Yearly Archives: 2012

RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES Returns to the Aronoff Center on May 20

CINCINNATI, OH – Direct from their phenomenally successful Broadway engagement, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, RAIN – A Tribute to The Beatles, returns to the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall for one night only on Sunday, May 20 at 7pm.

Tickets are on sale now at www.CincinnatiArts.ORG, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.

As “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles!” (Associated Press), RAIN performs the full range of The Beatles’ discography live onstage, including the most complex and challenging songs that The Beatles themselves recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience. Together longer than The Beatles, RAIN has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, delivering a totally live, note-for-note performance that’s as infectious as it is transporting. From the early hits to later classics (I Want To Hold Your Hand, Hard Day’s Night, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Let It Be, Come Together, Hey Jude and more), this adoring tribute will take you back to a time when all you needed was love, and a little help from your friends!

RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience… a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s lights up video screens and live cameras zoom in for close-ups. All the music is performed live, with no pre-recorded tapes or sequences. Like The Beatles, the onstage members of RAIN are not only supreme musicians, but electrifying performers in their own right.

“The Beatles are back!” – Variety

“The audience is enraptured. They get a chance to sing along, twist and shout!” – The New York Times

“Just turn off your mind, relax and float downstream for a quick fix of nostalgic cheer!” – Entertainment Weekly

“A fun-filled family crowd-pleaser!” – Toronto Star

“A two-hour homage to pop music’s most brilliant gem.” – Los Angeles Times

“On their feet, with arms raised high above their heads, all in the audience were swaying and singing along in blissed-out, nostalgia-powered unison!” – Chicago Sun-Times

“The enraptured audience relives the soundtrack of its life!” – Chicago Tribune

“RAIN creates musical nirvana…makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up! A thrilling bit of time-warping nostalgia…Boomer Heaven!” – Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“Uncanny! RAIN are a quartet of fine musicians in their own right…as The Beatles, they triumph!” – The Boston Herald

“An adoring Valentine to The Beatles!” – The Washington Post

“RAIN is a spectacular extravaganza…did the audience love it? Yeah, yeah, yeah!” – The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Parents (and grandparents) and kids were on their feet bopping like crazy!” – The Courier Post

For more information, visit www.raintribute.com.

Become a fan of RAIN on Facebook and follow RAIN on Twitter @raintribute.

CALENDAR INFORMATION

WHAT: RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles

WHEN: Sunday, May 20, 2012 • 7:00 PM

WHERE: Aronoff Center for the Arts – Procter & Gamble Hall

PRICES: $60 • $55 • $50 • $35

INFO: As “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles!” (Associated Press), RAIN performs the full range of The Beatles’ discography live onstage, including the most complex and challenging songs that The Beatles themselves recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience. Together longer than The Beatles, RAIN has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, delivering a totally live, note-for-note performance that’s as infectious as it is transporting. From the early hits to later classics (I Want To Hold Your Hand, Hard Day’s Night, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Let It Be, Come Together, Hey Jude and more), this adoring tribute will take you back to a time when all you needed was love, and a little help from your friends!

TICKET INFORMATION – on sale now

  • www.CincinnatiArts.ORG
  • (513) 621-ARTS [2787]
  • Aronoff Center Ticket Office
  • Group sales (10 or more): (513) 977-4157

Cincinnati Arts Association SPONSORS

Season Sponsors: THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Founding Season Sponsor), The P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, LOCAL12 WKRC, FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner)

RAIN PERFORMANCE SPONSORS: Ultimate Air Shuttle

“CAA PRESENTS” SPONSORS: Coldwell Banker West Shell, Heidelberg Distributing, Ultimate Air Shuttle, Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc.,

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS: CityBeat, Cincinnati Herald, Cincinnatian Hotel, Furniture Fair

RAIN Media Partner: 103.5 WGRR- FM

Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of the Tri-state’s finest performing arts venues – the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall – and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Each year, CAA presents a diverse schedule of events; serves upwards of 700,000 people in its venues; features the work of talented local, regional, and national artists in the Weston Art Gallery (located in the Aronoff Center); and supports the work of more than one dozen resident companies. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached more than 1.2 million students.

CAA is proud to be a member of Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Greater Cincinnati Convention & Visitors Bureau, Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce, and Performing Arts Center Consortium.

For more information, visit www.CincinnatiArts.ORG.

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UCT Announces Cast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Union Community Theatre has announced the cast for their summer family musical, THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The cast consists of:

  • Maria Rainer : Kaitlyn Rawlings
  • Captain Georg von Trapp: Don Price
  • The Mother Abbess : Holly Price
  • Sister Berthe: Beth Ann Bruening
  • Sister Margaretta: Cindy VanWay
  • Sister Sophia: Christy Klein
  • Max Detweiler: Alan Johnson
  • Elsa Schraeder: Aubrey Wilson
  • Franz: Steve Rawlings
  • Frau Schmidt: Ginger Stapp
  • Rolf Gruber: Jonathan Lohrmann
  • Liesl von Trapp: Andrea Squires
  • Friedrich von Trapp: Sam Johnson
  • Louisa von Trapp: Bethany Simpson
  • Kurt von Trapp: Josh Galloway
  • Brigitta von Trapp: Gracynne Apke
  • Marta von Trapp: Abby Johnson
  • Gretl von Trapp: Sydnie West
  • Understudies for von Trapp’s: Elli Harman and Nathan Price
  • Ursula: Karen Wiebe
  • Baroness Elberfeld: Elizabeth Hickerson
  • Herr Zeller: Arnie Forman
  • Baron Elberfeld: Steve Brungs
  • Admiral von Schreiber: Karl Bolinger
  • Nazi Lieutenant: David Kalfas
  • Nazi boys: Hunter Bruening, Ben Donaldson and Nathan Price
  • Nun’s choir/women’s ensemble: Amy Albright, Jodi Detillian, Tiffany Frederick, Elli Harman, Elizabeth Hickerson, Hannah Johnson, Lauren Klayer, Madeline Marita, Victoria Nash, Abby Palen, Karra Robinson, Andrea Sheff, Jennifer Velosky, Jessie Weickert, Charlin West and Karen Wiebe
  • Men’s ensemble: Karl Bolinger, Hunter Bruening, Steve Brungs, Brandon Cottingham, Ben Donaldson, Arnie Forman, David Kalfas and Nathan Price

For more information visit http://www.unionct.net/.

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ALADDIN JR runs May 5-6

ALADDIN JR
Presented by Cincinnati Black Theatre Children’s Company
May 5-6
Fairfield

CBTC’s Children’s Company welcomes you to Agrabah, City of Enchantment, where every beggar has a story and every camel has a tail! Filled with magic, mayhem, and flying carpet rides, audiences’ spirits will soar with excitement. With, Academy Award winning songs including “A Whole New World” and “Friend Like Me” will certainly make this musical a favorite for many years to come!

Directed by Don Sherman

  • Sat-Sun, May 5-6 at noon, 4pm & 7:30pm

Official page with online ticketing | FaceBook event | Goldstar discount |

Local media coverage: WVXU interview |

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PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM runs May 5-13

PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM
Presented by Stagecrafters
May 5-13
Sharonville

Allan Felix has this thing about Humphrey Bogart. If only he had some of Bogart’s technique…Bogey comes to the rescue of Allan (who is bookish and insecure with women) with a fantastic bevy of beauties played out in hilarious fantasy sequences. Fixed up with gorgeous women by friends, he’s so awkward that even Bogey’s patience is tried. Allan mostly resembles a disheveled, friendly dog and this is what ultimately charms his best friend’s wife into bed. It’s a tough life, making it in the world of beautiful people but if you can’t be a hero it helps to have one…

Directed by Cindy Emmer

  • Sat, May 5 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 6 at 3pm
  • Thu, May 10 at 8pm
  • Sat, May 12 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 13 at 3pm

Official page | FaceBook event | Goldstar discount |

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OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS runs May 4-20

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS
Presented by Mariemont Players Inc
May 4-20
Mariemont

Nick, an Italian-American boy from New Jersey, wants to follow his dream and move to Seattle – far away from his beloved, but annoying, grandparents and their routine Sunday dinners. But both sets of grandparents scheme to keep him from moving, using the lovely, and single, Caitlin O’Hare as bait.

Directed by Ginny Weil
Produced by Charles Sampson

Cast:  Ann Baker, Bill Hartnett, Norma Niinemets, Kristy Rucker, Michael Sauer & Arny Stoller

  • Fri-Sat, May 4-5 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 6 at 7pm
  • Thu-Sat, May 10-12 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 13 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Thu-Fri, May 17-18 at 8pm
  • Sat, May 19 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, May 20 at 2pm

Official page |

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