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 has a masterful way of…
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REVIEW: Mack and Mabel
The plethora of empty seats at last night’s opening of MACK AND MABEL probably reinforces the notion that certain titles sell – and others do not. Thankfully UC-CCM…
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REVIEW: Something Rotten
SOMETHING ROTTEN is the best touring show to come through Cincinnati in some time. That’s a bold statement, I realize, but it has everything necessary for a great…
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Moveable Feast – What a Treat!
I attended this year’s Moveable Feast event at CCM and had a terrific time. The audience was treated to a special performance by Christy Altomare as she prepares…
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REVIEW: Little Shop of Horrors
When Cincinnati’s Playhouse in the Park announces a musical, I get excited. Sometimes they are rocking like “Low Down Dirty Blues.” Sometimes they are sweet like “Tenderly.” Sometimes…
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REVIEW: First Date
If you were to read the script for FIRST DATE without hearing the music or seeing it staged, you would probably not like it very much. While there…
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REVIEW: 42nd Street
Pure unadulterated joy. That’s what a good tap dancing show gives to me. And this is a very good tap dancing show. 42ND STREET is a show about…
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REVIEW: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER is a spunky little musical, a Tony winner for Best Musical, and an entertaining diversion this week at the Aronoff Center. …
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REVIEW: Cinderella After Ever After
Ensemble Theatre’s holiday offering is a like a big, creamy wedge of cheese. But the delicious kind; like a smooth mild cheddar. Not sharp. No holes, like in…
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REVIEW: Phantom of the Opera
The Andrew Lloyd Weber spectacular is playing now at the Aronoff Center. Seeing THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is a theatre rite-of-passage, though it’s interesting how many folks…
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