REVIEW: The Theory of Relativity
This show has no right to be this good. It’s a young cast, a young director, and a fairly new musical. But THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY is a magical…
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CCM Freshman Showcase is a Hopeful Sign of the Times
Every year, the Freshman class of musical theatre students develops a showcase as a year-long project. They select the music, they choreograph the numbers, they write the monologues,…
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REVIEW: Jesus Christ Superstar
UC-CCM’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is a spectacle, as it should be. It’s spectacularly sung, spectacularly choreographed. It’s a visual feast and a delicious vocal buffet. I walked away…
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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: 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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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: 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: 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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REVIEW: Finding Neverland
I know this may surprise some of my more sophisticated readers, but FINDING NEVERLAND is now probably in my top five favorite musicals of all time. It might…
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