Monday Matinee 5.7.18 – This Week in Cincinnati Theatre
Happy Monday everyone! Last week I saw A GREAT WILDERNESS at Falcon Theatre; you can read my review here. Today we’ll preview a comedy at the Playhouse and…
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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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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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REVIEW: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
This week I had opportunity to see two very different productions with very different approaches to the idea of living in one’s own head. You wouldn’t think that…
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REVIEW: Erma Bombeck – At Wit’s End
I remember reading Erma Bombeck’s newspaper columns occasionally growing up. Even though I’m hardly the target demographic, I often found her quite funny. That’s sorta how I felt…
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REVIEW: All the Roads Home
ALL THE ROADS HOME is an interesting, well-acted play telling the coming of age stories of three generations of women. From the moment the gorgeous-voiced Libby Winters starts…
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REVIEW: Jane Eyre
The latest mainstage production from the Playhouse in the Park, JANE EYRE, does its best to appeal to a broad audience base. Fans of classic literature, this particular…
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REVIEW: Summerland
There’s a dazzling moment at the end of Act One of SUMMERLAND that is a truly frightening sensory experience like none other I’ve had in live theatre. Director…
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REVIEW: Little Shop of Horrors
When Cincinnati’s Playhouse in the Park announces a musical, I get excited. Sometimes they are rocking like “Low Down Dirty Blues.” Sometimes they are sweet like “Tenderly.” Sometimes…
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