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…Read More
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I sat there in the middle of the first act thinking to myself that either Katie Johanningman is a flipping genius or completely insane ….Read More
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…Read More
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…Read More
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…Read More
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…Read More
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…Read More
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…Read More
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….Read More
I know this may surprise some of my more sophisticated readers, but FINDING NEVERLAND is now probably in my top five favorite musicals of all…Read More