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May 17, 2017 · 1:56 pm

Auditions Announced for ANYTHING GOES at Acting Up

ACTUP-logoSign Up for an audition spot at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040e4facaf29a13-auditions5

Who: Anyone aged 10-18 (and still in high school)

When: Sunday, June 4, 6:30-9:00 or Monday, June 5, 6:30-9:00.You will sign up for a 20 minute spot, but the entire audition will take about 45 minutes.

Where: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7701 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236 (By the Kenwood Mall)

What to prepare and bring:

  • Song: Be prepared to perform 32 measures (no longer than 1 minute) of any song that highlights your voice. This should be a Broadway-type song. You preferably should sing with karaoke-type music (no vocals,) on your phone, iPod or CD or you may sing a-cappella. There will not be an accompanist.
  • Monologue: You should perform a monologue no longer than one minute that demonstrates your acting ability and range. (you may be cut off in your song and/or monologue as we have a lot of auditioners to hear.)
  • Dress to dance.
  • Audition Form. Please print out and bring a completed Audition Form found on our Database (ActingUpdb.com) Please make sure that all of your conflicts (After July 10 are listed. See rehearsal times and dates below)
  • Photo: Bring a recent photo that looks like you, that you do not need returned. No need at all for professional photos. It is merely to help the casting board recall who is who.

Show info: As the SS American heads out to sea, two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love…proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, an exotic disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail. Peppering this hilariously bumpy ride are some of musical theatre’s most memorable standards, including “I Get a Kick out of You,” “It’s Delovely,” and of course, “Anything Goes.”

This production is directed by Erin Russell and Joey Schnell. Music direction by Phil Clary and choreography by Karen Galliers.

Rehearsals will start July 10th and are expected to be Mon-Thurs. 6:30 pm-9 pm and Sundays 1-4 pm. The number of rehearsals that you will need to attend will depend on your role.

The performances are expected to be Sept. 22-24 at the Mason High School Theater.

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May 17, 2017 · 1:39 pm

STRAIGHT NO CHASER: The Speakeasy Tour | Sat., November 25 | Aronoff Center

STRAIGHT NO CHASER
Open Another “Six Pack”

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THE SPEAKEASY TOUR Plays
The Aronoff Center on November 25

ON SALE FRIDAY, May 19 at 10am

Beloved A Capella Group Unveil Third Volume of Smash “Six Pack” Series

New EP Includes Inimitable Takes on Classic Songs by
Eurythmics, Fitz and the Tantrums, Bruno Mars, Bonnie Tyler, Sam Cooke and Beyonce

EP Pre-Orders Available Now with Instant Grat Download of “All Time Low”

THE SPEAKEASY TOUR Set to Run through January 2018

SIX PACK: VOLUME 3 Arrives Everywhere on Friday, July 21st

Atlantic Records recording group Straight No Chaser has announced details of their new EP. “SIX PACK: VOLUME 3” arrives on Friday, July 21st.

The popular a cappella group will be bringing its new “The Speakeasy Tour” to the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall  on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 8:00 PM.  Tickets go on sale Friday May 19 at 10:00 AM at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.

“SIX PACK: VOLUME 3” is available now for pre-order at all DSPs as well as via the official Straight No Chaser store. All pre-orders will be accompanied by an instant grat download of the EP’s stellar rendition of Jon Bellion’s “All Time Low.”

“SIX PACK: VOLUME 3” sees the world famous a cappella group cracking open a number of contemporary pop hits and rock classics, highlighted by “Sweet Dreams/HandClap” – their one-of-a-kind mash-up of Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” and Fitz and the Tantrums’ “HandClap” – as well their show-stopping “Beyoncé Medley” (see track listing below).

Straight No Chaser is celebrating “SIX PACK: VOLUME 3” with news of a major U.S. tour. “The Speakeasy Tour” gets underway October 28 at Providence, RI’s Performing Arts Centre and then continues through the year, culminating with a much-anticipated visit to Hawaii, set for January 2 at Honolulu’s Blaisdell Hall (see itinerary below). Pre-sale tickets will be available to members of Straight No Chaser’s official fan club beginning Tuesday, May 16; all remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, May 19. For complete ticket information and other news, please see www.sncmusic.com/tour.

In the meantime, Straight No Chaser is set to join forces with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox for an eagerly awaited summer co-headline tour. Produced exclusively by Live Nation, the 25-city U.S. trek kicks off July 13 at Chicago’s Huntington Beach Pavilion at Northerly Island and then travels through the summer (see itinerary below). The tour officially concludes with a very special show at Denver’s world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre, set for October 4.

“SIX PACK: VOLUME 3” follows 2016’s “I’LL HAVE ANOTHER…CHRISTMAS ALBUM,” the world famous a cappella group’s sixth full-length release and first full-length holiday release in seven years. Widely beloved for their trademark takes on Yuletide favorites, Straight No Chaser made their now classic debut with 2008’s “HOLIDAY SPIRITS,” followed in the next year by “CHRISTMAS CHEERS.” Both albums reached the top of the holiday charts at Amazon and the iTunes Store and are now certified gold by the RIAA. Like the preceding “SIX PACK” and “SIX PACK: VOLUME 2,” the new EP continues Straight No Chaser’s long history of bringing their unique touch and inimitable vocal style to a stunning range of contemporary standards. Their most recent non-holiday release, 2015’s “THE NEW OLD FASHIONED,” saw the renowned group putting their matchless touch upon songs spanning The Weeknd and Radiohead to Bob Dylan and Atlantic label mate Charlie Puth.

For more, please visit www.sncmusic.com, www.facebook.com/StraightNoChaser, twitter.com/SNCmusic, and www.youtube.com/sncmusic.

STRAIGHT NO CHASER
SIX PACK: VOLUME 3
(Atlantic Records)
Release Date: Friday, July 21st

  1. Sweet Dreams/Handclap
  2. All Time Low
  3. That’s What I Like
  4. Total Eclipse of the Heart
  5. Twistin’ The Night Away
  6. Beyoncé Medley

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May 17, 2017 · 12:20 pm

IT’S ONLY A PLAY Runs June 2-10

MLT_Its Only a Play logoIT’S ONLY A PLAY
Middletown Lyric Theatre
June 2-10
Middletown

Directed by Nathan Greer

Cast: Chris Griesinger as Frank, Karen Griesinger as Julia, Ken Jaffe as Ira, Diane Minnich as Virgina, Michael Schlotterbeck as James & Jacob O’Connor as Gus

It’s the opening night of “The Golden Egg” on Broadway, and the wealthy producer Julia Budder is throwing a lavish party. However, cloistered in a bedroom upstairs is a group of insiders have staked themselves out to await the reviews. The group includes the excitable playwright; the possibly unstable wunderkind director and the pill-popping leading lady. Add to this a drama critic who’s panned the playwright in the past and a new-in-town aspiring singer, and you have a prime recipe for the narcissism, ambition, childishness, and just plain irrationality that infuse the theatre—and for comedy. But don’t worry: This play is sure to be the hit they have all been hoping for.

  • Fri-Sat, June 2-3 at 8pm
  • Fri, June 9 at 8pm
  • Sat, June 10 at 3pm & 8pm

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May 17, 2017 · 12:13 pm

SNOW WHITE Runs June 2-4

THT_Snow White promoSNOW WHITE
Town Hall Theatre
June 2-4
Centerville

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Why, Snow White, of course! And the evil queen’s not happy about it. When she tries to get rid of her sweet and lovely stepdaughter, Snow White escapes into the magical forest where she meets an adorably silly cast of dwarves. But can her new friends keep her safe when the queen discovers she’s still alive?

  • Fri, June 2 at 7pm
  • Sat-Sun, June 3-4 at 4pm

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May 17, 2017 · 11:54 am

Gideon Productions Presents GOD OF OBSIDIAN as Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival

Gideon Productions Presents
GOD OF OBSIDIAN

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World Premiere as Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival!
Written by Mac Rogers
Directed by Jordana Williams

May 31st – June 5th at Gabriel’s Corner

Gideon Productions, the award-winning company behind the Cincy Fringe CityBeat Critic’s Pick Ligature Marks, will present the World Premiere of playwright Mac Rogers’ (The Honeycomb Trilogy; the global hit podcast The Message) dark fairy tale/drama GOD OF OBSIDIAN, May 31st to June 5th at Gabriel’s Corner as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. The production will be directed by Jordana Williams (The Honeycomb Trilogy; Universal Robots) and will feature Rebecca Comtois (Viral; Crystal Skillman’s Geek! with Vampire Cowboys) and Mac Rogers (NYIT Outstanding Lead Actor Nominee for The Adventures of Nervous-Boy with Nosedive Productions).

You have to cross a bridge to get to Nathan’s house. Crossing in is easy. But crossing out – as Alice is about to discover – is almost impossible. GOD OF OBSIDIAN is a dark fairytale about a psychologically abusive relationship, as one woman seeks the story that will take her back across the bridge and set her free.

GOD OF OBSIDIAN will run May 31 at 9pm, July 2 at 7:45pm, June 4 at 2:45pm, and June 5 at 7:45pm, as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival at Gabriel’s Corner (Sycamore & Liberty, Cincinnati, OH, 45202)). Tickets ($15) may be purchased online at www.cincyfringe.com. The show will run 60 minutes with no intermission.

MAC ROGERS (Playwright) is an award-winning playwright and audio dramatist. His sci-fi thriller podcasts THE MESSAGE and LIFEAFTER were downloaded a combined 5 million times.  His plays include THE HONEYCOMB TRILOGY (New York Times and Backstage Critic’s Picks and winner of the NYIT Award for Best Premiere Production), VIRAL (winner of Outstanding Play at FringeNYC 2009), and UNIVERSAL ROBOTS (nominated for four New York Innovative Theatre awards). Mac’s plays have earned acclaim from The New York Times, The Guardian, Time Out New York, The New York Post, , and many others.

JORDANA WILLIAMS (Director) has directed numerous plays by Mac Rogers, including Ligature Marks (CityBeat Critic’s Pick), The Honeycomb Trilogy (NY Times and Time Out NY Critics’ Picks), Universal Robots and Viral. Other favorite directing work includes Kill Shakespeare at NY Comic Con 2012 and The Particulars with The Bridge Theater Company, FringeNYC.

REBECCA COMTOIS (Alice) previously worked with Mac Rogers and Jordana Williams on Ligature Marks (CityBeat Critic’s Pick), Viral (Winner of FringeNYC’s Outstanding Production of a Play) and The Honeycomb Trilogy (NY Times and Time Out NY Critics’ Picks).  Other notable roles include Minnie the Minotaur in Cystal Skillman’s Geek! (Vampire Cowboys), Jenny in James Comtios’ Infectious Opportunity (Nosedive Productions) and Mag in Taylor Mac’s The Hot Month with Carol Kane (Boomerang’s Legacy Reading Series).

Critical acclaim for Gideon Productions:

“Television is where you find complicated storytelling. Film is the home of epic sci-fi trilogies. Giant aliens are expensive. Mac Rogers’s “Honeycomb Trilogy,” a titanic story about humanity in crisis wedged into a small theater in Queens, laid waste to these truisms, and provided giddy, cerebral fun along the way.” The New York Times

“Mac Rogers—genre playwright extraordinaire—can rant like Sorkin, plot like Mamet, banter like Whedon and sting like a bee.”  Time Out New York

“This is full-on, unapologetic science fiction with a galactic-scale backdrop involving interstellar trips and an insectoid race.” New York Post

“One of the most intelligent and complex theatrical events of the year.” Flavorpill

“Both pitch-perfect science fiction about an alien occupation and a wrenching treatise on the state of humanity.” io9.com

GIDEON PRODUCTIONS crafts gripping plays that explore what’s strange about being human and what’s human about being strange, using familiar genres and cultural touchstones as a springboard to something wholly unexpected.

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