REVIEW: The Secret Garden
When this CCM season was announced, there was one show that made me groan under my breath. THE SECRET GARDEN, while a pleasant story with a soaring score and…
Read MoreWhen this CCM season was announced, there was one show that made me groan under my breath. THE SECRET GARDEN, while a pleasant story with a soaring score and…
Read MoreIt’s always anxiety producing when a musical that is beloved and tweak it for modern audiences – even when the source material, while “classic” is not very good,…
Read MoreThe University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music’s Musical Theatre program has produced one of my favorite old-school musicals, 42ND STREET, this weekend. Full of big, brassy songs and…
Read MoreI love love love love love love love love love this production. I will be honest; I had some trepidation about seeing it because my first Broadway show…
Read MoreIt’s about time. When this show won its Tony Award for Best Musical in 2016, I knew it was one that Ensemble Theatre would try to produce as…
Read MoreWhen I first heard that CCM was producing a show called YEAST NATION, set in 30 Billion B.C., about a bunch of cells . . . well, honestly…
Read MoreXavier University’s Theatre Department will open COMPANY by Stephen Sondheim next Friday. The show, has a couple of Cincinnati connections. In 2007, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park won…
Read MoreAt the end of every year – at least for the last 30+ – the CCM senior class has presented a showcase to agents in New York. And…
Read MoreCCM’s latest mainstage production – the last to be directed by Aubrey Berg as the chair of the musical theatre program – is “THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME.”…
Read MoreThere’s nothing wrong with the Playhouse’s production of IN THE HEIGHTS. The production is actually quite good, but I’m not fond of the show itself. So, I’m not…
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