The Covington home of artist Jeremy
Johnson is a frozen menagerie. Hollow skulls cast a shade of the macabre on
the dining room-turned-dissection studio.
Frozen Menagerie
Jeremy Johnson explores the scientific art of dissection and taxidermy
1 Comment · Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Artist's Rebirth Starts With the Undead
1 Comment · Tuesday, October 30, 2012
What’s a nice girl like Emily Brandehoff doing making gory paintings like this? Young sweethearts look as if they’re from Our Town,
except they’re chewing one another to a pulp.
Romeo and Juliet (Review)
CSC adds 21st century overlay to Shakespearean classic
0 Comments · Monday, October 29, 2012
Staged by Brian Isaac Phillips, CSC’s artistic director, this production has been modernized. The inhabitants of “fair Verona” wear contemporary clothes, and their entertainment and behavior has
Titus Andronicus (Review)
Violence and Steampunk style unite for bloody Shakespeare work
0 Comments · Monday, October 29, 2012
Director Jeremy Dubin has provided a different sort of filter for this interpretation of Titus Andronicus,
that of the sci-fi genre of “Steampunk,” which presumes that the
Victorian ingenuity of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells in the 19th century
extended its steam-driven, mechanical technology prevailed in the 20th
and 21st centuries.
Big-Picture Thinking at Know Theatre
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 24, 2012
When Know Theatre of Cincinnati was
launched in 1997, it was an itinerant theater company. In fact, it was
called the “Know Theatre Tribe” and its shows, touring productions and
readings directed by founder Jay Kalagayan, were presented at bookstores
and art galleries around town.
Exhale Transforms Emery Theatre into Haunted House of Dance
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Let’s cut to the chase: Dead Can Dance
is no ordinary dance show. True to form, Cincinnati-based Exhale Dance
Tribe pushes a range of artistic and stylistic boundaries in this
single-evening production.
Ready For Takeoff
Northside International Airport is a one-stop neighborhood shop for art, eats and retail
0 Comments · Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Nestled between Black Plastic Records and
Styles of Essence, 4029 Hamilton Ave. is a modest building with a sign
reading, “Northside International Airport” adorning the storefront. The
name itself coupled with the chalkboard outside advertising tacos is
enough to pique the interest of passersby.
Star Power Gleams at The Taft
0 Comments · Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Why are Hollywood glamour photographs on
display at the Taft Museum of Art? FotoFocus isn’t reason enough; the
Taft likes to establish a tie between the renowned permanent collection
and temporary exhibitions. So what is Myrna Loy doing here?
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Brighton Beach Memoirs (Review)
Playhouse's first Neil Simon staging is honest, heartfelt
0 Comments · Monday, October 22, 2012
It’s
surprising that one of the most frequently produced and honored
playwrights of the 20th century hasn’t previously had one of his works
staged at our award-winning regional theater, but it’s almost worth the
wait given the current staging of Neil Simon’s 1983 Tony Award winner, Brighton Beach Memoirs.
I Do! I Do! (Review)
Fifty years of marriage onstage at Covedale
0 Comments · Monday, October 22, 2012
The folks who run Cincinnati Landmark Productions know their audience:
This is the kind of warm-hearted, old-fashioned show that appeals to
their subscribers. But I Do! I Do! has really become a history lesson more than a romantic voyage.
Blue Man Group (Review)
Now say "Blue Man" — Ready Go!
1 Comment · Friday, October 19, 2012
Drawing comparisons is a futile way to describe Blue Man Group.
It’s a unique form of entertainment that
includes music, electronica, childish gross-outs and silliness that owes a lot to the
physicality Three Stooges and the silent slapstick of Harpo Marx.
Lights, Camera, Live-Action
Cult classics come to life at Esquire Theatre
0 Comments · Tuesday, October 16, 2012
At the
century-old Esquire Theatre in Clifton, a night at the movies can involve anything from
dancing along to a live cast during The Rocky Horror Picture Show, throwing snow as a live choir sings along to White Christmas or reciting the lines to your favorite cult classic with an auditorium full of equally devoted fans.
Laurel Nakadate Eagerly Awaits Upcoming FotoFocus Lecture
0 Comments · Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Laurel Nakadate, a celebrated New York-based photographer/videographer/filmmaker/performance artist, will deliver the FotoFocus Lecture 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Cincinnati Art Museum. She will be telling stories and showing slides about her work this century.
L.A. Style Meets Substance in Herb Ritts Exhibit
0 Comments · Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Shooting outdoors separated photographer Herb Ritts from
studio-based New York peers. In addition to Malibu and El Mirage, Ritts
used a rooftop studio. He established a fun, “organic” working
environment, enabling him to cajole his subjects and develop an
“anti-glamour” style of celebrity photography.
Mrs. Mannerly (Review)
Irrevent humor anchors ETC's Dale Hodges as straight-laced etiquette teacher
0 Comments · Friday, October 12, 2012
Silverware
— and napkin folding and thank-you-card writing — are
major topics of conversations in Jeffrey Hatcher’s semi-autobiographical
Mrs. Mannerly, but the play is
never dull or dry. Who knew place
settings could be so entertaining?
