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…
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REVIEW: The Rocky Horror Show
It’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,…
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REVIEW: 42nd Street
The 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…
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REVIEW: Once on This Island
I 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…
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REVIEW: Fun Home
It’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…
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REVIEW: Yeast Nation
When 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…
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“Company” Comes Full Circle at Xavier University
Xavier 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…
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CCM Seniors Shine in Showcase
At 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…
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CCM’s “HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME” Caps Off a Long Legacy
CCM’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.”…
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REVIEW: In the Heights
There’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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