Check the CityBeat blog on Saturday for a first glance at the list of 30 productions that will have 150 performances onstage during the 2007 CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL (May 30-June 9). The Fringe  

Asked why he'd undertake to present Hamlet, JASON BRUFFY, Know Theatre of Cincinnati's ambitious artistic director, flashes a sly smile as he says, "If you're going to take a stab at reinvent  

Exciting news recently from ALAN PATRICK KENNY, who's performing Songs from an Unmade Bed at Know Theatre through Wednesday: NEW STAGE COLLECTIVE (NSC), his summertime project for four years, is  

It's not often that a classic theater like CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY gets to present a premiere, but this week it's pretty close to that: For the first time in the company's history, they  

DENNIS PARLATO has worked in a lot of theaters -- he's been on Broadway frequently and recently has been flying back and forth to London for the workshop of a musical based on Dr. Zhivago -- but  

Every once in a while I ask the question, "Where do plays come from?" I'd like to describe the path of PURE CONFIDENCE, presently onstage at the Cincinnati Playhouse. (See review on page 47.)   

ACE, the new musical by Cincinnati native Richard Oberacker, was presented at the Cincinnati Playhouse last fall with a cast including several graduates of UC's College-Conservatory of Music (CC  

In the imaginary town of GOMPERS, the locale for a new script from one of America's most admired young playwrights, Adam Rapp, people try to take shortcuts to make it big. Rapp does not write "  

The Cincinnati Playhouse this week announced the 2007 ALTERACTIVE series, its seventh year of performance artists and other fringe-styled acts. (See story on page 31.) Those performances are one-  

Want to celebrate New Year's Eve in an unusual location and support one of Cincinnati's more innovative theaters at the same time? You're invited to be "shaken, not stirred" at the 007 NEW Y  

For another week or so you can catch holiday productions at area theaters -- some wrap up this weekend, while a few others continue until the end of the month. Cincinnati theatergoers were cheered   

Looking for presents for your favorite theatergoer? I have a few suggestions, even if you can't afford to send her or him to New York City to see the Cincinnati Playhouse's revival of Stephen S  

If you're wondering how much the Cincinnati Playhouse's production of COMPANY changed between Eden Park and the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway, I'll tell you it's not a lot. The New York  

It's the time of year when actors have a hard time dodging around productions involving Scrooge and Santa. So the creative folks at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company have decided to embrace the who  

OK, I'll admit it: I've been a Star Trek fan since Leonard Nimoy put on his pointed ears. But my favorite character over the years has been Capt. Jean-Luc Picard as portrayed by British actor P