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…
Read MoreWhen 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThis post has been sitting in my to-do que for too long. I struggle with shows like Oscar Wilde’s LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN and have a hard time finding…
Read MoreWhen 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…
Read MoreLast Friday, I was lucky to be invited to a special performance at CCM of an independent study project by graduating senior Zack Triska, directed by Vincent DeGeorge. Triska has…
Read MoreI love new works; CCM’s Transmigration is a fantastic festival of new plays created by the students in CCM’s Acting program each year. This year I was only…
Read MoreAt 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…
Read MoreOne 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreI 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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