Sandy Underwood

Annalee Jeffries is a one-woman tour de force at the Playhouse.

Don’t be fooled by the artwork promoting the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s U.S. premiere of Australian playwright Robert Hewett’s The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead. It shows three identical faces, differentiated only by hair color — blonde, brunette and red.

That’s a subtle tip that one actress plays all three roles. But what it doesn’t tell you is that actress Annalee Jeffries so distinguishes each character that a casual theatergoer who

RICK PENDER has written about theater for CityBeat since its first issues in 1994. Before that he wrote for EveryBody’s News. From 1998 to 2006 he was CityBeat’s arts & entertainment editor. Retired...

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