Monthly Archives: May 2013

OUT OF THE DARKNESS, INTO THE LIGHT Benefit, May 24-June 2

ACTUP_logoSee some of the Cincinnati-areas most talented teens sing some of your favorite Broadway songs. Acting Up presents “Out of the Darkness, Into the Light” their second annual FunRaiser Musical Revue.

Six shows at the Mechanic Street Theater, 10 S.Mechanic St., Lebanon, OH 45036.

  • Friday, May 24 at 7:30 pm
  • Saturday May 25 at 7:30 pm
  • Sunday May 26 at 2:00 pm
  • Friday May 31 at 7:30 pm
  • Saturday, June 1 at 7:30 pm
  • Sunday June 2 at 2:00 pm

Acting Up, a volunteer, non-profit community theater,provides both onstage and backstage opportunities for children ages 6-18. In their past four seasons, Acting Up has been nominated for 174 Orchid awards, winning 59 of these from the Ohio Association of Community Theaters, including Excellence in Ensemble and Excellence in Dance Execution. In addition, nine of these talented teens are up for Cappie awards this weekend.

The FunRaiser will help support community theater in keeping ticket prices for other Acting Up shows at a reasonable cost, as expenses continue to rise dramatically with each production. It will also give the young performers the opportunity to perform some great contemporary numbers, from slightly more mature-themed productions; as well as favorites from Disney movies. Songs include varied selections from shows such as “Sweeney Todd” “Phantom of the Opera” “Aladdin” “The Last Five Years” “Annie” and “Mary Poppins.”

Tickets are $20 each ($10 is a tax-deductible donation) and are available online at www.ActingUp.com or at the box office starting one hour before the show. For more information call 513-494-6062. Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ActingUpCommunityTheatre or Follow us on Twitter at @ActingUpMason.

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CFF13: A.J. RAFFLES: AMATEUR CRACKSMAN

CFF_AJ RafflesA.J. RAFFLES: AMATEUR CRACKSMAN
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
Elementz
Over-the-Rhine 

Reviews: Enquirer | CityBeat |

The dashing A.J. Raffles offers woebegone school chum, Bunny, a solution to his financial troubles: a life of gentlemanly crime! This lavish production fills the streets of Victorian London with a cavalcade of characters performed by a supporting cast of hundreds one! There will be derring-do! There will be false mustaches! There will be almost no scenery! There will be a tragic love story! There may be nudity! After all, that’s what being an amateur cracksman is all about. Featuring: Justin McCombs as Bunny, Mark Maccora as A. J. Raffles, and Miranda McGee as All Of London. Based upon the short stories of E.W. Hornung.

  • Thu, May 30 at 7pm
  • Sat, June 1 at 7pm
  • Sun, June 2 at 7pm

Official page with online ticketing |

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Half-Price Ticket Discount Announced for MARK TWAIN TONIGHT!

Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain.

Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain.

CINCINNATI, OH –­­ Emmy® and Tony® Award-winner and Oscar®-nominee Hal Holbrook returns to the Aronoff Center on Friday, May 17 at 8:00 PM in Mark Twain Tonight! – his acclaimed award-winning one-man show which celebrates the humor, satirical wit, and timeless observations of Mark Twain. This must-see theatrical event is a presentation of Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2012-13 Season.

Half-price tickets (50% discount) are now available for students, educators, seniors, and military, with a limit of two tickets per person with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased at (513) 621-2787 or the Aronoff Center Ticket Office by using the promo code FINN. Phone orders will require a valid ID for ticket pickup at the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.

Hal Holbrook has never been able to quit Mark Twain and probably never will. He has toured the show in some part of every year since 1954, with over 2,200 performances, making 2013 the 59th consecutive year for this remarkable one-man show. Mark Twain Tonight! has become perhaps the longest-running show in theatre history. Holbrook adds to his Twain material every year, editing and changing it to fit the times, and has mined over sixteen hours of Twain with more coming all the time. He has no set program – he chooses material as he goes along.

For more information, call the Aronoff Center Ticket Office at (513) 621-2787.

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THE ODD COUPLE Runs June 12-30

SBM_The Odd CoupleTHE ODD COUPLE
Presented by the Showboat Majestic
June 12-30
Downtown

This classic comedy opens as a group of the guys assembled for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it’s no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Unger who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean-freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results as THE ODD COUPLE is born.

  • Wed-Sat, June 12-15 at 8pm
  • Sun, June 16 at 2pm
  • Wed-Sat, June 19-22 at 8pm
  • Sun, June 23 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Wed-Sat, June 26-29 at 8pm
  • Sun, June 30 at 2pm

Official page with online ticketing |

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CFF13: A KILLING GAME

CFF_A Killing GameA KILLING GAME
Presented as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’13
Know Theatre
Over-the-Rhine 

Reviews: Behind the Curtain | CityBeat |

In a not-so-distant time and place, a deadly plague begins killing the citizenry–inexplicably, indiscriminately, and fast! Can you play against death, and win? How far will you go? How hard can you play? How much fun can you have? Who knows when you’ll have another chance. Besides: We can’t all die, can we? A KILLING GAME is dog & pony dc’s absurdist-play-meets-party-game that Washington Post proclaimed “the gratification is immediate…more Airplane than Andromeda Strain” and DC Theatre Scene declared “It’s all grand fun…not to mention inventive theatre.”

  • Thu, May 30 at 8:15pm
  • Sun, June 2 at 3pm
  • Wed, June 5 at 9pm
  • Fri, June 7 at 7pm
  • Sat, June 8 at 8:30pm

Official page with online ticketing | 

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