I like to report annually about how our local theater scene stacks up against what's playing on stages around the country, as reported by American Theatre magazine. The most frequently produced   

If you're a fan of musicals, you need to see THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS: THE MUSICAL! at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, opening Thursday. In about 90 minutes, four actors present parodies of  

If you're a fan of Stephen Sondheim, this is a week to celebrate. The great composer-lyricist was recognized last spring by our Fine Arts Fund for his many contributions to Cincinnati's local t  

Fasten your theatrical seatbelt. This week will be a wild ride with new productions all over town, many being staged for the first time in Cincinnati. At the top of my list is the 2004 musical, C  

If you want to demonstrate to some doubter that Cincinnati has a remarkable theater scene, the appropriate week has arrived -- seven productions will open during a three-day period. On Wednesday,  

The League of Cincinnati Theatre's local promotion of a FREE NIGHT OF THEATER, first written about locally in this column a year ago, is a hands-down success. Part of a national program started   

Hardly a day goes by that we don't read that Americans (or Ohioans or Cincinnatians) are overweight. It's not only an issue of health; it's also a societal obsession. So it should come as no s  

I've commented more than once that African-American playwright AUGUST WILSON has been too long ignored in Cincinnati. That's changing with a near avalanche of works by Wilson, who died of liver  

It's a good week for theatergoers in other cities thanks to Cincinnati's vibrant theater scene. Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati's 2005 staging of I AM MY OWN WIFE is being reincarnated for its   

In a Curtain Column in October 2006, I asked, "Wouldn't a FREE NIGHT OF THEATER be a great thing?" I was referencing a program that started in three cities in 2005 organized by Theatre Communi  

Several Cincinnati theaters come back to life this week with openings at the Cincinnati Playhouse (Dracula; see To Do and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Romeo and Juliet; see To Do pick. But KNO  

The Aug. 27 presentation of the 2007 CINCINNATI ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS made some interesting points about the past theater season. A year ago Cincinnati Playhouse earned a wheelbarrow of recognition   

If you care about local theater -- or simply want to know more -- you need to show up at Patricia Corbett Theater at UC's College-Conservatory of Music on Monday at 8 p.m. for the 11th annual CI  

New Stage Collective (NSC) planned to present Michael John LaChiusa's HELLO AGAIN this month. Following differences over budget and artistic process, director Andrew Lazarow and most of the cast  

The voting is over for the 2007 CINCINNATI ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS, and it appears that more people have voiced their opinions about local theater productions and individual performers than in any p