Of course it's the time of year when most theaters are staging holiday shows (see page 33 for a collection of these productions), but you do have other options: Most notably is the Cincinnati Sh  

In mid-October I traveled to New York City to interview Stephen Sondheim before an audience of business executives. The renowned Broadway composer and I spent an hour onstage chatting about his c  

Do you have an irrational fear? Most of us do. This weekend offers a "phobic anthology," TREPIDATION NATION, at the Cincinnati Museum Center's Reakirt Auditorium by a new assemblage of local a  

Even though the Playhouse and Ensemble Theatre were dark a week ago, I spent four consecutive evenings seeing theater. Thursday it was a tense contemporary drama, The Glory of Living by Rebecca   

Seven months ago ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI (ETC) staged one of its most memorable productions in years, Doug Wright's moving and complex I AM MY OWN WIFE, in which actor TODD ALMOND played  

British playwright HAROLD PINTER won the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature last week. For nearly 50 years, the politically outspoken writer has created works -- including The Room, The Birthday Part  

Lauren Dragon was singing with a band at Allyn's earlier this year when one of her bandmates told her about something he'd read online: Sam Andrew, an original member of Big Brother and the Ho  

When JULIE WOFFINGTON, as Nellie Forbush, sets out to "wash that man right outta my hair" in Footlighters' production of SOUTH PACIFIC, opening Thursday, she won't be using the product she ma  

If reading my column isn't enough to keep you apprised of what's onstage this season, you can pick up information first-hand on Monday when the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT) offers its a  

The African-American poet Langston Hughes created some of the most powerful poetry of the 20th century. It´s great material for actors to interpret, and that´s just what some folks wh  

Well, Dorothy, we're not in Kansas anymore. In fact, it doesn't sound much like Cincinnati either: Next spring the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) will present N*W*C: N*GGER WETB*CK CH*NK (M  

Theaters think carefully about the shows that open their seasons. Many start with a comedy or a musical. The crowds, it's assumed, might return for more or even become season subscribers. That c  

I really expect you to be at UC's Corbett Auditorium Friday evening when the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards for the 2004-05 theater season will be handed out (see story page 28). So that means  

Call us smart. Or call her talented. Perhaps both. Back in 2002, musical theater major ASHLEY BROWN was nominated for a Cincinnati Entertainment Award for her performance as the virginal Cunegon  

The word is out that Cincinnati Entertainment Award nominee AMY WARNER will be back at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival in the coming season in Richard III; her 2005 nomination came for a bre