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March 28, 2016 · 6:19 pm

THE BOOK OF MORMON Announces Lottery Ticket Policy

Performances begin March 29, 2016 at the Aronoff Center

BIC_Book of MormonCINCINNATI – THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins March 29 at the Aronoff Center and plays a limited one week engagement through April 3, 2016. In Cincinnati, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece.

The wildly popular lottery for the Broadway production has attracted as many as 800 entries at some performances.  The producers of THE BOOK OF MORMON are pleased to offer low-priced lottery seats for every city on the National Tour.

Entries will be accepted at the box office beginning two and a half hours prior to each performance; each person will print their name and the number of tickets (1 or 2) they wish to purchase on a card that is provided. Two hours before curtain, names will be drawn at random for a limited number of tickets priced at $25 each. Only one entry is allowed per person. Cards are checked for duplication prior to drawing. Winners must be present at the time of the drawing and show valid ID to purchase tickets. Limit one entry per person and two tickets per winner. Tickets are subject to availability.

THE BOOK OF MORMON features book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Parker and Stone are the four-time Emmy Award-winning creators of the landmark animated series, “South Park.” Tony Award-winner Lopez is co-creator of the long-running hit musical comedy, Avenue Q.  The musical is choreographed by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw (Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone) and is directed by Nicholaw and Parker.

THE BOOK OF MORMON is the winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone), Best Book (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone), Best Direction (Casey Nicholaw, Trey Parker), Best Featured Actress (Nikki M. James), Best Scenic Design (Scott Pask), Best Lighting Design (Brian MacDevitt), Best Sound Design (Brian Ronan) and Best Orchestrations (Larry Hochman, Stephen Oremus); the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical; five Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album; four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Best Musical, and the Drama League Award for Best Musical.

THE BOOK OF MORMON features set design by Scott Pask, costume design by Ann Roth, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt and sound design by Brian Ronan.  Orchestrations are by Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus.  Music direction and vocal arrangements are by Stephen Oremus.

The Original Broadway Cast Recording for THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, is available on Ghostlight Records.

THE BOOK OF MORMON will play the Aronoff Center, March 29 – April 3, 2016 with performances at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Friday at 8:00pm, Saturday at 2:00pm and 8:00pm and on Sunday at 1:00pm and 6:30pm. For more information, please visit BroadwayinCincinnati.com.

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March 25, 2016 · 6:37 am

Auditions Announced for BLACK COFFEE at Xenia Area Community Theatre

xactBLACK COFFEE by Agatha Christie

A physicist dies after consuming a poisoned beverage. Enter Hercule Poirot, Christie’s beloved sleuth, to solve the mystery! Black Coffee is the story of a physicist named Sir Claude Amory who has come up with a formula for an atom bomb. In the first act, Sir Claude is poisoned (in his coffee, naturally) and Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve the case. Christie fans will be delighted by the many wonderful twists and turns in this little known play from the Grand Dame herself.

Directed by Tony Copper

March 28 & 30 at 7pm

Auditions are cold readings from the script. No preparation required.

Cast of Characters (10 m, 3 f. flexible casting possible)

  • Tredwell (the butler) M, 40’s and up
  • Lucia Amory (Sir Claude’s daughter-in-law, has a dubious past) Mid 20 – early 30’s
  • Miss Caroline Amory (Sir Claude’s sister) Mid 40’s and up
  • Richard Amory (Sir Claude’s son) Mid 20’s – early 30’s
  • Barbara Amory (Sir Claude’s niece) Late teens – early 20’s
  • Edward Raynor (Sir Claude’s Secretary) M or F, Mid 20’s and up
  • Dr. Carelli (A foreigner with a secret) M or F, Early 30’s and up
  • Sir Claude Amory (the physicist) Late 40’s and up
  • Hercule Poirot (the detective) Late 40’s and up
  • Captain Arthur Hastings, O.B.E. (his companion) Late 30’s and up
  • Dr. Graham (Sir Claude’s doctor) M or F, Early 30’s and up
  • Inspector Jimmy Japp (of the Yard) 40’s and up
  • Johnson (A constable) 20’s and up

SHOW DATES: May 27-June 5 

Xenia Area Community Theater
45 E. Second St. in Xenia
372-0516
www.xeniaact.org

 

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March 25, 2016 · 6:36 am

WIT Runs March 31-April 10

CU_Wit logoWIT
Cedarville University
March 31-April 10
Cedarville

A brilliant and respected university professor, known for her teaching of the difficult and metaphysical poems of John Donne, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Throughout the course of her experimental treatments, she comes to an understanding of her work, and her life, with profound humor. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the New York Times called WIT a “brutally human and beautifully layered new play…you feel both enlightened and, in a strange way, enormously comforted.” Presented in an intimate staging atmosphere, WIT is sure to move you.

  • Thu-Fri, March 31-April 1 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 2 at 2pm  & 8pm
  • Thu, April 7 at 10am
  • Fri, April 8 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 9 at 2pm &8pm
  • Sun, April 10 at 3pm

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March 25, 2016 · 6:32 am

SATCHEL PAIGE AND THE KANSAS CITY SWING Runs April 23-May 21

PIP_Satchel Paige logoSATCHEL PAIGE AND THE KANSAS CITY SWING
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
April 23-May 21
Eden Park

Directed by Ricardo Khan

Cast: Tsiala Brock as Moira Hopkins, Michael Chenevert as Buck O’Neil, Vanessa A. Jones as Mrs. Hopkins, Kohler McKenzie as Bob Feller, Eric Person as Jazman, Robert Karma Robinson as Satchel Paige, Peter Townsend as Art Young & Sam Wolf as Franky Palieri

An exciting and inspirational new play from the creators of Fly! In the 1947 Negro Leagues, Satchel Paige is the king of baseball: a charismatic, superstar pitcher despite his advancing age. But as Jackie Robinson wraps his first historic season in the majors, Paige finds his own fame eclipsed and his desire for greater respect increasingly frustrated by the barriers all around him. A story of passion and perseverance, this jazz-infused drama paints a vivid picture of America on the brink of great change — on and off the baseball diamond. Advisory: Appropriate for adults and older teenage audiences.

  • In preview Sat, April 23 at 8pm & Sun, April 24 at 2pm
  • In preview Tue-Wed, April 26-27 at 7:30pm
  • Thu, April 28 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 29 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 30 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, May 1 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue-Thu, May 3-5 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, May 6 at 8pm
  • Sat, May 7 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, May 8 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue-Thu, May 10-12 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, May 13 at 8pm
  • Sat, May 14 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, May 15 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue, May 17 at 7:30pm
  • Wed, May 18 at 1pm
  • Thu, May 19 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, May 20 at 8pm
  • Sat, May 21 at 4pm & 8pm

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March 25, 2016 · 6:11 am

THE FANTASTICKS Runs April 22-May 8

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El Gallo (Jonny Hoffman) guides Matt (Jacob Lucas) and Luisa (Maria Huey) on their journey to find love. Elaine Volker image.

THE FANTASTICKS
The Drama Workshop
April 22-May 8
Glenmore Playhouse [Cheviot]

Directed by Dennis Murphy

Cast: Geoffrey Hill as Mute, Jonny Hofmann as El Gallo, Jacob Lucas as Matt, Jack Williams as Old Actor (Henry), Mike Robb as Mortimer, Mark Waldfogle as Hucklebee, Russ McGee as Bellamy & Maria Huey as Luisa

The Fantasticks, by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt, is the world’s longest running musical – running for over 50 years in Manhattan and entrancing generations of audiences the world over. The Fantasticks is a funny and romantic musical about a boy, a girl, two fathers and a wall. The narrator asks the audience to use their imagination and follow him into a world of moonlight and magic. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart, and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth in El Gallo’s words that “without a hurt, the heart is hollow”. The famous score, which includes the classics Try To Remember, They Were You, and Soon It’s Gonna Rain, is as timeless as the story itself. Rated PG.

  • Fri-Sat, April 22-23 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 24 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, April 29-30 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 1 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, May 6-7 at 8pm
  • Sun, May 8 at 2pm

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