Monthly Archives: April 2025

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Runs May 1-4

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 
Greater Hamilton Civic Theatre
May 1-4
Miami University Hamilton Parrish Auditorium

Directed by Rhonda Lucas
Produced by Brett Sandlin

Cast: Scott Christian as Tevye, Julie Joyce-Smith as Golde, Hannah Neal as Tzeitel, Faith Bumpus as Hodel, Sydney Pool as Chava, Emma Burtis as Shprintze, Claire Horwarth as Bielke, Sam Downs as Motel, Matt Neal as Perchik, Joshua Marino as Fyedka, Sami Shaaban as Sasha, Greg Henderson as Rabbi, Brandie Gill as Yente, Corey Wagonfield as Lazar, Lori Wegman as Fruma-Sarah, Aidan Mancini as Mendel, Ian McCoy as Avram, Clayton Eschenbrenner as Mordcha/Innkeeper, Ellie Light as Constable & Marilyn Zelcer as Grandma
Ensemble: Leo Kanel, Malichai Paul, Patrick Farrell, Dylan Dudleson, Molly Wanko, Leah Armbruster, Joy Mason, Nicole Forbus, Kristina Stoddart, Ellen Godbey, Abby Schwarz, Melissa McCoy, Karen Barchent, Nick Knox, Seth Tustison, Gary Bracknell, Raelyn Huffer, Morgan Gattermeyer & Maci Steed

Set in the little village of Anatevka, the story centers on Tevye, a poor milkman, and his five daughters. With the help of a colorful and tight-knit Jewish community, Tevye tries to protect his daughters and instill them with traditional values in the face of changing social mores and the growing anti-Semitism of Czarist Russia.

  • Thu-Sat, May 1-3 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 4 at 2pm

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DIRECTOR’S VISION: NO BOUNDARIES Runs May 1-4

DIRECTOR’S VISION: NO BOUNDARIES
Cincinnati Ballet
May 1-4
Aronoff Center Procter & Gamble Hall [Downtown]

A triple bill of emotion concludes the 2024-2025 Season at the Aronoff Center, featuring works from choreographers Alexander Ekman, and David Morse, and a regional premiere from Annabelle Lopez Ochoa.

Ekman’s Cacti is a playful and witty parody of contemporary dance. The work is an affectionate, pointed, and often hilarious deconstruction of the affectations of dance.

Both intimate and cinematic, Morse’s Our Story looks at the unique singularity of history’s darkest chapter – the Holocaust – and asks profound questions about what is required of each of us to appreciate our shared humanity.

The program is capped with Delmira, a regional premiere from Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. The dramatic work was inspired by the life of 20th-century Latin American poet Delmira Agustini, one of the first female poets of the modern era. Ochoa tells her story using the symbolism that Agustini employed in her writing.

  • Thu-Fri, May 1-2 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, May 3 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 4 at 1pm

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MUTINY TAKES THE BOUNTY Runs April 25-27

MUTINY TAKES THE BOUNTY
PLOTT Performers
April 25-27
The Schoolhouse Restaurant [Camp Dennison]

Ahoy there, mateys!  Shiver me timbers and all hands on deck!  Granny and her scallywags are on a hunt to find a buried treasure.  Long ago, someone was plundered without their knowledge and was forced to live on a pirate ship.  Granny will need to figure out the combination to Davy Jones’s locker and create a mutiny.  Who will be forced to walk the plank?  Batten down the hatches!  Soon there will be a celebration with a yo ho ho bottle of rum. Includes meal. Rated PG-13.

  • Fri-Sat, April 25-26 at 7pm
  • Sun, April 27 at 3pm

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‘Best of Cincinnati’ Vocal Group & Beloved Yacht Rock Trio Return to Celebrated Cincinnati Venue

David Baum, Joey Pace, Chancellor Waye, Nat Comisar, Kaeden Kass, Joshua Steele & Buck Hinman
Photo by Taren Frazier.

CINCINNATI, OH – Two-time “Best of Cincinnati” winners No Promises Vocal Band and soft rock all-stars The Three Bald Guys return to The Redmoor (Mt. Lookout) for an evening of “Sweet Harmony” on Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 7:30pm. The Baldies’ trademark three-part vocals soar through tunes by James Taylor, Kenny Loggins and Sarah McLaughlan, while No Promises offers thrilling a cappella arrangements including The Eagles, Amy Winehouse and Manhattan Transfer.

Tickets are $26 and are available at nopromisesvocalband.com or theredmoor.com. Doors open at 6:00pm to experience The Redmoor’s delicious dinner menu, along with full cash bar. Reserved table seating and general admission seating available. Complimentary on-site parking behind the venue.

June 19 will be the third annual “Sweet Harmony” concert, with seats for the 2023 and 2024 shows sold out in advance. A major No Promises concert announcement will take place during The Redmoor program.

New Dudes, New Tunes
No Promises welcomes two new members to its lineup in 2025, both young singers with extensive tight harmony experience. Tenor and WLWT-TV executive producer Buck Hinman fell in love with a cappella singing during his time at Wake Forest University, a passion he honed through three separate appearances at international barbershop quartet competitions. Recent Xavier University graduate Chancellor Waye is a bass singer who directed of his university’s a cappella group, Harmon-X, on his way to a degree in choral education. Waye manages a venue in northern Cincinnati and serves as associate music director at Bellermine Chapel. In 2024, No Promises welcomed to its ranks St. Xavier High School’s newly-tenured director of choirs, Joey Pace. Similarly coming to the group by way of barbershop music, Joey has performed with Southern Gateway Chorus and Prism and enjoys publishing multi-track a cappella recordings. Bios and photos of singers available here.

The Three Bald Guys have a consistent roster but are in the habit of constantly adapting new popular favorites for their repertoire. The June program at The Redmoor will see innovative arrangements of three celebrated 90s hits: the cherished ballad Angel by Sarah McLaughlan, Eric Clapton’s bluesy Change The World and Extreme’s timeless More Than Words.

No Promises has likewise been working up some new tunes for debut at The Redmoor, including Amy Winehouse’s Valerie, Simon & Garfunkel’s Scarborough Fair and The Eagles’ Life in the Fast Lane.

About The Bands
NO PROMISES is a Cincinnati-based professional a cappella ensemble bringing exhilarating vocals and breathtaking harmonizations to jazz and popular music favorites from 1940s classics to today’s jams. Citybeat “Best of Cincinnati” winners in 2017 and 2022, the group has entertained at festivals, concert series, stadiums and performing arts centers throughout the state. Its members have graced the stages of Broadway, fronted major symphony orchestras, and backed the likes of Jim Messina, Steve Winwood, Kenny Loggins and POCO. In their day-to-day lives, the men of NO PROMISES are clinical psychologists, television producers, concert promoters, therapists, choir directors and real estate moguls with a passion for fine a cappella singing.

In 2024, NO PROMISES was honored to make their debut at Great American Ballpark, performing the national anthem for two Cincinnati Reds games, including a nationally-televised tilt with the Boston Red Sox. During the year prior, the group premiered a newly commissioned work as part of Cincinnati May Festival’s 150th anniversary season and joined Broadway veteran Sally Wilfert in concert at historic Memorial Hall in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. 2021 saw the ensemble’s debut of “The Boy Band Diaries,” a collaboration with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra featuring male vocal hits spanning the past century. The group’s numerous other collaborators and guest artist appearances have included the Gem City Chorus, the Southern Gateway Chorus, the Sycamore Community Singers, the Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers, the Queen City Sisters and the Cincinnati Collaborative Ringing Project. NO PROMISES has released three recording projects: A No Promises Christmas (2016), All Wet (2018) and The Nines (2019), as well as the pandemic-era virtual concert, NO PROMISES Saves Christmas.

The members of NO PROMISES are Joshua Steele (resident of Kennedy Heights), Buck Hinman (Walnut Hills), Kaeden Kass (Mt. Airy), Joey Pace (Clifton), David Baum (Montgomery), Chancellor Waye (Mason) and Nat Comisar (Symmes Township). Individual bios available here.

“Their harmony is tight, their arrangements are delightfully eclectic… they sound like a cross between the Four Freshmen and Pentatonix.” – David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer

“For my money, the best a cappella group in the region” – Thom Mariner, Movers & Makers

THE THREE BALD GUYS are Tom Steele (guitar, vocals), his son Joshua Steele (vocals, melodica) and their friend Rick Hagee (keys, vocals), playing soft rock hits by your favorite (mostly) dead singers! Performing at music venues, private parties and their resident gig at the original Montgomery Inn, their set list includes faves by James Taylor, Jim Croce, Chicago, Loggins & Messina, Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John, Dave Mason, Chicago, Steely Dan, Van Morrison, Cat Stevens, Bill Withers, The Bee Gees and many more. https://www.facebook.com/threebaldguys

For Appearances, Interviews and More Information
Contact Nat Comisar at 513.378.5801 or booking@nopromisesvocalband.com.

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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Runs April 10-12

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
Cincinnati Classical Academy
April 10-12
CCA Sojourner Truth Auditorium [Reading]

The play follows the story of the feisty orphan, Anne Shirely. Adopted from an orphanage in Nova Scotia by Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, Anne Shirely’s acclimation to life in Avonlea isn’t exactly smooth sailing. The Cuthbert siblings wanted a quiet boy to help out around their farm, but instead they recieve Anne, a redheaded, freckle-faced, free spirit who turns their lives upside down with her quirky behaviour. Follow Anne as she navigates school, friendship, and life in Avonlea through this charming coming-of-age tale.

  • Thu-Fri, April 10-11 at 6:30pm
  • Sat, April 12 at 1:30pm & 6:30pm

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