Playwright
Horton Foote, who died in 2009 at the age of 92, is making a long overdue debut
at the Cincinnati Playhouse with The Trip
to Bountiful.
The Trip to Bountiful (Review)
Playhouse debut is a deeply heartfelt story about home
0 Comments · Monday, March 18, 2013
Artists at Home
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Conversation between Pam Korte, maker of pots; her husband, Richard
Hague, maker of poems; Terri Kern, sculptor; and her husband, David
Umbenhour, printmaker, brought forth the question: Why not a show of
work by couples, focusing on interaction of ideas and mutual reliance
and support?
Play On
Catacoustic Consort, concert:nova and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company collaborate on a Bard-inspired performance
0 Comments · Tuesday, March 12, 2013
William Shakespeare’s drama and poetry
resonate far beyond the theater. Music plays a vital role in his plays
and his works continue to inspire compositions in all genres of music,
from song to symphony to sampling.
The Language You Cry In
0 Comments · Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Playwright Frank Higgins began his
writing career as a poet, so he pays careful attention to the way he
puts words together. After some time working at poetry, he felt that his
best pieces were stories about people.
The Vagina Dialogues
1 Comment · Wednesday, March 6, 2013
The vagina: About half of Americans have one and a good deal more Americans than that actually came out of one...This sex organ is the center of medical,
legislative, domestic and sexual conflict, and yet we can’t look at it
or talk about it objectively.
Where Art Meets Construction
How Mark Dejong renewed a dilapidated $5,000 Camp Washington house
1 Comment · Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Mark Dejong bought a
turn-of-the-century building four houses down from the warehouse in
which he lives in late December 2011 for a mere $5,000 — an opportunity
he couldn’t pass up.
Upcoming CAC Performances Define Musical Progressivism
0 Comments · Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Contemporary Arts Center is so
excited about a performance piece that musician Jace Clayton will be
doing there in April that it’s bringing him here earlier — Friday — as
an advance introduction to Cincinnati.
Threepenny Opera (Review)
CCM shines with historical tale of corruption, greed
0 Comments · Friday, March 1, 2013
This
CCM production is an engaging if sordid recreation of the creators’
intentions, a bravura performance that serves as a reminder of how
theater can provide sharp social commentary. Bravo to Guarino and her
student cast for this memorable production.
Creative Takeofff
Contemporary Arts Center brings Barcelona-based culture fest back to Cincinnati
0 Comments · Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Cincinnati will be a hot spot on the
international creative scene March 6 thanks to the Contemporary Arts
Center’s efforts to bring the world-famous creative conference, OFFF,
back to the city for round two (OFFF first made a Cincinnati stop in
2011).
New Vistas
0 Comments · Tuesday, February 26, 2013
This week marks the opening Actors
Theatre of Louisville’s 37th annual Humana Festival of New American
Plays. First up is Meredith McDonough’s The Delling Shore, about
two rival authors and their daughters, a work in which words become
weapons.
Anything Goes for Bawdy Comic Amy Schumer
0 Comments · Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Big things are happening for comedian Amy Schumer. The talented comic, most widely known for her run on Last Comic Standing and the roasts of both Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr, is about to debut her own sketch comedy show called Inside Amy Schumer
VisuaLingual's Cincinnati-centric Products Garner National Attention
0 Comments · Tuesday, February 26, 2013
It was the ever-evolving OTR landscape of empty lots and abandoned Italianate buildings that inspired Michael Stout to create what is arguably VisuaLingual’s most recognizable product — muslin vegetation bundles called “Seed Bombs.”
Million Dollar Quartet (Review)
Great balls of fire!
0 Comments · Wednesday, February 20, 2013
If you're a fan of the early days of Rock & Roll, you'll be in heaven if you go to see the touring production of Million Dollar Quartet. It's really more of a concert
with dead-on impersonations of Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny
Cash and Elvis Presley than a traditional Broadway show.
Epic Theater
CCM takes on Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's acclaimed dark comedy
0 Comments · Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Premiered in Berlin in 1928, The Threepenny Opera
is an iconic work, the creation of composer Kurt Weill and
poet/dramatist Bertolt Brecht, and opens a two-weekend run at CCM as
part of its Kurt Weill festival, sponsored by the Kurt Weill Foundation
for Music, Inc.
European Real Estate Nets Millions for CAM
0 Comments · Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Heiress Marjorie Schiele studied and
practiced art and befriended early-to-mid 20th century European
avant-gardists. She also, later in life (she died at age 95 in 2008),
decided to leave her estate to the Cincinnati Art Museum.
