David Zlatic designed a production — scenery, lighting in
the style of film noir and a stream of well executed photographic and
video projections in moody black-and-white — that works very well, including Desmond’s mansion with a sweeping central staircase.
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Sunset Boulevard (Review)
Tale of Hollywood desperation and dementia gets a big-time patina
0 Comments · Monday, May 13, 2013
Silent Films with Live Music Make a Comeback
0 Comments · Wednesday, May 1, 2013
One national arts trend which Cincinnati
lags behind is the rediscovery of silent movies — especially the public
screening of them to live musical accompaniment.
Cock (Review)
Fighting for Love: 'Cock' at Know Theatre
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Know Theatre has opted for quality rather than quantity in its productions this season. It’s following the highly regarded When the Rain Stops Falling with its second show, Cock by Mike Bartlett, maintaining a similar high level of material and performance
Legally Blonde (Review)
Covedale's 'Legally Blonde' has the necessary snap
0 Comments · Monday, April 15, 2013
Ohmigod, you guys: The Covedale Center’s production of Legally Blonde is like, totally fabulous. A bubbly, warm, laugh-out-loud evening of theater at its cutest, Blonde is well produced and wonderfully entertaining.
The Humana Festival Formula
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Last weekend I traveled to Louisville,
Ky., for the 37th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors
Theatre. I’ve attended regularly since 1998 and thoroughly enjoyed
these doses of new, ambitiously conceived and professionally presented
works.
A City That Sings
The Cincinnati Men's Chorus boasts a fun concert, serious chops and a GLBT-supportive mission
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Take a chance on the Cincinnati Men’s Chorus this week — they’re presenting ExtrABBAganza,
a show devoted to the campy ’70s and early ’80s classics of Swedish Pop
group ABBA.
A Midsummer's Night Dream (Review)
A dream of a comedy at Cincy Shakes
0 Comments · Monday, March 25, 2013
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
is a hilarious frolic through one of Shakespeare’s most beloved
creations. A quirky, energetic reimagining, this production features all
the familiar faces.
Black Pearl Sings! (Review)
Two-person cast shines with heart and soul
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 20, 2013
In a broiling Texas summertime smack in
the middle of the Great Depression, Susannah Mullally, a song collector
from the Library of Congress, is just about to give up her day’s search
when she hears a rich, expressive voice coming from somewhere down a
prison hallway.
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
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.
