24
ETC offers a strong cast in a quirky script. -Nicholas Korn
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Posted Wed, Oct. 24
Shakespeare's Cymbeline is a freewheeling fairytale. -Mark Sterner
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Posted Wed, Oct. 24
Altar Boyz pops its way through entertaining cliches. -Rick Pender
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Posted Wed, Oct. 24
Know Theatre's The Pillowman evokes strong reactions. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Wed, Oct. 24
In Swim Satori takes stage with much the same poise, clarity and confident authority that marked iLove. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Mon, Oct. 22
The Carnegie in Covington is home to Satori Group's smartly observant Fringe-like entry, Never Swim Alone -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Mon, Oct. 22
Cincinnati Shakespeare's production of Cymbeline has it all, from fairy tale to comedy, with some slow spots in between. -Joe McDonough
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Posted Mon, Oct. 22
Altar Boyz is a remarkably funny and wonderfully crafted spoof of both boy bands and contemporary Christian pop music. -Scott Cain
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Posted Fri, Oct. 19
Altar Boyz is a feel-good date show, a 90-minute, intermissionless "concert" in real time and one of many popular hits on Playhouse’s main stage season. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Fri, Oct. 19
Pillowman intense, unsettling. -Joseph McDonough
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Posted Thu, Oct. 18
Morgan Grahame and k. Jenny Jones enliven Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati's Bowling, but it's not enough to save a weak script from playwright Steven Dietz. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, Oct. 17
Falcon's Anne Frank delivers the truth. -Nicholas Korn.
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Posted Sun, Oct. 14
It's a gem of a chamber opera with a young, convincing cast that packs a powerful message in less than an hour. For many in the sold-out house on Saturday, it ended all too soon. -Janelle Gelfand
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Posted Wed, Oct. 10
Footlighters' Ballroom is in step with its audience. -Rick Pender
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Posted Tue, Oct. 9
'Fat Pig' is provocative. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Wed, Oct. 3
There are some pleasures to be found in the Northern Kentucky University production of Guys and Dolls. -Nicholas Korn
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Posted Wed, Oct. 3
If you were planning to skip My Fair Lady and wait for more recent Broadway blockbusters at the Aronoff Center later this season, please reconsider. -Rick Pender
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Posted Wed, Oct. 3
Well, that old spellbinder Ed Stern has worked his magic at the Cincinnati Playhouse again. -Tom McElfresh
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Posted Wed, Oct. 3
The ancient tale of Gilgamesh provides insight into what makes us human. -Rick Pender
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Posted Fri, Sept. 28
The smart story and marvelous score that has made the show a favorite for years is in good hands, thanks to a solid cast of theater veterans. -Scott Cain
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Posted Fri, Sept. 28
If you love Shakespeare, see Playhouse in the Park's Othello. If you don't get Shakespeare, see Playhouse in the Park's Othello. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Fri, Sept. 28
Cincinnati's Performance Gallery loves nothing so much as taking a risk. The chancier the better. So it was no shock when the company announced that it would launch its season with Gilgamesh in Uruk: G.I. in Iraq, an adaptation of 3rd Century B.C. Babylonian legend. -David Lyman
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Posted Thu, Sept. 27
Cincinnati Ballet's New Works season opener was a night of white costumes, arched backs and adventures in dance -- not to mention an overall crowd-pleaser. -Julie Mullins
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Posted Wed, Sept. 26
If you're thinking "been there/done that," or if you tend to zone out at Broadway touring shows and generally just hum along – director Trevor Nunn has surprises for you. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Mon, Sept. 24
an entertaining package showcasing well-known theater songs which have been given a fresh sound, together with a unique storyline. -Scott Cain.
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Posted Sat, Sept. 22
For dance lovers, it doesn't get much better than this. Five world premiere ballets, one right after the other, each one staking out a different piece of the choreographic spectrum. -David Lyman
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Posted Tue, Sept. 18
La Comedia supplies a solid and worthwhile showcase of this timeless show, thanks in large part to first rate cast and effective direction. -Scott Cain.
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Posted Mon, Sept. 17
You're not going to find a better $5 show than Frozen in Cincinnati this month, and maybe not all season. -Jackie Demaline
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Posted Fri, Sept. 14
Playhouse's season-opening production is more amusing than amazing. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Fri, Sept. 14
ETC opens its season with memorable Rabbit Hole. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Thu, Sept. 13
Rabbit Hole can hit hard because it is singularly unsentimental. This is life, folks. It doesn't work the way it should at Ensemble. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Wed, Sept. 12
Hayley Clark offers an enthralling performance as one of Shakespeare's signature women. -Tom McElfresh.
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Posted Sun, Sept. 9
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company returns to Romeo and Juliet in a telling both traditional and bizarre. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Fri, Sept. 7
Dracula is a humdinger opener for the Playhouse in the Park season. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Fri, Aug. 24
New Stage Collective strolls down memory lane. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Wed, Aug. 22
Jersey's Grease could use a spark. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Mon, Aug. 20
Girls rule! At least they do in Grease, the last summer entry by Jersey Productions at The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center in Covington.
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Posted Fri, Aug. 17
In the middle of the 10-scene chamber musical Hello Again there's a small gem of a domestic drama between a 1950s wife (Lindsey Valitchka) and her cold and buttoned-down businessman husband (Charlie Clark). -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Wed, Aug. 15
The Gala of International Ballet Stars had its share of 'wow' moments. -Julie Mullins.
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Posted Fri, Aug. 10
Thrill Me scatters thrills. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Fri, Aug. 10
Thrill killing is translated into a compelling musical at Know. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Thu, Aug. 9
Ruthless! is a seriously silly showbiz send-up, perfectly aligned with director Terry LaBolt's sense of humor. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Thu, July 26
Aida almost perfect. -Janelle Gelfand.
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Posted Wed, July 25
Greater Tuna isn't so much as a "summer fling" as a "flatten" at Cincinnati Shakespeare. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Sun, July 22
Cincinnati Shakespeare Co. offers unusual 'classic' comedy. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Wed, July 18
NKU's She Loves Me is intimate and unpretentious. -Mark Sterner.
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Posted Wed, July 18
Jersey's The Fantasticks pays homage to a classic. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Mon, July 16
Fantasticks not quite that fantastic. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Fri, July 13
The good news is that the musical performance was spectacular. With a superb cast of singing actors and Kristjan Järvi leading the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in the pit, it may have been one of the best performances of this opera to date. -Janelle Gelfand.
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Posted Fri, July 13
Nixon in China (1987) emerges almost as much a theater piece or a concert as it is an opera. Actually, it's an artful blend of words and music -- with a dollop of good old fashioned show business bouncing along in the background. -Tom McElfresh.
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Posted Mon, July 2
Mozart takes Hollywood in brilliant Cincinnati Opera production. -Tom McElfresh.
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Posted Sat, June 30
Fun Cosi fan tutte could use a spark. -Janelle Gelfand.
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Posted Tue, June 26
New Stage breathes life into Radiant Baby, thanks to its talented cast, strong direction and vivid choreography, all of which help to overcome the material's shortcomings. -Scott Cain.
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Posted Fri, June 22
New Stage's Radiant Baby has some growing up to do. -Nicholas Korn.
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Posted Fri, June 22
Director Alan Patrick Kenney and his young cast of 18 may all be too young to have experienced the New York art world in the decadent '80s but you can't tell that from the exuberance they bring to the stage. -Joe McDonough.
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Posted Wed, June 20
An innocent game of gin rummy turns lethal. -Mark Sterner.
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Posted Fri, June 15
Touchingly delivered, the prison scene was one of many moments when Ruth Ann Swenson soared, displaying beauty of phrasing and believable involvement in Gounod's Faust.
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Posted Thu, June 14
NKU's La Mancha is above-average summer fare. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Thu, June 14
Ken Jones always takes his own approach to a show, even a musical like Man of La Mancha where the path to success is clearly marked. Most of the time, Jones is successful. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Tue, June 12
With a big infusion of talent from local universities, Jersey Productions' summer opener is its best showing to date. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Wed, June 6
ShowBiz Players' production of My Favorite Year opens with all engines pumping. -Mark Sterner.
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Posted Wed, June 6
This is a delightful dance-theater experience that takes you straight into the poignant and poetic world of magical Ukrainian folklore. -Kathy Valin.
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Posted Tue, June 5
Alone a quick study of relationship. -Joe McDonough.
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Posted Tue, June 5
Monkey's Paw powerful, spooky. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Tue, June 5
Voices succeeds because creator/director Nadia Tarnawsky is unerringly focused on what she wants. -David Lyman.
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Posted Tue, June 5
Crowley's Monkey's Paw spins its own dark hallucinations around that tale. -Tom McElfresh.
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Posted Tue, June 5
Good intentions not enough for iNput. -David Lyman.
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Posted Mon, June 4
Tommy Nugent’s The Show is more of a laid-back chat than a formal monologue from the Detroit-based solo performer. -Joe McDonough
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Posted Mon, June 4
I Take It Back is a keeper. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Mon, June 4
Bakersfield needs work. -Joe McDonough.
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Posted Mon, June 4
A solid and entertaining community theater production. -Scott Cain.
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Posted Mon, June 4
The young movers onstage is mesmerizing... -Kathy Valin.
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Posted Mon, June 4
Amanda Thompson laces her time onstage with a series of anecdotes...
-Nicholas Korn.
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Posted Mon, June 4
The creator of Contains Adult Themes is to be commended for the riskiness of its subject matter and the originality of its conception... -Mark Sterner
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Posted Mon, June 4
Well-written and enjoyable political romp from CCM alum Stacey Morrison. -Rodger Pille.
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Posted Mon, June 4
Count audience among Casualties. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Mon, June 4
girlfight throws no punches. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Mon, June 4
This Fringe Festival piece evolved from an "Ethics as an Introduction to Philosophy" class taught by Patrick Welage at Xavier University.
-Joe McDonough.
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Posted Mon, June 4
There's plenty to chew on here and On Edge starts off well in its first two scenes... -Joe McDonough.
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Posted Mon, June 4
Longing is a comedy about two sets of barely sketched in married neighbors who, through a series of vignettes, long for meaning in their suburban comfort. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Mon, June 4
This entertaining, audience-involving, grin-provoking concept plays with perception and maintains a positive sense of the absurd and the outrageous. -Tom McElfresh.
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Posted Mon, June 4
An occasionally satisfying performance of a script that doesn’t break much new ground. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Mon, June 4
a comedy-style revue that centers around an absurd but easily ingested premise that spins ridiculously out of control... -Nicholas Korn.
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Posted Mon, June 4
Performance Gallery have assembled a strange and startling show that is cerebral and silly and, for the most part, a lot of fun to watch. -Nicholas Korn.
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Posted Sat, June 2
Musician Todd Juengling paints pictures with sound. His one-man act sonically creates environments — even worlds — that can captivate and amuse. What he does seems almost magical. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Fri, June 1
Tommy Nugent spends a good deal of time onstage (and presumably off) wondering whether what he's doing is theater. That’s pretty odd... -Rodger Pille.
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Posted Fri, June 1
This anti-romantic gay romance will be enjoyed by straights and gays alike because it’s not the typical boy-meets-boy tale... -Mark Sterner.
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Posted Fri, June 1
The program for playwright Stephen Hunter's On Edge announces that this world premiere production was "Collaboratively Directed by (the) cast." That goes a ways toward explaining... -Tom McElfresh.
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Posted Fri, June 1
You know you're into something good from the very first moments of the performance of this work. Steven Marrocco has a likeable, unassuming presence, like an old friend. -Mark Sterner.
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Posted Fri, June 1
Call this High School Musical: The Math Years. Of course, it remains to be seen whether music and popular melodies would have helped me catch on to calculus in high school. -Rodger Pille.
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Posted Fri, June 1
Fringe Festival entry Woof! The Road Show is described as a "musical about dogs, pancakes and sex." If only it were that interesting. -Joe McDonough.
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Posted Fri, June 1
One of the purposes of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival is to showcase young talent taking theatrical risks. That is precisely the case with iLove:. -Joe McDonough
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Posted Fri, June 1
True + False is a must-see for audiences who are delighted by intelligent engagement. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Fri, June 1
Calculus is smart and funny with geeky charm to burn. Get your tickets now, the buzz is going to be huge, and Calculus will be selling fast. -Jackie Demaline.
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Posted Fri, June 1
Playwright Brengle has produced an accomplished piece of work. -Tom McElfresh.
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Posted Fri, June 1
The excellent cast interact effortlessly, which results in much provoked thought. -Jessica Canterbury.
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Posted Fri, June 1
While ETC has done a year-end showcase annually for several seasons, this is the first time it's been offered as a Fringe production. The 70-minute compilation is worth seeing. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Fri, June 1
This is the kind of polemic piece that's perfectly and appropriately at home in a fringe festival. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Fri, June 1
If you’re seeking some occasionally entertaining acts in the vein of Cirque du Soleil, you might give this a try. If you want engaging theater, look elsewhere. -Rick Pender.
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Posted Fri, June 1
There's at least one thing we long "to do, to feel, to be" in life that we think will make our life extraordinary. Ovation Theatre Company explores these ideas. -Jessica Canterbury.
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Posted Fri, June 1
Because its premise was so intriguing, the performance of Theatrezine's The War on Weather was that much more disappointing. -Mark Sterner.
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Posted Fri, June 1
How to Fake Clinical Depression is a well-crafted tale about a Los Angeles actor who spots a Craigslist ad and seizes the day - and a shot at the guitar of his dreams. -Pamela Fisher.
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Posted Fri, June 1
With a show titled Wet Dream you're kind of expecting a version of Girls Gone Wild. What you get are Cirque-y dream sequences. -Pamela Fischer.
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Posted Fri, June 1
Mad is, in effect, a love letter the author wrote not only to her brother but to her parents. It's a touching ode to familial strength and unconditional love. -Rodger Pille.
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Posted Fri, June 1
Lusthaus (1914) is one of those inter-disciplinary performance pieces that find their natural milieu in Fringe Festivals and it delivers a nicely Fringe-y blend of sensory and intellectual exhilaration. -Tom McElfresh.
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