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January 3, 2016 · 9:34 am

THE GLASS MENAGERIE Runs Feb. 4-21

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Claire Kenney as Laura, Drew Vidal as Jim, Jennifer Joplin as Amanda and Scott Hunt as Tom. Photo by Scott J. Kimmins.

THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Human Race Theatre Company
Feb. 4-21
Dayton

Directed by Greg Hellems

Cast: Scott Hunt as Tom, Jennifer Joplin as Amanda, Claire Kennedy as Laura & Drew Vidal as Jim

Memories as fragile as glass are tossed into the air in Tennessee Williams’ first great masterpiece. Dreams meet reality and love becomes desperate in a shimmering drama of a family on the edge. Tom struggles in a modern day world while his mother holds tight to a fantasy of Southern gentility and his sister hides amongst the glistening crystalline creatures she collects. With an edge as sharp as broken glass, it’s a story that cuts deep into the longing of human hearts

  • In preview Thu Feb. 4 at 8pm
  • Fri-Sat, Feb. 5-6 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 7 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue, Feb. 9 at 7pm
  • Wed-Sat, Feb. 10-13 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 14 at 2pm
  • Tue, Feb. 16 at 7pm
  • Wed-Sat, Feb. 17-20 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 21 at 2pm

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January 2, 2016 · 12:05 pm

IF/THEN Runs Feb. 2-7

BIC_IfThen logoIF/THEN
Broadway in Cincinnati
Feb. 2-7
Downtown

Cast includes:  Jackie Burns, Anthony Rapp, Tamyra Gray & Matthew Hydzik

IF/THEN is a contemporary Broadway musical about living in New York today – and all the possibilities of tomorrow.

With unforgettable songs and a deeply moving story by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning creators of Next to Normal, this ‘fascinating, ambitious, and original new musical (New York Post)’ simultaneously follows one woman’s two possible life paths, painting a deeply moving portrait of the lives we lead, as well as the lives we might have led.

Please note: IF/THEN contains explicit language.  For more information, please visit the Broadway in Cincinnati Family Guide.

  • Tue-Thu, Feb. 2-4 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, Feb. 5 at 8pm
  • Sat, Feb. 6 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 7 at 1pm & 6:30pm

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January 1, 2016 · 3:44 pm

Top Stories and Traffic Information for 2015

MISC_Happy New Year 2016Happy New Year all!

As you can see below, 2015 was a great year for the Behind the Curtain Cincinnati blog.

What Behind the Curtain does, beyond social media, is serve as a portal into our rich and vibrant performing arts scene. Routinely, Behind the Curtain ranks high in google search results.

To keep the momentum going, I need your help. While social media is a great publicity tool, it certainly does not replace the need for publicists to send out press information.

For example, keep in mind that Facebook only pushes your posts out to about 10% of your fans. Liking and sharing the posts important to you can increase their reach dramatically. The same is true for all posts from Behind the Curtain.

In 2015, I posted 1,428 new entries, bringing total entries up to just over 5,000.

Overall traffic:

Total views for 2015 were 262, 441.
This was a 76% increase over 2014.

Total visitors for 2015 were 113,854.
This was an 85% increase over 2014.

Views per visitor: 2.31

MISC_AuditionsPage traffic for 2015:

  1. Auditions 26,354
  2. Featured Stories 24,819
  3. Home page / Archives 18,537
  4. On Stage This Week 3,490
  5. Reviews 2,809
  6. Coming Soon On Stage 2,081
  7. Future Productions 1,909
  8. About 712
  9. Events 668
  10. 2015 Fringe Festival 424

For the top 50 stories listed below, the breakdown by category is:

  • 19 – Auditions
  • 13 – Cast lists
  • 4 – Press releases, Season announcements
  • 3 – Original stories
  • 2 – Awards, Casting Calls, My reviews
  • 1 – Other reviews, Production page

For the top 50 stories listed below, the breakdown by organization is:

  • 6 – Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre
  • 5 – The Carnegie
  • 4 – Broadway in Cincinnati, Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
  • 3 – Cincinnati Music Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, La Comedia Dinner Theatre, Other
  • 2 – Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Dare to Defy Productions, Footlighters, League of Cincinnati Theatres
  • 1 – ACT Cincinnati, Beechmont Players, Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Clifton Players/Untethered Theatre Company, Falcon Theater, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, Loveland Stage Company, Northern Kentucky University, Queen City Productions, Skyline, Sunset Players

MISC_Skyline logoTop 50 stories of 2015:

  1. Casting Call for Skyline Chili TV Commercial (Top story for July) 8,932
  2. 2015-2016 Season Announced by Broadway in Cincinnati (Top story for March) 1,182
  3. 2015 League of Cincinnati Theatres Awards (Top story for August) 1,136
  4. Auditions Announced for THE WIZARD OF OZ presented by The Carnegie 1,108
  5. Auditions Announced for 2016 Summer Classic Season at Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre (Top story for November) 1,089
  6. Cast Announced for THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Carnegie (Top story for October) 1,001
  7. Auditions Announced for MARY POPPINS at Cincinnati Music Theatre 854
  8. THE SECRET GARDEN Opens Playhouse in the Park’s 2015-2016 Season, Sept. 5-Oct. 3 827
  9. The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati’s 2015-2016 Mainstage Season Auditions 826
  10. 2014-2015 Orchid Awards (Top story for June) 741
  11. Cincinnati Auditions for Broadway’s THE BOOK OF MORMON on April 11 (Top story for April) 731
  12. St. Xavier High School Grad “Tappy Touring with CINDERELLA” 725
  13. My 2015 Cincy Fringe Show Rankings 718
  14. Auditions Announced for NEXT FALL at Falcon Theatre 701
  15. Cast Announced for COMPANY at The Carnegie (Top story for May) 660
  16. 2016 Season Announced at La Comedia Dinner Theatre 639
  17. Cast Announced for MARY POPPINS at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts 638
  18. The Passing of Blake Bowden (Top story for September) 629
  19. Auditions Announced for AVENUE Q and GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS at the Incline Theatre 598
  20. Auditions Announced for Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID at La Comedia 593
  21. Season Auditions Announced for Dare 2 Defy Productions 565
  22. 2015-2016 Season Announced by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park 554
  23. Cast Announced for BONNIE AND CLYDE at Sunset Players 546
  24. AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Review (GYTN) (Top story for February) 540
  25. CCPACast Announced for A CHORUS LINE at Covedale Center 520
  26. Auditions Announced for THE LAST FIVE YEARS at The Carnegie 518
  27. Cast Announced for MARY POPPINS at Cincinnati Music Theatre 509
  28. Cast Announced for RENT at Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 506
  29. NKU Theatre Announces 2015-2016 Academic Season 494
  30. Auditions Announced for 2016-2017 Season at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Top story for December) 492
  31. Know Theatre Announces the 2015 Cincinnati Fringe Festival Lineup 488
  32. Cast Announced for AVENUE Q at Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre 479
  33. Auditions Announced for WE DUET ALL Performers 478
  34. A CHORUS LINE Review 477
  35. Open Call Auditions in Cincinnati for MOTOWN THE MUSICAL on Sept. 16 474
  36. Open Casting Call for Movie A CHRISTMAS MELODY 460
  37. Cast Announced for THE SOUND OF MUSIC at The Covedale Center 441
  38. Auditions Announced for JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Footlighters 427
  39. Open Auditions Announced for CALCULUS THE MUSICAL Tour at Know Theatre of Cincinnati 422
  40. Auditions Announced for A CHRISTMAS STORY The Musical at La Comedia Dinner Theatre 421
  41. Cast Announced for THE PRODUCERS at Warsaw Federal Incline Theater 418
  42. Tony Award Winner Karen Ziemba Cast in Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s World Premiere of NATIVE GARDENS 412
  43. Auditions Announced for COMPANY at The Carnegie 409
  44. Cincinnati Music Theatre Announces Cast of BIG FISH 406
  45. Cast Announced for HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING at The Footlighters 394
  46. Auditions Announced for DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY at Beechmont Players 388
  47. Cast Announced for INTO THE WOODS by Dare 2 Defy Productions 386
  48. JEKYLL AND HYDE The Musical at Loveland Stage Company 385
    RENT Runs Dec. 2-20 385
  49. Auditions Announced for SHREK The Musical by Queen City Productions 383
  50. LCT Review of ALADDIN JR 378

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January 1, 2016 · 1:07 pm

Top Stories for December 2015

  1. CSC_logoAuditions Announced for 2016-2017 Season at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
  2. Tony Award Winner Karen Ziemba Cast in Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s World Premiere of NATIVE GARDENS
  3. Cincinnati Music Theatre Announces Cast of BIG FISH
  4. The Carnegie and Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Present Family Favorite Musical, THE WIZARD OF OZ
  5. Auditions Announced for THE LAST FIVE YEARS at The Carnegie
  6. Cast Announced for THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Milford Theatre Guilde
  7. Auditions Announced for AMERICAN IDIOT at Sunset Players
  8. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park to Audition Children Jan. 11 for MOTHERS AND SONS
    Alumni Awards Announced by CYPT
  9. Auditions Announced for 2016 Summer Classic Season at Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre
  10. Auditions Announced for WILL ROGERS FOLLIES at Loveland Stage Company
  11. Cast Announced for DEARLY DEPARTED at Village Players
  12. THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER Offers Heartwarming Tale
  13. Auditions Announced for WHO AM I THIS TIME? at Mariemont Players
    Applications Being Accepted for JumpStart Theatre
  14. Auditions Announced for CHILDREN OF EDEN at Nativity Players
  15. Auditions Announced for THE NERD at Fairfield Footlighters
  16. Mariemont Players Announces RADIUM GIRLS
  17. Auditions Announced for GIRLS OF THE GARDEN CLUB at Village Players
  18. Auditions Announced for ALICE IN WONDERLAND at CenterStage Players
  19. Auditions Announced for THE GREAT GATSBY at SSCC Theatre
  20. Auditions Announced for MY WAY at Footlighters Inc.
    JETHRO TULL | Tue., April 12| Aronoff Center
  21. 2016 Season Announced at La Comedia Dinner Theatre
  22. Cast Announced for CATCH ME IF YOU CAN at Showbiz Players
  23. Auditions Announced for SPRING AWAKENING at Beavercreek Community Theatre
  24. Auditions Announced for THE SMELL OF THE KILL at Beechmont Players
  25. Cast Announced for RENT at Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre

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January 1, 2016 · 12:21 pm

Broadway in Cincinnati and KINKY BOOTS Announce a Boot Drive to Benefit Dress for Success Cincinnati

BIC_Kinky Boots logoTogether with KINKY BOOTS, Broadway in Cincinnati is announcing an opportunity to give local women a step up.  Patrons are encouraged to bring new or gently-used boots, high heels and other professional women’s shoes when they come to see KINKY BOOTS at the Aronoff Center, January 5-17, and those donations go directly to the local non-profit organization Dress for Success Cincinnati. Dress for Success empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Donations are also accepted in advance of the show at the Aronoff Center Box Office.

Inspired by true events, KINKY BOOTS takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. Charlie Price is struggling to live up to his father’s expectations and continue the family business of Price & Son. With the factory’s future hanging in the balance, help arrives in the unlikely but spectacular form of Lola, a fabulous performer in need of some sturdy new stilettos.

Dress for Success Cincinnati was founded in 1999 to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support, and the career development tools needed to help them thrive in work and life. They provide services and resources to nearly 1,800 women each year who are working to secure a job and achieve self-sufficiency, their ultimate measure of success.

KINKY BOOTS will play the Aronoff Center from January 5 – 17: Tuesday – Thursday at 7:30PM, Friday at 8:00PM, Saturday at 2:00PM and 8:00PM and Sunday at 1:00PM and 6:30PM. Tickets for KINKY BOOTS start at $29. They are available at the Aronoff Center Box Office downtown at 650 Walnut Street, online at CincinnatiArts.org or by phone at 513.621.ARTS. For groups of 10 or more, contact the group sales department at 513.369.4363. Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without notice. For more information, please visit www.BroadwayInCincinnati.com.

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