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Vol 10, Issue 251 Sep 3-Sep 9, 2008
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Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Paying for Good Theater (09-03-08)

Fall Arts Preview: Theater Music, madness and CEA winners everywhere (08-27-08)

Hand in Hand New CEA Hall of Famers Bill Hartnett and Ellie Shepherd make beautiful theater together (08-20-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Award-Winning CEA History (08-20-08)

High Spirits Oft-produced Nunsense has its charms (08-13-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. It Came from Cincinnati (08-06-08)

Chugging Along Jersey doesn't balance West Side Story's tragedy and humor (07-23-08)

Moving On Transit Five presents musical about becoming adults (07-23-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. (07-23-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Recognizing Good Theater (07-09-08)

Survive and Prosper QCOB's Jitney brings August Wilson's play to Madisonville (06-25-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Good Theater Is Good Theater (06-25-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Tying Up the Fringe (06-11-08)

Last Chance Shows worth seeing as the 2008 Cincinnati Fringe Festival winds down (06-04-08)

Far End of the Fringe Five more shows join this week's Fringe Festival lineup (06-04-08)

On the Edge Here's the scoop on this week's Fringe Festival shows (05-28-08)

Who Loves You? The Four Seasons harmonize their way into audience's hearts (05-28-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Show Up (05-28-08)

Ready, Set, Fringe Fifth annual Cincy Fringe Festival will expand your horizons (05-21-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Sounding Off (05-14-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Can You Hear Me Now? (04-30-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Final Word (04-16-08)

These Late Eclipses King Lear is more than a one-man show (04-02-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Plays That Last (04-02-08)

Under the Same Roof August Wilson's final Play, Radio Golf, offers fresh insights into race and class at ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati (03-19-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Playhouse Announces New Season (03-19-08)

Who Do You Trust? When Doubt ends, your conversation will begin (03-12-08)

Review: Little Women CCM's Little Women has more emotion than substance (03-05-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Dramatic Expansion at ETC (03-05-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Attend the Tale (02-20-08)

A Modern Murder Dostoevsky's expansive novel is transformed into an intense psychological play (02-13-08)

Schemin' and Dreamin' Know's Topdog/Underdog is a powerful story of sibling rivalry (02-06-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. In Lynn We Trust (02-06-08)

The End Is Near CSC's classics explore choice and consequence (01-30-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. In the Know (01-23-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Young Talent Going, Staying (01-09-08)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Curtain Call 2007 (12-26-07)

Escape to OTR ETC's Frog Princess is fine family entertainment (12-19-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Striking 12 (12-19-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Margaret Ellen Jeffreys (12-12-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Liz Holt (12-05-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Here's Love (11-28-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The stagehands union strike against the League of American Theaters and Producers (11-20-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Doubt (11-14-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Musical of Musicals: The Musical! (11-07-07)

Haunted by the Past Sondheim's Follies is about old loves and new paths (11-07-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Company (10-31-07)

Bad Moon Rising NKU play explores inner and outer space (10-31-07)

Saving Souls Altar Boyz pops its way through entertaining clichés (10-24-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Caroline, or Change (10-24-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. More Fun than Bowling (10-17-07)

Life Goes On Footlighters' Ballroom is in step with its audience (10-10-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Free Night of Theater (10-10-07)

What's Your Story? The ancient tale of Gilgamesh provides insight into what makes us human (10-03-07)

Broadway Fireworks Touring production reinvents My Fair Lady (10-03-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Fat Pig (10-03-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. August Wilson (09-26-07)

In the Know, in the Groove Jay Kalagayan, Jason Bruffy and their Know Theatre partners aren't finished growing (09-19-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. I Am My Own Wife (09-19-07)

Powerful Portrait ETC opens its season with memorable Rabbit Hole (09-19-07)

Down the Rabbit Hole A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire (09-12-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Free Night of Theater (09-12-07)

Slightly Chilled Playhouse's Dracula is more amusing than amazing (09-12-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Dracula and Romeo and Juliet (09-05-07)

Start Your Theater Engines Fasten your seatbelts: The fall season is almost underway (08-29-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. 2007 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (08-29-07)

Pied Piper CEA Hall of Fame inductee Jack Louiso thrills kids and adults with live theater (08-22-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. CEA 2007 (08-22-07)

Old School Jersey's Grease could use a spark (08-22-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Hello Again (08-15-07)

Higher Plane Thrill killing is translated into a compelling musical at Know Theatre (08-15-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. 2007 CINCINNATI ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS (08-08-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. New Edgecliff Theatre (08-01-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. A Sleeping Country (07-25-07)

Classic Comedy Cincinnati Shakespeare Company visits Tuna, Texas (07-25-07)

Reproduction Jersey's The Fantasticks pays homage to a classic (07-18-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Entertainment Awards 2007 (07-18-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. CINCINNATI ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS (07-11-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Company (07-04-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Association Of Community Theatres (06-27-07)

Dreaming NKU's 'La Mancha' is above-average summer fare (06-20-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Know Theatre Of Cincinanti (06-20-07)

Dreaming NKU's La Mancha is above-average summer fare (06-13-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. 2007 Cincinnati Fringe (06-13-07)

Picking Over the Fringe Varied offerings keep alternative theatergoers coming back for more (06-06-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Showbiz Players (06-06-07)

Cincy Fringe 4.0 Clear your calendar, because there´s lots to see (05-30-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Company (05-30-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Mamma Mia (05-23-07)

Tragedy Within NET's 'Fool for Love' could be a bit less foolish (05-16-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Company (05-16-07)

Tragedy Within NET's Fool for Love could be a bit less foolish (05-09-07)

Marching Along Parade tells a true story of tragic injustice (05-09-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. In The Vise Of Evils (05-09-07)

Defining Tragedy New Stage sets high standard with Albee's 'The Goat' (05-02-07)

Eccentric ETC's 'Souvenir' portrays a singer who couldn't sing (05-02-07)

Defining Tragedy New Stage sets a high standard with Albee's The Goat (04-25-07)

Eccentric ETC's Souvenir portrays a singer who couldn't sing (04-25-07)

The Next Stage New Stage Collective offers its first theater production on Main Street (04-25-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Goat (04-25-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Y.E.S. Festival (04-18-07)

NKU says Y.E.S. to new theater Northern Kentucky University's answer to the Humana Festival in Louisville is the biennial YEAR END SERIES FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS. The first Y.E.S. Festival was launched in 1983, and below you can read commentary by CityBeat's theater reviewers to the show (04-11-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Devon Campailla (04-11-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Opus (04-04-07)

31ST HUMANA FESTIVAL OF NEW AMERICAN PLAYS (2007) ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE (03-28-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Anton In Show Business (03-28-07)

Human Comedy Cincinnati Shakespeare's 'The Cherry Orchard' a collection of wonderful characters (03-28-07)

Disharmony A string quartet struggles to make beautiful music in ETC's 'Opus' (03-21-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Cherry Orchard (03-21-07)

Disharmony A string quartet struggles to make beautiful music in ETC's Opus (03-14-07)

Wild Ride Unpredictable 'Reckless' has a zany spirit all its own (03-14-07)

Large and Small Ed Stern's 16th Playhouse season will restage hits and shrink classics (03-14-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Tuesdays With Morrie (03-14-07)

Get a Load of This Cincinnati Fringe Festival announces its 2007 lineup (03-07-07)

Cartoon Time 'All Shook Up' caricatures Elvis rather than capturing his essence (03-07-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Nathan Gabriel (03-07-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. 2007 Cincinnati Fringe Festival (02-28-07)

Bare Essentials 'Full Monty' offers caricatures rather than characters (02-28-07)

Shtick vs. Schmaltz NKU's 'Urinetown' needs to fight the urge (02-21-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Jason Bruffy (02-21-07)

Still Ticking Carson Kreitzer's 1:23 tries to understand unfathomable acts (02-14-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Alan Patrick Kenny (02-14-07)

Forces at Work Carson Kreitzer is back at the Playhouse with a play about an unthinkable subject (02-07-07)

Still Ticking Carson Kreitzer's 1:23 tries to understand unfathomable acts (02-07-07)

Twist and Shout ETC's 'Fiction' keeps audiences guessing what's real and what's dreamed up (02-07-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Winter's Tale (02-07-07)

Twist and Shout ETC's Fiction keeps audiences guessing what's real and what's dreamed up (01-31-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Dennis Parlato (01-31-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Pure Confidence (01-24-07)

Fascinatin' Pure Confidence gallops into the Playhouse (01-24-07)

Screen to Stage 12 Angry Men offers a tight ensemble of characters (01-24-07)

Screen to stage 12 Angry Men offers a tight ensemble of character actors (01-17-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Ace (01-17-07)

Dead End Know's latest production is a look at going nowhere (01-17-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Gompers (01-10-07)

Adult Content Playhouse's 'alteractive' series offers a glimpse at the inventive and innovative (01-03-07)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. 2007 Alteractive Series (01-03-07)

Been There, Done That Chita Rivera's 'life' on the Broadway stage is full of great moments (12-27-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. 007 NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY (12-27-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Holiday Productions (12-20-06)

Acting Wilde CSC brings out the humor in a classic comedy (12-13-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Best Plays Theater Yearbook (12-13-06)

In Good Company Cincinnati Playhouse production makes the grade on Broadway (12-06-06)

Holiday Send-Up Cincinnati Shakespeare shows off its comic side at Arnold's (12-06-06)

Contemporary Carol Know's holiday show uses music and dance to tell a familiar story (12-06-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Company (12-06-06)

Bright Lights Holiday Performances Will Keep You Humming (11-29-06)

Holiday Send-Up Cincinnati Shakespeare shows off its comic side at Arnold's (11-29-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Every Christmas Story Ever Told (11-29-06)

Letter Perfect Spelling Bee's adolescent humor is fresh and funny (11-21-06)

Back to Bedford Falls Playhouse offers a 'wonderful' story, well told (11-21-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Patrick Stewart (11-21-06)

Letter-perfect Spelling Bee's adolescent humor is fresh and funny (11-15-06)

Back to Bedford Falls Playhouse offers a "wonderful" story, well told (11-15-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (11-15-06)

Off-Kilter New Edgecliff's Durang(o) has some hysterical moments (11-08-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Ace (11-08-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Ashley Brown (11-01-06)

Airborne Playhouse's Ace is an old-fashioned musical (10-25-06)

Laugh a Lot Classic Monty Python routines plus Broadway parodies (10-25-06)

Airborne Playhouse's Ace is an old-fashioned musical (10-18-06)

Laugh a Lot Classic Monty Python routines plus Broadway parodies (10-18-06)

Madness and Beauty Ovation's Valhalla has a split personality (10-18-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Theater Op De Middag (10-18-06)

He Says/She Says You'll 'wanna see' Know Theatre's current production (10-18-06)

He Says/She Says You'll "wanna see" Know Theatre's current production (10-11-06)

Madness and Beauty Ovation's Valhalla has a split personality (10-11-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Derek Walcott (10-04-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Sarah Ruhl (09-27-06)

Not Enough ETC's concert version of Mack and Mabel has some missing parts (09-20-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Ovation Theatre Company (09-20-06)

Not Enough ETC's concert version of Mack and Mabel has some missing parts (09-13-06)

New Old World Piazza's light shines bright but could use focus (09-13-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Jersey Boys (09-13-06)

New Old World Piazza's light shines bright but could use a tighter focus (09-06-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Studio Series (09-06-06)

Classic Revival Brash spirit is missing from Jersey's Cabaret (09-06-06)

Now Playing Fall theater in Cincinnati features lots of tunes and some serious drama (08-30-06)

A Dream of a Show Cirque's Quidam blends aesthetic circus acts with acrobatics, music and theatricality (08-30-06)

A Dream of a Show Cirque's Quidam blends aesthetic circus acts with acrobatics, music and theatricality (08-23-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. 2006 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (08-23-06)

Summer Getaway The Book of Liz is an oddball play about getting out and fitting in (08-16-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. 2006 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (08-16-06)

An Era Exploding Ragtime portrays the clash of cultures and races (08-09-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Nicholas Korn (08-09-06)

Playing Roles Know's Last Sunday aims to shatter stereotypes (08-09-06)

Skirting the Issue Solo performer has verve for a role exploring gender identity (08-02-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Book of Liz (08-02-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Hal Scott (07-26-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. A New Take On Cinderella (07-19-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (07-12-06)

Decade of Discovery Diversity and depth are the calling cards of nominees for the 2006 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (07-05-06)

Plain Vanilla Godspell kicks off Jersey Productions' first season in Covington (07-05-06)

Stripped Down The Full Monty has amusing moments in a contrived story (07-05-06)

Plain Vanilla Godspell kicks off Jersey Productions' first season in Covington (07-05-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (07-05-06)

Stripped Down The Full Monty has amusing moments in a contrived story (06-28-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Showbiz Players (06-28-06)

Another Opening Brand-new Jersey Productions plans to draw audiences to Carnegie Center with classic musicals (06-21-06)

Creative Forces Little Women is a musical with blood and guts (06-21-06)

Creative Forces Little Women is a musical with blood and guts (06-21-06)

All My Sons New Stage Collective explores a number of themes (06-21-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. D. Lynn Meyers (06-21-06)

The Plus Side of the Equation 2006 Fringe Festival scores big (06-14-06)

Get on the Bus Fringe Festival transports audiences from comedy to serious drama (06-07-06)

Reservoir of Humor Showbiz taps into the laughs and tunes of Urinetown (06-07-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Tony Awards Live Broadcast Party (06-07-06)

On the Edge 2006 Cincinnati Fringe Festival will take you places you've never been (05-31-06)

Tight Squeeze One-woman show at Playhouse has good intention but mixed results (05-31-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Acclaims (05-31-06)

Long and Winding Road Ann Randolph comes home to Cincinnati and the Playhouse with Squeeze Box (05-24-06)

Painfully Human Jack and Jill come tumbling after (05-24-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Ashley Brown (05-24-06)

Social Drama Waiting for Lefty is a lively piece of theater history (05-17-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. In The Blood (05-17-06)

Cynicism Personified Giles Davies brings the villainous Richard III to life (05-10-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (05-10-06)

Cynicism Personified Giles Davies brings the villainous Richard III to life (05-03-06)

Bloodless Know's inaugural production at its new space needs a shot of energy (05-03-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Chess (05-03-06)

Good Karma Know Theatre's new home in Over-the-Rhine offers a one-way street to edgy performances (04-26-06)

A Walk in the Woods Wayfarer's Rest is a meditation on entropy (04-26-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Black Theatre Company (04-26-06)

A Walk in the Woods Wayfarer's Rest is a meditation on entropy (04-19-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Today In History: Musicals (04-19-06)

Stone-Cold Set in a morgue, Joe McDonough's new play is about love and treachery (04-12-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Fringe Festival (04-12-06)

Human Connection (04-05-06)

The Wave of the Future Louisville's Humana Festival shows what to expect onstage (04-05-06)

Stone-Cold Set in a morgue, McDonough's new play is about love and treachery (04-05-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Playhouse (04-05-06)

Broken World CSF's Desire is a devastating collection of shattered illusions (04-05-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Broadway Across America (03-29-06)

Where It's At Playhouse's Company is about as alive as theater can get (03-22-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Company (03-22-06)

Playing for Each Other Sondheim's Company is revived with an unusual new approach (03-15-06)

Where It's At Playhouse's Company is about as alive as theater can get (03-15-06)

Total Experience Wicked gives audiences what they want (03-15-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (03-15-06)

Total Experience Wicked gives audiences what they want (03-08-06)

All I'm Sayin' Mamet's words ricochet in NET's American Buffalo (03-08-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Gone With The Wind (03-08-06)

The Very Model CCM's Pirates of Penzance is stuffed with talent and humor (03-01-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Doubt (03-01-06)

Shades of Black Yellowman explores prejudice with powerful script and performances (02-22-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Wizard Of Oz (02-22-06)

Measure of Evil CCM presents a seldom-seen work by Shakespeare (02-15-06)

Painting Clear Pictures Getting to know three men talking in a bar (02-15-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Julius Caesar (02-15-06)

Painting Clear Pictures Getting to know three men talking in a bar (02-08-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. New Stage Collective (02-08-06)

Whole Lotta Nothing ETC's Thom Pain will infuriate and inspire audiences (02-01-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Les Belles-Soeurs (02-01-06)

Whole Lotta Nothing ETC's Thom Pain will infuriate and inspire audiences (01-25-06)

Being and Nothingness ETC's Thom Pain tries to communicate something of worth to anyone willing to listen (01-25-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Clean House (01-25-06)

Antony & Cleopatra Chris Reeder brings swift changes (01-18-06)

Pushing Boundaries Playhouse's 'alteractive' offers another season of outside-the-box performances (01-18-06)

Fearful Warfare Antony & Cleopatra needs more emotional spark (01-18-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Thom Pain (01-18-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Crimes of the Heart (01-11-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Canon Club (01-04-06)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati (12-28-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Around Cincinnati (12-21-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Expectations Of Christmas (12-14-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. A Season Of Giving (12-07-05)

No Visions of Sugarplums Local theaters are shaking off the cobwebs for holiday shows (11-30-05)

No Visions of Sugarplums Local theaters are shaking off the cobwebs for holiday shows (11-30-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Private Lives (11-30-05)

One Smart Girl CCM's Ashley Brown was born to play Belle in Broadway's Beauty and the Beast (11-23-05)

Expanding Horizons Shangri-La offers sights unseen in these parts (11-23-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Raul Esparza (11-23-05)

Expanding Horizons Shangri-La offers music never heard, sights never seen (11-16-05)

Song and Dance The Legend of Shangri-La comes to North America for the first time -- here in Cincinnati (11-16-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Trepidation Nation (11-16-05)

Dancing Feet 42nd Street captures the breathless joy of putting on a show (11-09-05)

Small World CCM opera examines a warming moment in a chilly Norwegian town (11-09-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Glory of Living (11-09-05)

Wilderness of Tigers CSF's Titus Andronicus is a classical gore-fest (11-02-05)

Broadway Reviews Rick Pender recently spent a few days in New York City. Here are is reviews of two Broadway productions he saw during his visit. (10-26-05)

Wilderness of Tigers CSF's Titus Andronicus is a classical gore-fest (10-26-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Todd Almond (10-26-05)

The Museum of the Future CAM wants the public to tell them what will work for them (10-19-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Harold Pinter (10-19-05)

Angels in Newport Falcon Theatre takes on a challenging play from the 1990s (10-12-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Lauren Dragon (10-12-05)

Nothing Left to Lose Playhouse invokes the sprit and soul of Janis Joplin (10-05-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. South Pacific (10-05-05)

Stalwart Joan The Lark is intriguing for its history and its ideas (09-28-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. CURTAIN UP (09-28-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. A Dream Deferred (09-21-05)

Palpable Yearning ETC's Intimate Apparel is the story of a strong but lonely woman (09-14-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. N*W*C: N*GGER WETB*CK CH*NK (09-14-05)

The Dish Barresi's (09-14-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park (09-07-05)

Getting it Done These are the local arts people who do more than talk (08-31-05)

A Tuneful Fall Lots of musicals onstage this fall -- plus a mix of classics and new work (08-31-05)

News on Public Radio WVXU has more news and talk, WGUC is all tunes and WNKU hires familiar voices (08-24-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. New Stage Collective (08-24-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Ashley Brown (08-17-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Amy Warner (08-10-05)

The Art of Making Art Two theater productions mine messages from the creative process (08-03-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. New Edgecliff Theatre (08-03-05)

Lip Service Ovation's Water Children covers too much ground for a short play (07-27-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. 2005 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (07-27-05)

Breaking Through the Night Margaret Garner premiere grips opera audiences (07-20-05)

Beautiful Dreamers Dreampuffs explores war, love and sex from a woman's point of view (07-20-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Jason Bruffy (07-20-05)

Opening the Door Kenny Leon stages Cincinnati Opera's ambitious Margaret Garner and invites everyone in

(07-13-05)

A New Stage On its own for the first time in nine years, 2005 CEA nominees for theater are announced (07-13-05)

Breaking Through the Night Margaret Garner premiere grips opera audiences (07-13-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Jerry Handorf (07-13-05)

That's the Ticket Summer's the time to sample adventurous theater (07-06-05)

Bridging the Gulf Miss Daisy needs more vitality to bring it to life (07-06-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Actors Theatre of Louisville (07-06-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. OCTAFEST (06-29-05)

A Sense of Community Local amateur theaters come together to show off their best work this weekend (06-22-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Abracadabra (06-22-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Fringe Festival (06-15-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Underpants (06-08-05)

What a Rush Fringe Festival brings back edgy performance art for a second year (06-01-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Tony Awards Live Broadcast (06-01-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. NOISES OFF (05-25-05)

Truth and Illusion CSF's Virginia Woolf exudes a powerful humanity thanks to Cromer and Warner (05-11-05)

No Easy Way Out Know Theatre's Good Boys explores the aftermath of a school shooting (05-11-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Madisonville Community Arts Center (05-11-05)

Green Gables is charming Cincinnati team's sweet musical tale of adolescence gets a professional production in Dayton (05-04-05)

Truth and Illusion CSF's Virginia Woolf exudes a powerful humanity thanks to Cromer and Warner (05-04-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (05-04-05)

Heads Up Playhouse's Crowns makes hats a metaphor for pride (05-04-05)

Big Bamboozala CMT's Chicago gets away with murder (05-04-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Elizabeth I. (04-27-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. While We Were Bowling (04-20-05)

Gas Attack Playhouse show drops its drawers and the laughs follow (04-13-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Y.E.S. FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS (04-13-05)

Seven plays (or more) in three days Actors Theatre of Louisville presents the 29th Humana Festival (04-06-05)

Good-Time Concert Little Shop is pretty dumb, but it's got the tunes (04-06-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Humana Festival of New American Plays (04-06-05)

Merry War CSF's Much Ado has a winning chemistry (03-30-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. BROADWAY IN CINCINNATI (03-30-05)

Buried Emotions Playhouse's Retreat details the death of a marriage (03-23-05)

Big Message Big River is about tolerance and communication (03-23-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is all about saying thanks. (03-23-05)

The Leading Edge Cincinnati Fringe Festival sets lineup and venues for its second year (03-16-05)

The Wrong Train Playhouse production of Retreat from Moscow explores the disintegration of a marriage (03-16-05)

Big Message Big River is about tolerance and communication (03-16-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The Performance Gallery (03-16-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival (03-09-05)

Either Sadness or Euphoria Movin' Out choreographs the heart of a generation (03-02-05)

Beginnings and Endings CCM stages Sondheim's infrequently offered Merrily We Roll Along (03-02-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. I Am My Own Wife (03-02-05)

Recipe for Good: Person of the Year Jean-Robert de Cavel combines business savvy with an urban sensibility and a desire to give back to his new hometown (02-23-05)

Defying Gravity CCM musical theater grads are all over Broadway and other New York stages (02-23-05)

Sadness or Euphoria Movin' Out choreographs the heart of a generation (02-23-05)

Angela Gaylor: Dreams Come True Dayton performer keeps a grip on her Midwestern roots (02-23-05)

Sassy, spicy maybe a bit wicked CCM prepared her to be tough and know who she is (02-23-05)

Seven Shows in Four Days: February 2005 Musicals, dramas and lots of entertainment (02-23-05)

Tilt-A-Whirl Playhouse's Leap fathoms loss (02-23-05)

Sound and Fury CSF's Troilus shouts, blusters and confuses (02-23-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Troilus & Cressida (02-16-05)

A Kiss By Any Other Name As love turns onstage (02-09-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (02-09-05)

Remember This Human Race's The Drawer Boy is a moving story about friendship and caring (02-02-05)

Try This One On Playhouse's Bad Dates is amusing, if not entirely convincing (02-02-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Shirley Valentine (02-02-05)

Second Chances Premieres are exciting, but Cincinnati theaters also give plays important follow-up productions (01-26-05)

Try This One On Playhouse's Bad Dates is amusing, if not entirely convincing (01-26-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati's many fine community theaters (01-26-05)

Child Labor Oliver! runs on the energy of kids' performances (01-19-05)

Leap of Faith Late Nite jogs memories of Catholic school (01-19-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. League of Cincinnati Theatres: Tsunami Relief (01-19-05)

Killing Time Know Theatre's stunning Streamers is a timeless drama of power, conflict and misunderstanding (01-12-05)

Child Labor Oliver! runs on the energy of kids' performances (01-12-05)

Leap of Faith Late Nite Catechism jogs memories of Catholic school (01-12-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Alteractive (01-12-05)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Impersonating Shakespeare (01-05-05)

Evocative & Provocative Theaters got under our skin during 2004 (12-29-04)

Knowing Better Theatre Tribe starts 2005 with a new tactic and a 1976 show about men in a war zone (12-29-04)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. A Christmas Carol (12-22-04)

Fine Tuning Christmas Holidays with the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati

(12-22-04)

Three Sisters, Mississippi-style Dayton production features recent CEA winner (12-15-04)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. V-Day 2005 (12-15-04)

More than a canned treat: A Tuna Christmas Holiday comedy is packed with funny characters (12-08-04)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Scrooge for the holidays (12-08-04)

Lots of Victims Miss Saigon could sound better (12-01-04)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (12-01-04)

Lots of victims Miss Saigon could sound better (11-24-04)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Sleeping Beauty

(11-24-04)

Fine Tuning Carolfest

(11-24-04)

Yin and Yang Ed Stern and Buzz Ward have a partnership that's fostered great theater in Eden Park ... and all over town (11-17-04)

Serious Humor Plaid Tidings is a winner for the holidays (11-17-04)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. Brigadoon (11-17-04)

Fits to a T (Imagining an arts renaissance) (11-10-04)

CityBeaters The Ups and Downs of "Alternative" Work (11-10-04)

Grow Up Musical about innocence and maturity has charm, but doesn't quite work (11-10-04)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. An Entertaining Holiday Show (11-10-04)

Fine Tuning Mozart's LE NOZZE DE FIGARO (11-10-04)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The return of Todd Almond (11-03-04)

Painful Humanity Miller classic All My Sons is powerful and unsettling (10-27-04)

The Real Deal LuPone is the genuine Broadway article (10-27-04)

Curtain Call: Theaters, Actors, Etc. The BlueForms Theatre Group returns (10-27-04)

The Real Deal Patti LuPone brings a genuine Broadway performance to the Aronoff (10-20-04)