Monthly Archives: April 2012

April 4, 2012 · 1:58 pm

CLP Seeks Two Male Tappers for GEORGE M!

Cincinnati Landmark Productions ss seeking two male tap dancers to join the ensemble of George M! Lots of featured material for the Ensemble too.

(17 + years of age): MUST HAVE A RESUME listing theatrical experience in order to be considered. A headshot/picture is appreciated as well. If available and interested, please send resume, and headshot to Jennifer Perrino, Business Manager Producer @ jenniferperrino@covedalecenter.com

These are paid positions.

Show includes tunes: “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “Over There,” “You’re A Grand Old Flag,” and “Give My Regards to Broadway.”

George M!
Music and Lyrics by George M. Cohan; Book by Michael Stewart, John Pascal and Francine Pascal
Lyrics and Musical Revisions by Mary Cohan

GEORGE M! tells the life story of George M. Cohan, a giant of the American musical theater! We follow him over a 60-year period from his childhood in Rhode Island on the vaudeville circuit with his parents and sister as “The Four Cohans,” to New York, where he starts his 25-year absolute reign of the Broadway stage.

Matt Wilson, Director; Eric Baumgartner, Music Director; Jeni Schwiers, Choreographer; Ashley Bowman, Production Stage Manager

Rehearsal details: Rehearsals will take place at The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts until we move aboard the Showboat. Rehearsals will begin Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 6:30 pm. The rehearsal schedule will be based on specific portions of the show to be rehearsed.

Please note: Rehearsal dates are subject to finalization based upon cast selections/availability. You may not miss the last six rehearsals. Rehearsal schedule:

Weds., May 23 6:30 – 10 p.m. Read thru
Thurs., May 24 6:30 – 10 p.m.

Sunday, May 27 6:00 to 9:30 pm
Monday, May 28 MEMORIAL DAY OFF
Weds., May 30 6:30 – 10 p.m.
Thurs., May 31 6:30 –10 p.m.
Sat., June 2 2:00 – 5:30 pm

Sunday, June 3 2:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Monday, June 4 6:30 – 10 p.m.
Weds., June 6 6:30 – 10 p.m.
Thurs., June 7 6:30 – 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 10 6:00 to 9:30 pm.
Monday, June 11 6:30 – 10 p.m.
Weds., June 13 6:30 – 10 p.m.
Thurs., June 14 6:30 – 10 p.m.
Saturday, June 16 2:30 to 6:30 pm.

Sunday, June 17 6:00 to 9:30 pm
Monday, June 18 6:30 – 10 p.m.
Wed., June 20 6:30 –10 p.m.
Thurs., June 21 6:30 –10 p.m.
Saturday, June 23 2:30 to 6:00 pm.

Sunday, June 24 2:00 –5:30 p.m.
Monday, June 25 6:30 – 10 p.m.
Tuesday, June 26 6:30 – 10:pm
Weds., June 27 6:30 – 10 p.m.
Thurs., June 28 6:30 – 10 p.m.

Mon., July 2 May Not Miss
Wed., July 4 HOLIDAY OFF
Thurs., July 5 May Not Miss
Fri., July 6 May Not Miss

Sun., July 8 (Tech) May Not Miss
Mon., July 9 (Tech) May Not Miss
Tues., July 10 (Tech/Final dress/Preview) May Not Miss
Wed. July 11 6:30 p.m. Call OPENING NIGHT!

GEOREGE M!
(Performances run July 11 – July 29, 2012)

Wed. July 11th – Thurs. July 12th – Fri. July 13th – Sat. July 14th – Sun. July 15th
Wed. July 18th – Thurs. July 19th – Fri. July 20th – Sat. July 21st – Sun. July 21st
Wed. July 25th – Thurs. July 26th – Fri. July 27th – Sat. July 28th – Sun. July 29th

Please note: There are two performances on Sun., 7/21 at 2 pm and 7 pm.

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April 4, 2012 · 9:47 am

THE ADVENTURES OF FLAT STANLEY JR runs May 4-20

THE ADVENTURES OF FLAT STANLEY JR
Presented by Town Hall Theatre 
A Landmark Children’s Theatre Company All-Cast Production
May 4-20
Centerville 

Stanley Lambchop’s life is boring! He wishes to see the world and have great adventures. Be careful what you wish for, Stanley! When a bulletin board falls on him, pressing him flat as a pancake it’s just the beginning of a world-wide adventure as he searches for a cure! From Washington D.C. to Paris, France to Hawaii – all for the cost of a postage stamp! But will he ever be 3-dimensional again? After an accident leaves him flat, Stanley Lambchop makes the most of his new shape, embarking adventures courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service! Recommended for ages 4 and up.

Cast list

  • Fri, May 4 at 7pm
  • Sat-Sun, May 5-6 at 3pm
  • Fri, May 11 at 7pm
  • Sat, May 12 at 11am & 3pm
  • Sun, May 13 at 3pm, optional Mother’s Day pre-show tea available
  • Fri, May 18 at 7pm
  • Sat-Sun, May 19-20 at 3pm

Official page | Online ticketing |

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April 4, 2012 · 9:30 am

RAVENSCROFT runs May 4-12

RAVENSCROFT
Presented by Troy Civic Theatre
May 4-12
Troy

This psychological drama is a thinking person’s Gothic thriller, a dark comedy that is both funny and frightening. On a snowy night, Inspector Ruffing is called to a manor home out in the country to investigate the headlong plunge of Patrick Roarke down the main staircase. Inspector Ruffing becomes involved in the lives of five alluring and dangerous women: Marcy, the beautiful Viennese governess with a past; Mrs. Ravenscroft, the flirtatious and lonely widow of the manor; Gillian, her charming but possibly demented daughter; Mrs. French, the formidable, passionate and loyal cook, and Dolly, a terrified but simple maid. They lead him through a bewildering labyrinth of contradictory versions of Patrick’s demise. There are ghosts on the staircase, skeletons in the closet, and much more than the Inspector bargained for. Prepare to be teased, seduced, bewildered, frightened, but most of all tickled.

Directed by Barbara Lurie

Cast: Dave Nickel as Inspector Ruffing, Tina Hayes as Marcy Kleiner, Libby Scancarello as Mrs. Ravenscroft, Jenny McClain as Gillian Ravenscroft, Barbara Lurie as Mrs. French and McKenzie Stotler as Dolly

  • Fri-Sat, May 4-5 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 6 at 4pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 11-12 at 8pm

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Local media coverage: WVXU interview |

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April 3, 2012 · 8:14 pm

Grammy winning Béla Fleck and The Flecktones to perform at MU on April 20

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones: The Original Line-up. Photo provided by Ted Kurland Associates.

Oxford, Ohio- For the first time since 1991, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones are touring with their original line-up of pianist/ harmonica player Howard Levy, bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist/Drumitarist Roy “Futureman” Wooten and banjoist bandleader Fleck to create some of the most forward-thinking music of their long, storied career. The group will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 20th at Millett Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

While all manners of genres come into play – from classical and jazz to bluegrass and African music to electric blues and Eastern European folk dances – the result is an impossible to pigeonhole sound all their own, a meeting of musical minds that remains, as ever, utterly indescribable. Simply put, it is The Flecktones, the music made only when these four individuals come together.

“There were a lot of unfinished aspects to this line-up of the band,” Fleck notes, “in that it stopped right when we were peaking creatively.” For Fleck, Levy’s return enables the Flecktones to follow through on the original concept of a band “where each person was reinventing their instruments, where every one of us was a kind of mutant.” “There’s a special thing that happens when the four of us get together and play,” notes Levy. “We all have the same attitude of trying to do things that we haven’t done before and coincidentally, no one else has either.”

The Flecktones first played together in1988, ostensibly for a single performance on PBS’ Lonesome Pine Special. From the start, there was a special kinship between the four musicians, a bond forged in a mutual passion for creativity and artistic advancement. After band member Howard Levy left to pursue other interests, the band played in different reincarnations, garnering five Grammy® Awards in a variety of categories. They recently won the Best Instrumental Composition Grammy Award for “Life In Eleven,” composed by Béla Fleck & Howard Levy and available on the band’s latest album, Rocket Science.

Béla Fleck and The Flecktones are presented by the Miami University Performing Arts Series in collaboration Miami Hamilton and Middletown Artist Series, and issponsored by the Baymont Inn & Suites and Kona bistro. Tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for students and youth. $50 floor seats are already sold out. For tickets or more information, go online to www.muohio.edu/PerformingArtsSeries or call the Miami Box Office at (513) 529-3200.

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April 3, 2012 · 7:53 pm

PIP Presents Mystical and Magical THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, April 21-May 20

(CINCINNATI) – The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s biggest musical hit of the last 20 years is back! Free your soul with the mystical and magical journey of Keith Glover’s THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR in the Robert. S Marx Theatre April 21 through May 20.

Set in Bessemer, Alabama, in 1966, THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR is a musical fairy tale steeped in folklore and the mystique of the Deep South. Marvell Thunder, a blues-playing stranger and supernatural shape-shifter, pays a visit to the Dupree family. Years before he’d lost a cutting contest to Jaguar Dupree, and now, after the man’s death, he has returned to challenge the children of the only musician who ever “out-licked him” and claim the pair of charmed guitars their father bequeathed to their care. He’s convinced that winning them will set his life right again, and stop him from turning to stone. Having already beaten the son, Jaguar Dupree, Jr., he’s set to challenge the daughter, the beautiful and blind Glory Dupree. With Delta blues guitars, they come together “where the two roads meet” for a musical face-off that will decide everyone’s fate.

Producing Artistic Director Ed Stern said, “THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR is a remarkable, intoxicating musical fable filled with humor, heart and extraordinary music. I am delighted to welcome Keith Glover back to the Playhouse. He is a visionary, a craftsman with a fabulous soul.”

THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR was commissioned by the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, which first produced it in 1996. It won the 1997 Osborn Award for Best Play from the American Theatre Critics Association. After that, the production received many revisions in eight cities, before coming to the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and the Playhouse in 1999.

Playwright Keith Glover said, “THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR is about the love of music, love of family, love of tradition, love between a man and woman, father and son, mother and daughter. We don’t have to see African-Americans hating each other all the time. We don’t always need to see ‘real life’ up there. Also, for some African-Americans, this is their real life. There are black people who are leading great lives. I have a great deal to be thankful for. African-American life, like the blues, is not only about sadness. There is room in the kaleidoscope for all of our experiences.”

Terry Burrell returns to the Playhouse to play Good Sister Dupree. She appeared in the same role in the 1999 production. Jennie Harney (Beehive) will play Glory Dupree. Making their Playhouse debuts are David St. Louis as Marvell Thunder, Trent Armand Kendall as Jaguar Dupree, Sr./Dregster Dupree and Timothy Ware as Jaguar Dupree, Jr. Supporting them will be a five-man blues band.

Joining Glover on the production team are Choreographer Kenneth L. Roberson, Music Director Michael Leroy Peed, Set Designer David Gallo, Costume Designer Paul Tazewell, Lighting Designer Thomas C. Hase, Sound Designer David B. Smith, Illusion Designer James Steinmeyer and Costume Coordinator Kara Harmon. The Production Stage Manager is Jenifer Morrow.

Prices for THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR range from $25 – $71, depending on day and seat location, and are subject to change. Tickets are just $25 for the preview performances at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 21; 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24; and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25. Some restrictions apply. The official opening night is Thursday, April 26 at 8 p.m.

Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets to THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR are on sale now. For more information, call the Playhouse box office at 513/421-3888 (toll-free in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana at 800/582-3208) or visit http://www.cincyplay.com. Call 513/345-2248 for TDD accessibility.

The Playhouse is fully accessible. Audio enhancement receivers, large print programs and complete wheelchair access are available.

The Playhouse is supported, in part, by the generosity of the tens of thousands of individuals and businesses that give to ArtsWave.

The Ohio Arts Council helps fund the Playhouse with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

The Playhouse also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Special Performances

Meet the Artists
These free programs allow audiences to interact with cast members and others associated with the production following the show.

  • 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29
  • 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 2
  • 2 p.m. Sunday, May 13
  • 8 p.m. Thursday, May 17

Audio Described Performance
4 p.m. Saturday, May 12

Signed Performance
2 p.m. Sunday, May 13

Playhouse Perspective
A free, pre-show lecture series featuring theatre artists and experts. Funding provided by Roderick and Barbara Barr. The featured speaker will be creator and director Keith Glover. Time: Sunday, May 6 at 6 p.m.

Dining Options
Karlo’s Bistro at the Playhouse offers full-service dining prior to most evening performances. Dinners include salad, entrée and dessert. Reservations are required by noon on the day of the show. The price is $27. Karlo’s Casual Fare offers busy theatre patrons an alternative light, quick bite prior to the show. Options include salads, sandwiches, soups, pasta and desserts. No reservations are required. Credit cards are now accepted.

Sponsors
Production Sponsor: Fifth Third Bank and this production honors the brave men and women in our armed forces

Artist Sponsor: Schiff, Kreidler-Shell, Inc.

Honorary Producer: Lee Meyer

The 2011-2012 Marx Theatre Series is presented by The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation.

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