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  

When Cincinnati marks V-DAY 2005 on Feb. 13 with a reading of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, some familiar voices will be heard at a new venue, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati (1127 Vine St.,  

The Cincinnati Playhouse has more than Scrooge for the holidays (see below). PLAID TIDINGS, the seasonal version of Forever Plaid, about four geeky singers from the late '50s who return for one l  

At the 2004 CINCINNATI ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS on Nov. 22, CityBeat announced that the next CEAs in 2005 will divide the recognition program into two events, with theater awards for 2004-2005 present  

If you've enjoyed a holiday musical at ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI (ETC), you've probably been spooked by DEB GIRDLER, who typically plays the villainess. It's happening again this year with  

University theaters often provide offerings that you simply won't get to see at venues that are more dependent on ticket sales. The production of BRIGADOON happening this weekend at UC's Colle  

Every year the Cincinnati Playhouse finds an entertaining holiday show for its Shelterhouse Theatre to balance the traditional "God bless us, everyone!" offered by A Christmas Carol (starting Dec. 1  

Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati (ETC) fans are surely cheering the announced return of TODD ALMOND for the regional premiere of the one-actor, 40-character play, I AM MY OWN WIFE (March 2-20, 2005)  

If you attended last spring's Cincinnati Fringe Festival, I hope you had a chance to catch the performance by BlueForms Theatre Group, In Pursuit of Happiness. The Columbus-based performance art   

The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park has announced the establishment of the MICKEY KAPLAN NEW AMERICAN PLAY PRIZE. The first installment of the Kaplan Prize will fund the world premiere of the pr  

The byword on the local theater front this week is NEW. Let's start with the Madisonville Community Arts Center, a "new" performance facility. It's actually the former Madisonville Senior Cent  

A perfect demonstration of a flourishing theater community is when a director can find local actors to fill challenging roles; it's even more encouraging when those actors come from training prog  

Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher says, "There's something about a locked-room play. I like the idea of the pressure, and that the time of the play equals real time." Hatcher's new script, A PICASSO (in it  

Broadway in Cincinnati has announced that it's added a holiday show that's likely to be a popular choice: It's A TUNA CHRISTMAS, the sequel to Greater Tuna. The Dec. 7-12 run at the 150-seat Fi  

Theater is starting up everywhere in town (see story on page 43), and there's more in store. Not surprisingly, KNOW THEATRE TRIBE, which takes a different approach to most things, runs its season