REVIEW: Ken Ludwig’s Treasure Island
Blake Robison, artistic director at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, has made a concerted effort to welcome more family’s to the Playhouse. Yes, they pack them in…
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Monday Matinee 4.23.18 – This Week in Cincinnati Theatre
This week we’re previewing both this week’s openings and a few of next year’s amazing line up of shows in Cincinnati theatre for 2018-2019’s season. We’ll run down…
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Monday Matinee 4.16.18 – This Week in Cincinnati Theatre
This year’s theatre season keeps on ticking with great shows opening and currently running. Be sure to visit Rob Bucher’s BEHIND THE CURTAIN CINCY page for shows that…
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Monday Matinee 4.9.18
Happy Monday everyone! Last week I had the pleasure of seeing both the CCM Musical Theatre showcase as well as CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Read the…
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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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