REVIEW: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The thing about Tennessee Williams plays is that he provides so much opportunity to over-do it, to take things to such a heightened emotional place that one runs…
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MONDAY MATINEE: This Week in Cincinnati Theatre – April 2, 2018
I’m excited that with a recent job change I should have more time to write. That means the return of the Monday Matinee, highlighting the goings on in…
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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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REVIEW: Sooner/Later
I love that Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is committed to producing new plays. Artistic Director Blake Robison (and Ed Stern before him) allow for new voices, new…
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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: Red Velvet
RED VELVET is the story of Ira Aldridge, the first African-American to play Othello in the 1800’s, who faced discrimination at every turn. This long, two-hour-and-twenty-minute production recounts…
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REVIEW: Transmigration 2018
The 10th Anniversary for TRANSMIGRATION at CCM featured a variety of theatrical experiences, including one of the most powerful and smart plays I’ve seen in some time. Every…
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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: 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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