It doesn’t matter whether your preference at
teatime is for cake or muffins. You’ll be pleased with Cincinnati
Shakespeare’s production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest,
full of sweets and bon mots.
The Importance of Being Earnest (Review)
Wilde's “trivial comedy for serious people” stays fresh, funny
0 Comments · Monday, November 26, 2012
Diamond In The Rough
The Emery Theatre reclaims its spot in the local and national spotlight
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 20, 2012
If the historic Emery Theatre had a voice,
it was a distant echo ricocheting off of boarded-up buildings and
dissolving into the background, unheard by Cincinnati for the nine years
its doors were closed. Lately, however, the Emery is a murmur growing
louder among art enthusiasts.
An Earnest Response to a Classic Comedy
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 20, 2012
When Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest
back in 1895, he subtitled it “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People.”
That’s an apt description for a show still produced with frequency 117
years later — and as funny as ever.
May We Be Forgiven
By A.M. Homes
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Pity poor Harold Silver, the loveable protagonist in A.M. Homes’ latest and perhaps finest novel, May We Be Forgiven.
Set over the course of one nightmarish year, from one disastrous family
Thanksgiving to the next year’s “remains of the day,” Homes has cooked
up the blackest of comedies.
Bruce
By Peter Ames Carlin
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Less than a year ago, word began
circulating of a new “definitive” biography of Rock and Roll icon Bruce
Springsteen. These rumors were like manna from heaven for frustrated
Springsteen fans, who have been waiting for decades for this kind of
biography. And who could blame them?
Commercial Greats Collide at Cincinnati Art Museum
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 20, 2012
If Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Herb Ritts
could have a drink together, they’d find so much to talk about that the
drinks might just keep coming. The Cincinnati Art Museum’s total
collection of Toulouse-Lautrec prints (43) and posters (eight) fill
niches at right and left of the Great Hall balcony entrance to Herb Ritts: L.A. Style, providing that sensuous outlay of black and white photographs with an historic backdrop.
What Needs to Be Done Before FotoFocus '14
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 14, 2012
I hope the inaugural FotoFocus, which has
formally concluded although related exhibits still are up around town,
was successful by the standards of its organizers, and that they are
eager to plan for the next one in 2014.
Stand-Up Veteran Proves Clean Comedy Works
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 14, 2012
For stand-up comedy fans, few comics are
as popular as Brian Regan. Like Jim Gaffigan, Mike Birbiglia and Louis
C.K., Regan has built a large and loyal fan base without having been on a
sitcom or starring in a hit movie. Now he has a career many comics
would love.
CCM’s Kurt Response
With Kurt Weill Foundation grant and blessing, CCM builds festival celebrating innovative composer
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The 2012-2013 season has no special
significance for Kurt Weill, the German-American composer of “September
Song,” “Speak Low” and “Mack the Knife.” But it’s a landmark year for
the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).
Hank Williams: Lost Highway (Review)
Reviving America's Honky-Tonk hero
0 Comments · Monday, November 12, 2012
For a guy who spent most of
his mental energy on comic books, “Hillbilly” singer Hank Williams
surely knew how write songs that connected with people from all walks of
life.
Camille Paglia's Inclusive 'Journey Through Art'
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Long an incisive cultural critic, a
dedicated teacher and a nimble-minded writer, Camille Paglia is known
for her polarizing opinions on everything from politics (she’s voting
Green Party this year) to pop culture (she recently confessed her love
for Real Housewives of New Jersey, which she says is a more accurate depiction of the state’s residents than The Sopranos, which she hated).
Focused On The Fringe
Rosenthal brings disparate groups together through photography
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Plodding feet and murmuring voices mingle
up the gallery stairs. Students Alvin, Ben, Chad and Matt have arrived
from local community building organization Starfire and settle in front
of laptops loaded with their digital photos as another day of art
education begins at Prairie Gallery.
More Than the Sum of the Parts
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Collaboration is the byword for many
arts organizations today, especially theaters where financial support is
tough to obtain and ticket revenues are seldom enough to support the
cost of productions. By working together, economies can be achieved and,
in some cases, multiple constituencies can be activated.
Under a Red Moon (Review)
Glimpse inside a serial killer's sensitive psyche in seesaw game of cat-and-mouse
0 Comments · Monday, November 5, 2012
The “Acid Bath Killer,” as British serial killer John George Haigh came to be known, is the subject of a new play, Under a Red Moon, in a world premiere production at Covington’s Carnegie Center.
The Shot Heard 'Round the Art Museum
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 31, 2012
On Monday, Todd Pavlisko conducted his
commissioned artwork — a video piece he’s calling “Docent” — in which a
retired military sniper fired a secured high-powered rifle inside the
first floor of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
