Although Northern Kentucky University's Y.E.S. FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS is premised on the acronym for "year end series" (it's the 12th biennial edition), it seems like they've also said "yes" to pla  

I spent April 1-3 at the 29th annual HUMANA FESTIVAL OF NEW AMERICAN PLAYS, presented by Actors Theatre of Louisville. Six full-length plays, an "anthology" by a half-dozen playwrights and fou  

A week ago the Cincinnati Playhouse announced its 2005-2006 season; this week it's time for BROADWAY IN CINCINNATI to tell us which touring shows will stop at Downtown's Aronoff Center. There a  

Ed Stern says his 2005-2006 season at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is all about saying thanks to the Cincinnati area. The Playhouse was recognized with the 2004 Regional Theatre Tony Awa  

Want to get a step ahead of audiences for the 2005 Cincinnati Fringe Festival? (See story on page 39.) This weekend is your chance, thanks to THE PERFORMANCE GALLERY. They´re staging Georg B&  

This time of year local theaters start to tell us what they'll put onstage next season, and my colleagues at the daily papers start fussing over who gets to make the announcements first -- one of  

When D. Lynn Meyers, producing artistic director at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati (ETC), approached actor TODD ALMOND about performing the one-actor show I AM MY OWN WIFE, he thought, "Her opini  

An avalanche of Cincinnati theater crashes down on Thursday -- from Shakespeare to a world premiere at the Cincinnati Playhouse. CSF's artistic director, BRIAN ISAAC PHILLIPS, has fallen in love   

Footlighter's, Inc., one of Cincinnati's better community theaters, is staging I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, opening Feb. 17. Turns out that during the show -- it's about contemporar  

It's a rare moment when you actually have the chance to see a performance that's already won a Cincinnati Entertainment Award, since CityBeat's CEAs are usually handed out months after a show   

I've mentioned before my admiration for Cincinnati's many fine community theaters. Of course, these volunteer arts organizations exist because people enjoy the social dimension of putting on sho  

The League of Cincinnati Theatres is doing its part on behalf of the recent tsunami disaster in Asia: Look for donation boxes at participating theaters. Proceeds will be donated to UNICEF. While   

At the ripe old age of five, the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's ALTERACTIVE series runs the risk of being almost "established." But that's precisely what the award-winning theater has avoi  

Look closely at the photo I'm including with this week's column. Does it look familiar? No, it's not really William Shakespeare. The Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival is challenging you to guess   

Last week I went to Actors Theatre of Louisville to see a new production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Barbara Field. "New" is a relative term, actually, since this script has been used by The Guthrie