It's that time of year when Cincinnati's theaters start doing the season announcement dance. I'm glad to share information with you, but I avoid the big splash that the daily papers seem to th  

Perhaps after watching the Academy Awards you're wondering how screenplays actually get written. ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI (ETC) is offering a comic version of how one of the greatest movie  

How about a column of rumor mongering? Let's start with shows you might see in Cincinnati next season. A 24-city tour has been announced for DOUBT, the 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner (it also earned  

The familiar story of THE WIZARD OF OZ will come to life onstage this weekend in a production by CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF CINCINNATI. It's directed by Jack Louiso, who will be honored by the Ohio Arts  

If Shakespeare is your guy, you have a good week in store. Let's start with the CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, which is offering one of the best known plays by the Elizabethan writer, JULIUS   

NEW STAGE COLLECTIVE (NSC) has announced its fourth summer season, offering 50 performances of five productions between April and late August. The energetic young group is off to an early start   

There's a lot of stamping going on in Northside. Let me clarify that: It's a play in which trading stamps play a central role. Cincinnati theater veteran DALE HODGES is producing Michel Tremblay  

The Pulitzer Prize for drama is probably the best known recognition that a work for theater can win: While Sarah Ruhl's script, THE CLEAN HOUSE, didn't win it in 2005, it was one of two finali  

Next week ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI (ETC) opens a three-week run of Will Eno's Thom Pain (based on nothing), a marvelous one-man show that was an Off-Broadway hit in New York City throughou  

In December 2004, Cincinnati actress Corinne Mohlenhoff was in a production of Crimes of the Heart at Dayton's Human Race Theatre, working with actress JENNIFER JOPLIN. Joplin hadn't performed  

I suspect a lot of you are Shakespeare fans. If so, you can take your fandom to a higher level by joining the CANON CLUB, a discussion group sponsored by the Mercantile Library (414 Walnut St., D  

The 2005 CINCINNATI ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS on Aug. 26 offered firm evidence of Cincinnati's strong theater scene. In the ninth year of the CEAs, CityBeat separated the theatrical and musical cele  

Although a few theaters continue presenting shows (for two recommendations look below), you might be sticking closer to home for the holiday this weekend. So let me recommend some spoken word pe  

If you're looking for an event that will put you in the holiday spirit and support a worthy cause (Tender Mercies in Over-the-Rhine), you should stop by Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati on Monday   

If all those good feelings evoked by holiday shows have made you feel generous, the LEAGUE OF CINCINNATI THEATRES is ready to oblige you with its annual event, A SEASON OF GIVING. Many theaters o