Once in a while it's fun to look back at theater productions from Cincinnati that have had subsequent life in theaters elsewhere.  

The recipients of the 2008 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards will be announced on Sunday evening. A record number of votes were cast this year, with close to 3,000 people indicating their preferences in 12 publicly voted categories.  

Say the words “show boat” to American theater lovers and most will think of Jerome Kern’s classic 1927 musical, cited by many as the first modern work of musical theater.   

When Reefer Madness: The Musical is cooking, it cooks. Know Theatre is kick-starting its season with a rowdy, just-for-the-hell-of-it musical that decries (wink, wink) the evils of smoking marijuana. Review by Tom McElfresh. 8 p.m. tonight.   

Joshua Steele looks younger than he is, but that hasn’t slowed him down a bit. While he was still an undergraduate studying vocal performance at Ohio State, the Sycamore High grad co founded New Stage Collective, now one of the city’s coolest young theater companies.   

Many theaters presume a strong season must begin with a bang -- or at least with music. So you'll find musical theater productions on four of Cincinnati's most visible stages in the near future.