Silent Films with Live Music Make a Comeback
Sunset Boulevard (Review)
Tale of Hollywood desperation and dementia gets a big-time patina
Measure for Measure (Review)
Cincy Shakes presents strange brew of drama, comedy
Double Indemnity (Review)
Cincinnati Playhouse production is playful, thrilling
Sister Act (Review)
Talent of touring cast provides a night of fun
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Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some) (Review)
OMG, it’s a BHC*
0 Comments · Monday, December 17, 2012
Starting in 2006, Cincy Shakes offered this raucous
run-down of holiday tales, movies, TV specials and tunes at the
courtyard at Arnold’s Bar & Grill downtown. This year it’s moved to CSC’s mainstage at 719 Race St., and tickets
have been selling like candy canes.
Cinderella (Review)
Glitter and glitz abound in Covedale's holiday fairytale
0 Comments · Tuesday, December 11, 2012
It might not have occurred to you that Cinderella
is a fairytale for the holidays, but at the Covedale Center they’ve made
it into a cheerful family-friendly extravaganza, decked out with
tinsel, glitter, snow, a midwinter ball and Christmas caroling.
Auggie Smith Talks "The Man," Marriage and More
0 Comments · Wednesday, December 5, 2012
With the re-election of Barack Obama last
month, many people who were closely following politics and current
events reached a burnout point the day after the election. Comedian Auggie Smith reached that stage almost a full year earlier.
The Naughty List (Review)
Know Theatre, OTR Improv combine for offbeat comedy tale
0 Comments · Tuesday, December 4, 2012
It’s good to have Know’s
offbeat perspective available as a choice for holiday entertainment in
the form of the energetic players of OTR Improv.
Jersey Boys (Review)
1 Comment · Saturday, December 1, 2012
Jersey Boys was a hit at the Aronoff in 2008, and Broadway Series subscribers have been asking for a return visit since then, with good reason.
Alice in Wonderland (Review)
Ensemble Theatre offers a colorful, energetic take on classic tale
0 Comments · Friday, November 30, 2012
Alice in Wonderland works best when treated as an
ensemble show, rather than a show about a dreamy little girl meeting a
cast of supporting characters. This show does exactly that.
The Importance of Being Earnest (Review)
Wilde's “trivial comedy for serious people” stays fresh, funny
0 Comments · Monday, November 26, 2012
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.
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.
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.
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.
Romeo and Juliet (Review)
CSC adds 21st century overlay to Shakespearean classic
0 Comments · Monday, October 29, 2012
Staged by Brian Isaac Phillips, CSC’s artistic director, this production has been modernized. The inhabitants of “fair Verona” wear contemporary clothes, and their entertainment and behavior has
Titus Andronicus (Review)
Violence and Steampunk style unite for bloody Shakespeare work
0 Comments · Monday, October 29, 2012
Director Jeremy Dubin has provided a different sort of filter for this interpretation of Titus Andronicus,
that of the sci-fi genre of “Steampunk,” which presumes that the
Victorian ingenuity of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells in the 19th century
extended its steam-driven, mechanical technology prevailed in the 20th
and 21st centuries.
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Brighton Beach Memoirs (Review)
Playhouse's first Neil Simon staging is honest, heartfelt
0 Comments · Monday, October 22, 2012
It’s
surprising that one of the most frequently produced and honored
playwrights of the 20th century hasn’t previously had one of his works
staged at our award-winning regional theater, but it’s almost worth the
wait given the current staging of Neil Simon’s 1983 Tony Award winner, Brighton Beach Memoirs.
I Do! I Do! (Review)
Fifty years of marriage onstage at Covedale
0 Comments · Monday, October 22, 2012
The folks who run Cincinnati Landmark Productions know their audience:
This is the kind of warm-hearted, old-fashioned show that appeals to
their subscribers. But I Do! I Do! has really become a history lesson more than a romantic voyage.
Blue Man Group (Review)
Now say "Blue Man" — Ready Go!
1 Comment · Friday, October 19, 2012
Drawing comparisons is a futile way to describe Blue Man Group.
It’s a unique form of entertainment that
includes music, electronica, childish gross-outs and silliness that owes a lot to the
physicality Three Stooges and the silent slapstick of Harpo Marx.
