REVIEW: School of Rock
SCHOOL OF ROCK has a great gimmick. It’s based on a popular film and has enough cliched feel good moments to please a crowd, especially the crowd I…
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REVIEW: Buried Child
If you’ve not seen BURIED CHILD and haven’t read any spoilers, let me bring you up to speed. It is indeed about – at least partially – a…
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REVIEW: Madagascar – A Musical Adventure
I’m still humming “I want to move it, move it” a day after. And I’m still smiling. Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati is currently presenting MADAGASCAR: A Musical Adventure…
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CMT/CAA Produces Unique “Love is Love”
I attended the opening night performance of LOVE IS LOVE a cabaret of love songs from Broadway produced by Cincinnati Music Theatre in conjunction with the Cincinnati Arts…
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REVIEW: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Long before HAMILTON became a Broadway phenomenon, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON set a story of early American history to modern music. It’s rock score, absurdist humor, and several…
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REVIEW: The Pillowman
Martin McDonagh, the playwright of THE PILLOWMAN, is a twisted individual. All of his plays seem to have a preoccupation with murder and violence; this one is especially…
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REVIEW: Million Dollar Quartet
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, full of crowd-pleasing music opened at the Playhouse last Thursday. It will run until Sunday, February 18th. Fans of the music will likely get a…
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REVIEW: The Humans
I think I liked THE HUMANS. I know I liked the humans in THE HUMANS. But Stephen Karam’s script is so nuanced, so subtle that I can see…
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REVIEW: Waitress
I’m torn; on one hand, I really liked WAITRESS as a musical. It’s structured well, it’s got complicated characters, tricky moral problems, and an interesting score. On the…
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REVIEW: A Christmas Story – The Musical!
Talk about a crowd-pleaser. A CHRISTMAS STORY – THE MUSICAL, which has a week-long run at the Aronoff Center, brought out the masses who reacted to literally every…
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