ROMEO & JULIET
Xavier University Theatre
Feb. 8-10
Gallagher Student Center [Evanston]
Directed by Craig Wesley Divino
Produced by Stephen Skiles
Cast: Ellie Conniff as Romeo, Cat Sholtis as Juliet & Gigi Relic as Mecurtio
Ensemble: Kertu Bell, Connie Kavensky, Aiden Dalton, Elliot Auch, Olivia Pletcher, Sam Martini, Christian Hall, Emmy Rice, Kelsey Schwarber, Tess Chadwick & Jess Flake
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FOOLS
Thomas More University
Feb. 8-10
[Crestview Hills]
FOOLS, by Neil Simon, is the comic tale of Leon, an enthusiastic young schoolteacher who seeks to cure the Ukrainian village of Kulyenchikov from the curse of chronic stupidity from which they have been suffering for 200 years. Taking place “a long time ago,” the story becomes complicated when Leon meets the lovely Sophia, so stupid that she only learned to sit down a week ago. She presents quite the challenge for Leon’s goal of freeing the town from stupidity, but he is motivated by her charm. Her longtime suitor, Count Gregor, whose ancestors placed the curse on the town in the first place, is a rival for Sophia’s attentions. No one has told Leon that if he fails to cure the town of stupidity in 24 hours, the curse will make him stupid as well. Join us for a story that makes us laugh at the foolishness of others, and as we begin to think of our own foolishness, we are reminded to not take ourselves so seriously!
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Footlighters Inc. will open the hilarious musical comedy First Date on Thursday, February 14th, 2019. Directed by longtime director Jerry Wiesenhahn, this production will take place at The Stained Glass Theatre, 802 York Street in Newport, Kentucky.
When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious evening of dinner and possible romance. As the date unfolds, the couple quickly finds that they are not alone on this unpredictable evening- their inner critics take on a life of their own as other restaurant patrons transform into friends, relatives, and exes who all have opinions regarding how the evening is going. Can this couple turn what could be a dating disaster into something special before the check arrives?
First Date marks Jerry Wiesenhahn’s directorial return to Footlighters after choreographing last year’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Previously at Footlighters he directed Little Women, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and served as choreographer for How to Succeed in Business Without Trying. Other directing projects in Cincinnati have included Young Frankenstein, Inherit the Wind, and Around the World in 80 Days, which will represent the state of Ohio in April 2019 at the Region III AACTFest in Kokomo, IN.
Performances:
Tickets: $22 each and are available at (859) 652-3849 or FootlightersTickets@gmail.com.
The Footlighters, Inc. has been producing quality community theater shows in the Greater Cincinnati area for over 54 years. The group was established in 1963 by a small group of community theater volunteers who wanted to bring theater opportunities to the west side of Cincinnati. In 1987, the group bought the Salem United Methodist Church in Newport and transformed it into The Stained Glass Theatre. The theater is on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated a Kentucky landmark. In September of 2018, Footlighters added an ADA ramp to the front of their building to complement the elevator installed in September of 2017, allowing access for all patrons with limited mobility. For more information, please visit www.footlighters.org or become a friend on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Footlighters-Inc/287519888305.
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JEFF TWEEDY – WARM TOUR
APRIL 17, 2019 – CINCINNATI MUSIC HALL BALLROOM
JEFF TWEEDY ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL 2019 US TOUR DATES
WATCH PERFORMANCE ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! ON JANUARY 9
Tickets on sale Friday, January 11 at 7:00 PM
Photo by Whitten Sabbatini.
PRAISE FOR WARM
“WARM jettisons the cryptic mystery that marked Wilco’s best work and gets down to what matters in the most direct terms: family and creativity, life and death, sadness and hope, all rendered with weary empathy.” — Wall Street Journal
“A moral guidebook from a songwriter who sings with such compassion that even his simplest advice (‘Don’t forget to brush your teeth’) can make your eyes well up.” — Pitchfork
“[WARM is] proof that Jeff Tweedy’s non-Wilco detours have become more than mere side projects to fill gaps between albums but rather, precious, intimate portraits of a songwriter who’s willing to openly display more of his scars than ever before.” — Rolling Stone
PRAISE FOR LET’S GO (SO WE CAN GET BACK)
“Let’s Go is especially enlightening, a rock ‘n’ roll book that quietly dismantles what we expect from rock ‘n’ roll books.” — Pitchfork
“One of the best and most revealing memoirs in years.” — The Ringer
“Let’s Go shows how Tweedy’s prolific and musically varied career is the result of a restless creative streak that helped him find meaning and a place in the world.” — The Washington Post
CINCINNATI, OH – Jeff Tweedy has just announced additional US tour dates in support of his album, WARM, released this past November via dBpm Records. His WARM Tour plays the Cincinnati Music Hall Ballroom on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 7:30 PM. The show is part of Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2018-19 Presenting Season.
Tickets go on sale Friday, January 11 at 7:00 PM at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center and Music Hall Ticket Offices.
Additionally, Jeff Tweedy will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on January 9, performing songs off WARM. Jeff’s last television appearance was on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, shortly before the release of his intimate and wryly honest memoir (and New York Times Bestseller) LET’S GO (SO WE CAN GET BACK). Since then, he’s sold out an East Coast and Midwest book tour, played four consecutive sold-out shows at Largo, and has garnered astounding praise for WARM, receiving “Best New Music” by Pitchfork and being included on many year-end lists such as Rolling Stone, Consequence of Sound, Wall Street Journal, and Aquarium Drunkard.
LISTEN TO WARM –
https://linktr.ee/wilco
WATCH “I KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE” VIDEO –
https://youtu.be/zz2v2Ix7FwE
WATCH “SOME BIRDS” VIDEO –
https://youtu.be/H2nqD7kgNPA
PURCHASE LET’S GO (SO WE CAN GET BACK) –
https://bit.ly/2NRbBlW
JEFF TWEEDY TOUR DATES (new dates in bold)
Thu. Jan. 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Jan. 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre [SOLD OUT]
Sun. Jan. 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre [SOLD OUT]
Mon. Jan. 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Feb. 27 – Iowa City, IA @ Englert Theatre w/ Buck Meek [SOLD OUT]
Thu. Feb. 28 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant w/ Buck Meek [SOLD OUT]
Fri. March 1 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Auditorium w/ Buck Meek [SOLD OUT]
Sun. March 3 – Dallas, TX @ Majestic Theatre w/ Buck Meek
Mon. March 4 – Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre w/ Buck Meek [SOLD OUT]
Thu. March 7 – Germantown, TN @ Germantown Performing Arts Center w/ Buck Meek
Fri. March 8 – Birmingham, AL @ Lyric Theatre w/ Buck Meek [SOLD OUT]
Sat. March 9 – Macon, GA @ Hargray Capitol Theatre w/ Buck Meek
Mon. March 11 – Ponte Vedra, FL @ Ponte Vedra Concert Hall w/ James Elkington [SOLD
UT]
Tue. March 12 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Moon w/ James Elkington
Thu. March 14 – Tampa, FL @ Tampa Theatre w/ James Elkington
Fri. March 15 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ The Parker Playhouse w/ James Elkington
Sun. March 17 – Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live Theatre w/ James Elkington
Tue. March 19 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel w/ James Elkington [SOLD OUT]
Wed. March 20 – Nashville, TN @ James K. Polk Theater w/ James Elkington
Thu. March 21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre w/ James
Elkington
Sun. March 31 – Columbus, OH @ Davidson Theatre w/ Buck Meek
Mon. April 1 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater w/ Buck Meek
Wed. April 3 – Toronto, ON @ The Queen Elizabeth Theatre w/ Buck Meek
Thu. April 4 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Carnegie Lecture Hall of Oakland w/ Buck Meek
Sat. April 6 – Boston, MA @ Berklee Performance Center w/ Buck Meek
Mon. April 8 – New York, NY @ The Town Hall w/ James Elkington
Tue. April 9 – New York, NY @ The Town Hall w/ James Elkington
Wed. April 10 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre w/ James Elkington
Fri. April 12 – Savannah, GA @ Lucas Theatre for the Arts
Sat. April 13 – Decatur, GA @ Amplify Decatur/Decatur Square
Sun. April 14 – Chattanooga, TN @ Walker Theatre w/ James Elkington
Tue. April 16 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall w/ James Elkington
Wed. April 17 – Cincinnati, OH @ Cincinnati Music Hall Ballroom w/ James Elkington
Thu. April 18 – Champaign, IL @ Virginia Theatre w/ James Elkington
WILCO TOUR DATES
Wed. June 12 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
Thu. June 13 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
Sat. June 15 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Sun. June 16 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso [SOLD OUT]
Tue. June 18 – Lille, FR @ Aeronef Club
Wed. June 19 – Rouen, FR @ Le 106
Thu. June 20 – La Rochelle, FR @ La Sirene
Sat. June 22 – Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES @ Azkena Rock Festival
Fri. June 28 – Sun. June 30 – North Adams, MA @ Solid Sound Festival
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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 1.6 million students. For more information, visit www.CincinnatiArts.org.
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Village Players is excited to announce the cast for the spring production of TURN OF THE SCREW by Jeffrey Hatcher, from the novella by Henry James:
Directed by jef brown
Based on Henry James’s provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality: A young governess journeys to a lonely English manor house to care for two recently orphaned children. She is not their first governess – her predecessor, Miss Jessel, drowned herself when she became involved with the sadistic valet, Peter Quint, who was himself found dead soon after. The new governess begins to see the specters of Quint and Jessel haunting the children, and she is tortured by the frightening question: Are the ghosts real, or are they the product of her own fevered imagination?
Performance dates are April 26-May 4, 2019 at 8 N. Fort Thomas Avenue, Fort Thomas, KY 41075.
Tickets on sale now at villageplayers.org and 859-392-0500.
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Behind the Curtain Cincinnati 