Yearly Archives: 2017

RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles | Mon., April 17 | Aronoff Center

COME CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF
THE SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND ALBUM!

JOIN RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES AS THEY BRING THE ALBUM TO LIFE IN ITS ENTIRETY
ALONG WITH ALL OF YOUR OTHER BEATLES FAVORITES!

CAA_Rain Sgt Pepper logo

One Night Only! – Monday, April 17, 2017
Aronoff Center

CINCINNATI, OH – Join RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles as they celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the release of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album! The celebration comes to the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall for one performance only on Monday, April 17 at 7:30pm as part of Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2016-17 Season.

As “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles!” (Associated Press), RAIN performs the full range of The Beatles’ discography live onstage, including the most complex and challenging songs that The Beatles themselves recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience. In addition to the updated sets that include brand new LED, High-Definition screens and multimedia content, RAIN will bring the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album to life in its entirety with its 2017 Tour.

Together longer than The Beatles, RAIN has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, delivering a totally live, note-for-note performance that’s as infectious as it is transporting. Let RAIN take you back with all of the songs from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band along with all of your other Beatles favorites such as “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “Hard Day’s Night,” “Let It Be,” “Come Together,” “Hey Jude” and more! This adoring tribute will take you back to a time when all you needed was love, and a little help from your friends!

Like The Beatles, the onstage members of RAIN are not only supreme musicians, but electrifying performers in their own right.

“Just turn off your mind, relax and float downstream for a quick fix of nostalgic cheer!” – Entertainment Weekly

“A fun-filled family crowd-pleaser!” – Toronto Star

“A two-hour homage to pop music’s most brilliant gem.” – Los Angeles Times

“The enraptured audience relives the soundtrack of its life!” – Chicago Tribune

“Uncanny! RAIN are a quartet of fine musicians in their own right…as The Beatles, they triumph!”  – The Boston Herald

“An adoring Valentine to The Beatles!” – The Washington Post

“RAIN is a spectacular extravaganza…did the audience love it?  Yeah, yeah, yeah!” – The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Parents (and grandparents) and kids were on their feet bopping like crazy!” – The Courier Post

For more information, visit www.raintribute.com.

Become a fan of RAIN on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RainTribute, follow RAIN on Twitter @raintribute, Instagram: @RainTribute and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/RainTribute.

CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS 

SEASON SPONSORS:  AMERITAS (Founding Season Sponsor), FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner), FURNITURE FAIR, LOCAL12 WKRC, The P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS:  21C Museum Hotel, Cincinnati Herald, CityBeat, Heidelberg Distributing, Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Pepsi, Skyline Chili.

RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES PERFORMANCE SPONSORS:  Macy’s, TriHealth, Ultimate Air Shuttle, Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc.

RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES MEDIA PARTNER:   103.5 WGRR- FM

Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of the Tri-state’s finest performing arts venues – the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall – and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Each year, CAA presents a diverse schedule of events; serves upwards of 600,000 people in its venues; features the work of talented local, regional, and national artists in the Weston Art Gallery (located in the Aronoff Center); and supports the work of more than one dozen resident companies. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached more than 1.5 million students. For more information, visit www.CincinnatiArts.org

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Cast Announced for VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Beavercreek Community Theatre

bctBeavercreek Community Theatre is pleased to announce the cast of VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, directed by Doug Lloyd. Performance dates are April 28 – May 7, 2017.

  • Vanya: Chuck Larkowski
  • Sonia: Debra Kent
  • Masha: Cassandra Engber
  • Spike: Ryan Petrie
  • Nina: Cassidy Manley
  • Cassandra: Erin McGee

For more information visit www.bctheatre.org.

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LONELY PLANET and THE GULF on April 10

QCQTC_Reading in Rep logoLONELY PLANET and THE GULF
Queen City Queer Theatre Collective
April 10
Below Zero Lounge [Over-the-Rhine]

Directed by Clay Winstead

Cast: Brianna Bernard & Victoria Hawley

The first installment of a reading series which will consist of two plays presented back to back in a single evening. The plays contain common themes or qualities and have been curated in pairs to provoke thought and dialogue.

In true repertory form, the plays will be read by the same cast of actors.

Free, pay-what-you-can donations accepted. 

Please note: performance is in the second floor Cabaret space, which is not handicap accessible.

  • Mon, April 10 at 7:30pm

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EVACUATED! Runs April 6-8

CFF_Evacuated logoEVACUATED!
Cincinnati Fringe Festival Encore
April 6-8
Know Theatre of Cincinnati [Over-the-Rhine]

Written by and featuring Erika Kate MacDonald

The unforgettable true story of a strange girl in a strange land. 1998. Protests. Guns. Riots. Tanks. 18-year-old Erika Kate MacDonald has to leave Indonesia, now. But can she? And what will she leave behind?

Winner of the 2016 Critics’ Pick of the Fringe Award (as ICE CANDLE.)

  • Thu, April 6 at 8pm
    Pay-what-you-can benefit performance to support local organizations working with refugees.
  • Fri-Sat, April 7-8 at 8pm

Official page | Facebook event |

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MOTOWN The Musical Runs April 11-16

VTA_Motown logoMOTOWN The Musical
Victoria Theatre Association
April 11-16
Schuster Center [Dayton]

It began as one man’s story… became everyone’s music… and is now Broadway’s musical. MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is the true American Dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson and many more. Motown shattered barriers, shaped our lives and made us all move to the same beat. Featuring classic songs such as “My Girl” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” experience the story behind the music in the record-breaking smash hit MOTOWN THE MUSICAL!

  • Tue-Fri, April 11-14 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 15 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 16 at 2pm & 7:30pm

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