REVIEW: Our Country’s Good
One of the difficulties of staging plays in an college-level acting program like UC-CCM is making sure that the students are getting a chance to learn their craft…
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The Pat and Julie Show Delights Again
A few things you can always expect from Patricia Linhart’s faculty recital: an edible treat, a gorgeous gown, and a rollicking good time. Even through the snowpocalypse this…
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REVIEW: The Turn of the Screw
I am certainly not an opera afficiando; but I have seen a whole lot of theatre in my time. I don’t understand the nuance of the art form…
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REVIEW: Godspell
I sat there in the middle of the first act thinking to myself that either Katie Johanningman is a flipping genius or completely insane . . . but…
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REVIEW: Eurydice
Sarah Ruhl is a playwright with a particular style; she tells stories in unconventional ways with specific devices that either work well or become a burden on the…
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I Needed That: CCM’s Birthday Cabaret
The Sappy Critic started several years ago as a place for me to write about theatre. It has remained a blog (a fact that is disdainfully pointed out…
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Monday Matinee 5.14.18 – This Week in Cincinnati Theatre
As the season continues to wind down (and as we anticipate the annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival), today we’ll focus on Cincinnati Shakespeare’s final production of the spring and…
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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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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: 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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