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February 28, 2017 · 6:47 am

JANE EYRE Runs March 11-April 8

pip_jane-eyre-logoJANE EYRE
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
March 11-April 8
Eden Park

Directed by KJ Sanchez

Cast: Rin Allen as Bertha, Damian Baldet as Brocklehurst/St. John Rivers, Richard Buchanan as Ensemble, George Bull as Ensemble, Rebecca Miyako Hirato as Helen Burns/Adele/Mary Rivers, Margaret Ivey as Jane Eyre, Christine Toy Johnson as Bessie/Blanche Ingram/Grace Poole, Andy Paterson as Richard Mason, Michael Sharon as Rochester & Tina Stafford as Mrs. Reed/Mrs. Fairfax

Passionate romance meets thrilling psychological drama in this critically acclaimed adaptation. Poor and plain but with a fiery spirit, Jane Eyre overcomes a troubled childhood to land a position as governess at the mysterious Thornfield estate. Her fortunes take an improbable twist once she falls for Thornfield’s enigmatic master Mr. Rochester and finds her love returned. When secrets from the past threaten her newfound happiness, Jane decides to forge her own path, one in which she can be true to herself and follow her heart. JANE EYRE depicts an unconventional heroine for the ages who’s certain to cast a spell on fans of the novel and those new to her charms. Appropriate for adult and teenage audiences. This adaptation contains mature themes that capture the psychological intensity and sensuality of the novel.

  • In preview Sat, March 11 at 8pm &  Sun, March 12 at 2pm
  • In preview Tue-Wed, March 14-15 at 7:30pm
  • Thu, March 16 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, March 17 at 8pm
  • Sat, March 18 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, March 19 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue, March 21 at 7:30pm
  • Thu, March 23 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, March 24 at 8pm
  • Sat, March 25 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, March 26 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue-Thu, March 28-30 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, March 31 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 1 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 2 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue, April 4 at 7:30pm
  • Wed, April 5 at 1pm & 7:30pm
  • Thu, April 6 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 7 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 8 at 4pm & 8pm

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February 28, 2017 · 6:46 am

HEAVIER THAN… Runs March 10-April 1

heavier-than-coming-soon-to-know-theatre-image-by-dan-r-winters-1HEAVIER THAN…
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
March 10-April 1
Over-the-Rhine

Directed by Bridget Leak

Cast: Piper Davis as Pasiphae, Landon Horton as Asterius, Jordan Trovillion as Ariadne, Nathan Tubbs as Icarus & Nicole Hershey, Miranda McGee & Maggie Lou Rader as the Chorus

This darkly comic mash-up of Greek myth unfolds in the heart of a labyrinth where Aster the Minotaur contemplates turning 30 in a world that sees him as nothing more than a murderous oddity. Aster has to navigate the impending arrival of warriors out to kill him, a deceptively enticing chorus of Fates, a plotting sister, and Icarus, a sexually obsessed boy with wings, all while pining to see his estranged Mother.

  • Fri-Sat, March 10-11 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 12 at 3pm
  • Wed-Sat, March 15-18 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 19 at 3pm
  • Wed-Sat, March 22-25 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 26 at 3pm
  • Wed-Sat, March 29-April 1 at 8pm

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February 27, 2017 · 6:54 am

Auditions Announced for LES MISERABLES at Commonwealth Artists Summer Theatre

C.A.S.T. Students will present LES MISERABLES

CAST_logoThe Commonwealth Artists Summer Theatre (C.A.S.T.), under the direction of Fort Thomas Independent Schools’ theatre teacher and director, Jason Burgess, will produce LES MISERABLES.

LES MISERABLES is an epic and uplifting story about the survival of the human spirit. In nineteenth century France, Jean Valjean is released from years of unjust imprisonment, but finds nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He breaks his parole in hopes of starting a new life, initiating a lifelong struggle for redemption as he is relentlessly pursued by police inspector Javert, who refuses to believe Valjean can change his ways. Finally, during the Paris student uprising of 1832, Javert must confront his ideals after Valjean spares his life and saves that of the student revolutionary who has captured the heart of Valjean’s adopted daughter.

Auditions for LES MISERABLES will take place at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, KY on Saturday, March 11th from 1pm to 4pm and Saturday, March 18th from 2pm to 5pm. Technical Design and Crew interviews will take place at Highlands as well on Saturday, March 11th from 9am to noon. All audition and crew interview information is located at www.castnky.com. You must be an incoming high school freshman to a graduating high school senior to audition for LES MISERABLES. Any student from any school in the tri-state area (Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky) may audition for LES MISERABLES and be considered for any role. Anyone interested in learning more about C.A.S.T. or any student interested in being a part of the production whether it is onstage or in a backstage capacity, C.A.S.T. will be hosting a Facebook live chat and simultaneously an Instagram Live chat on Tuesday, February 28th at 8pm. To participate on Facebook, just log on and like the Commonwealth Artists Summer Theatre page. To participate on Instagram, just log on and follow castnky.

Performance dates for LES MISERABLES are Friday, July 21st thru Sunday, July 23rd and Friday, July 28th thru 30th. All performances will take place in the Performing Arts Center at Highlands High School located at 2400 Memorial Pkwy, Fort Thomas, KY 41075.

C.A.S.T. is a project for students in the Greater Cincinnati area who range from being incoming freshman to graduating seniors in high school. It was started with the idea of giving high school students a different avenue to be involved in a theatrical production and potentially master classes when schools are not in session.  The program doesn’t just focus on acting in a production. The entire crew is made up of students including most of the designers for the different departments involved in creating a production. The ultimate goal is to open the doors of collaboration to students from different high schools in the Greater Cincinnati Area to create and produce a show together and to establish new relationships and create new friendships.

For any questions regarding C.A.S.T, the production of LES MISERABLES or anything else, visit www.castnky.com or please contact Jason Burgess at 859-815-2512 or castnky@gmail.com.

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February 25, 2017 · 7:28 am

15% Off A RAISIN IN THE SUN Tickets at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company

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Geoffrey Warren Barnes as Walter Young in A RAISIN IN THE SUN. Photo by Mikki Schaffner Photography.

In honor of the final week of Black History Month and of Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking work, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is offering 15% off tickets to A RAISIN IN THE SUN with code HANSBERRY at the box office or online.

Lorraine Hansberry’s first and best-known play, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, was the first play written by a black woman to open on Broadway. When A RAISIN IN THE SUN won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, Hansberry was the youngest American playwright and only the fifth woman to receive the award. Although she died aged only thirty-four, she made an irrevocable mark on the world of American drama.

Code is valid through February 28 and excludes preview performances. Limit four tickets per purchase.

Directed by Christopher V. Edwards
Running March 24 – April 15
Featuring Geoffrey Warren Barnes II and Burgess Byrd

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February 25, 2017 · 7:24 am

ROCKTOPIA Adds Violinist MÁIRÉAD NESBITT (Formerly of Celtic Woman) to Cast | Sun., April 1 | Aronoff Center

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

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ROCKTOPIA ADDS VIOLINIST MÁIRÉAD NESBITT (FORMERLY OF CELTIC WOMAN) TO THEIR STAR-STUDDED NATIONAL CAST

FEATURED VIOLIN SOLOIST ON 9 CELTIC WOMAN PBS SPECIALS Máiréad’s recently released solo album debuted on 4 Billboard Album Charts including World, Classical Crossover, Classical and Heatseekers.

Saturday, April 1, 2017 – 8:00 PM
Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

caa_rocktopia-nesbittRTT is thrilled to announce the addition of Máiréad Nesbitt to the cast of the inaugural live concert tour ROCKTOPIA: A Classical (R)evolution. ROCKTOPIA LIVE will debut at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall for one night only on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 8:00 PM. Tickets are on sale now at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.

“I am absolutely thrilled that Máiréad will be joining the Rocktopia band,” says ROCKTOPIA Co-Creator Randall Craig Fleischer. “She is an accomplished violinist with an impressive career and a great ability to communicate music to an audience. I’m very excited to work with her!”

For more than a decade, Máiréad Nesbitt has enchanted millions of fans around the world as the Celtic violinist and founding member of the globetrotting music phenomenon Celtic Woman. Loyal fans of all ages, across geographical and cultural boundaries far beyond the musical heritage of Ireland, have adored her beguiling stage presence and versatile instrumental talents. As the featured violin soloist on all 11 Celtic Woman albums, and 9 Celtic Woman PBS Specials, each title achieved the coveted #1 slot on the Billboard World Music Chart, an Emmy-nomination for one of her companion television specials and her most recent album with the group, “Destiny”, received a 2017 Grammy Nomination for Best World Music Album.

“I am delighted and so excited to be touring with PBS’ newest show Rocktopia. To be joining a show with the powerful fusion of rock and classical music with a symphony orchestra is certainly a first for me. Crossing over genres has always been a passion of mine and to add Rock to my Classical & Celtic styles will be very exciting for me!”

Máiréad’s new solo album Hibernia was released on December 9th 2016 in the US and Ireland. The album debuted on no less than 4 Billboard Album Charts including #4 on the World Music Charts; #9 on the Classical Crossover Charts, #11 on Classical Charts & #9 on the Heatseeker Charts.

ROCKTOPIA Co-Creators, vocalist and recording artist Rob Evan, and Maestro Randall Craig Fleischer have collaborated to bring together a world class cast of vocalists and musicians. This groundbreaking live concert performance celebrating the combination of classical music and opera with classic rock features five world-class vocalists and five top rock musicians including renowned vocalists Rob Evan, Chloe Lowery, Tony Vincent, Kimberly Nichole, Ximena Borges and esteemed musicians Tony Bruno, Henry Aronson, Mat Fieldes, Alex Alexander, and special guest Máiréad Nesbitt (formerly of Celtic Woman).

This electric cast along with local orchestras and choirs will launch a 4-week national tour beginning March 28 in Portland, Maine continuing to Reading, Pennsylvania March 29; Albany, New York March 30; Greensburg, Pennsylvania March 31; Cincinnati, Ohio April 1; Ft. Wayne, Indiana April 2; Davenport, Iowa April 4; Peoria, Illinois April 5; Kansas City, Missouri April 6; Joliet, Illinois April 7; Columbus, Ohio April 8; E. Lansing, Michigan April 9; Buffalo, New York April 11, Detroit, Michigan April 12; Cleveland, Ohio April 13; Baltimore, Maryland April 14; Charlotte, North Carolina April 15; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida April 18; Jacksonville, Florida April 19; Atlanta, Georgia April 20; Melbourne, Florida April 21; Tampa, Florida April 22 and Pensacola, Florida April 23. Complete tour dates, venues and ticket information can be found on http://www.rocktopia.com.

ROCKTOPIA is an inspiring and uplifting entertainment spectacle that brings a whole new way of enjoying the best of classical music and classic rock to audiences. ROCKTOPIA delivers one-of-a-kind musical arrangements blending Beethoven with Journey, Strauss with The Who, and more in musical mash-ups that surprise and delight. Musically arranged by Maestro Randall Craig Fleischer, the concert showcases the works of classical composers as well as rock bands, including the music of Mozart, Journey, Handel, U2, Tchaikovsky, Heart, Beethoven, Styx, Foreigner, Rachmaninoff, Pink Floyd, Copland, The Who and more.

ROCKTOPIA performances creates an incredible dynamic concert experience sure to blow audiences away as proven in Budapest at the State Hungarian Opera House, now a PBS TV special airing in cities across the United States.

For tour and ticket information visit http://www.rocktopia.com

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About RTT
ROCKTOPIA is produced and presented by RTT. The company is headed by William Franzblau, Rob Evan and Maggie Seidel-Laws who collectively have been creating, producing and presenting national tours, Broadway shows and concerts worldwide for over 30 years. William Franzblau has produced such award- winning shows as the Tony Nominated Best Play Say Goodnight Gracie, and the tour of LITTLE HOUSE on the PRAIRIE the Musical starring Melissa Gilbert. Maggie Seidel has spearheaded multiple tours and live entertainment events associated with PBS including the global phenomenon Celtic Woman. ROCKTOPIA will be RTT’s first project and will tour through 20+ US cities in the spring of 2017. Their offices are located in New York, NY and Nashville, TN.

About Rob Evan
Rob Evan is an accomplished actor, singer and producer with 20 years of professional experience in the entertainment industry. During the span of his diverse career, he has performed in seven leading roles on the New York Stage including the original Broadway cast of Jekyll & Hyde, playing the title roles for three years and over 1,000 performances worldwide. As a vocalist and recording artist, Rob is a member of the multi-platinum-selling rock band, Trans- Siberian Orchestra. He can be heard on TSO’s The Lost Christmas Eve (Certified Double Platinum – Lava/Atlantic) and their latest release, Nightcastle, which debuted at #5 on Billboard’s Top 100 (currently certified Platinum – Atlantic Records). He has played in arenas across the country and the world for up to 20,000 people per show. Rob has toured Europe and the US with TSO as Beethoven in TSO’s Rock Opera, Beethoven’s Last Night. Rob has opened for and performed with Sir Elton John, Trisha Yearwood, Linda Eder, Phil Collins, REM, Bonnie Tyler, John Cougar Mellencamp, Joe Walsh, Usher and Michael Crawford, among others. He was also lead vocalist for Jim Steinman’s The Dream Engine and recently released the debut album for his progressive rock band, Menrva Realm.

About Randall Craig Fleischer
Mr. Fleischer has appeared as a guest conductor with many major orchestras in the United States and internationally including engagements with the Boston Pops, China Philharmonic Hong Kong Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony, Philly Pops, Moscow State Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Festival Cesky Krumlov (Czech Republic) and many others. “…There was purpose and meaning in the performance, and Fleischer let the lyricism of the music flow in seamless lines.” Deseret News – Salt Lake City, Utah. As Music Director/Conductor of three symphony orchestras, Youngstown Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic and the Anchorage Symphony, Mr. Fleischer has led each orchestra through a dramatic period of artistic growth, demonstrating his abilities as a proven orchestra builder. This sounds like a different symphony orchestra, and this season should be an exciting experience.“ Arizona Daily Sun 1998. “The HVP’s music director was heartily affirmed by the extended standing ovation.” Times Herald Record.

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