I’m Feeling Fringe-y
I’m staring out my picturesque window at the downtown cityscape of Cincinnati, thinking about the next two weeks and how much time I’m…
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REVIEW: Erma Bombeck – At Wit’s End
I remember reading Erma Bombeck’s newspaper columns occasionally growing up. Even though I’m hardly the target demographic, I often found her quite funny….
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REVIEW: Master Harold and the Boys
MASTER HAROLD …AND THE BOYS, the closing show of Falcon Theatre’s season, is one of those pieces that looks simple to execute. There’s…
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REVIEW: Beautiful
This is what MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL should have been. Carole King’s story, humbly told in BEAUTIFUL – THE CAROLE KING STORY, is one…
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REVIEW: On Golden Pond
ON GOLDEN POND is a sweet play about growing old. There’s nothing flashy about it. There’s a little bit of drama, just a…
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REVIEW: Bloomsday
At intermission, a woman I know was sitting in front of me. She turned and asked if I could explain Steven Dietz’s BLOOMSDAY…
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REVIEW: Matilda the Musical
I guess I’ve been in social services too long but I just don’t find child abuse all that funny. And MATILDA THE MUSICAL is…
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REVIEW: Children of Eden
I told him after the show that this show was “Vincetacular.” And I meant it as high praise. You see, director Vince DeGeorge…
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REVIEW: A Raisin in the Sun
There’s a moment in Act Two of Lorraine Hansberry’s A RAISIN IN THE SUN where 10-year-old Travis gives his grandmother, Lena, a gardening…
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REVIEW: All the Roads Home
ALL THE ROADS HOME is an interesting, well-acted play telling the coming of age stories of three generations of women. From the moment…
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