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May 7, 2019 · 12:51 pm

AN EVENING WITH KRISTINA KUZMIC: The Hope and Humor Tour | Thu., July 11 | Aronoff Center

CAA_An Evening with Kristina KuzmicAN EVENING WITH KRISTINA KUZMIC: THE HOPE AND HUMOR TOUR
COMES TO CINCINNATI THIS SUMMER 

Internet Sensation and Parenting Expert Brings Laughs and Inspiration
in an all New Stage Show 

July 11, 2019
Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall 

Tickets on sale Friday, May 10 at 10:00 AM 

CINCINNATI, OH (May 7, 2019) – Internet celebrity and acclaimed parenting vlogger, Kristina Kuzmic is coming to the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall on Thursday, July 11 at 8:00 PM for a live, powerful, and comical “night out” event. An Evening with Kristina Kuzmic: The Hope and Humor Tour brings to stage the inspiration, humor, and in-your-face perspective of parenting (and life in general) that has attracted the social media maven over 2.3 million Facebook followers and numerous accolades.

Tickets for an Evening with Kristina Kuzmic start at $32.75 (plus applicable fees) and go on sale Friday, May 10 at 10:00 AM.  Tickets can be purchased at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-2787 [ARTS], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. A limited number of VIP tickets offering an opportunity to meet Kristina are available.

The Huffington Post referred to Kristina’s videos as “parenting comedy at its finest,” and The Inquisitr has praised her “witty charm.” Kristina began her career after winning “Your OWN Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star,”  and built an audience by starting “The Ambush Cook” on The Oprah Winfrey Network. She was later named Oprah’s “I Gotta Watch Her ‘IT’ Girl.”  She has quickly made a name for herself as a creative, yet unpretentious parent, as well as a world-renowned motivational speaker and comedian. Her first book, Hold on But Don’t Hold Still, will be released in the Fall of 2019.

A cheerleader for her fellow humans, Kristina Kuzmic immigrated to America from Croatia during the war in her homeland.  Later facing even more challenges (divorce, single parenting, poverty, depression), Kristina wanted to be for others what she wished someone had been for her during her darkest hours. Now, through her platforms, she provides encouragement, hope, and humor in a role she never expected to fill.

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May 6, 2019 · 10:33 am

Playhouse Pride Night at TINY HOUSES May 31

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Promotional photo by Tony Arrasmith/Arrasmith & Associates.

Portion of proceeds to benefit Safe and Supported, which works
to end LGBTQIA youth homelessness

Now in its fifth year, Playhouse Pride provides an opportunity for LGBTQIA community members and allies to gather together and enjoy a performance. This year’s event takes place with a performance of TINY HOUSES. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Safe and Supported, a non-profit that works to prevent and end LGBTQIA youth homelessness in Hamilton County.

The full Pride Night package is $90 per person and includes:

  • Pre-show cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m.
  • TINY HOUSES performance at 8 p.m.*
  • Post-show party with open bar and live music
  • Donation to Safe and Supported

Seating in Center or Side A sections, based on availability. Tickets in Side B section are $50 and include post-show party with cash bar and donation to Safe and Supported.

Friday, May 31, 6:30 p.m.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
962 Mt Adams Cir, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Playhouse Pride Committee:
Jim Conway, Co-Chair
Julia Wesselkamper, Co-Chair
Jon Alicea, Darrick Beekman John Bruggen, Dean Clevenger, Freeman Durham, Scott Farmer, Nirvani Head, Holly Huttenbauer, Julian Johnson, Alek Lucke, Pam McFarland, Vanessa Melendez, Megan Mitchell, Kathy Nardiello, Nick Puncer, Chase Rickey, Cathy Sarky, Bret Schneider, Daniel Tonozzi, Steve Wanamaker

The Playhouse PRIDE night package is $90 per person, or a $35 upgrade for guests who already have tickets to TINY HOUSES. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit cincyplay.com or call the Playhouse Box Office at 513-421-3888 (toll-free in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana at 800-582-3208). Call 513-345-2248 for Telecommunications Device for the Deaf accessibility. Photos of last year’s event available here.

Sponsors: Julia Wesselkamper, Jim Conway, Jeb and Nirvani Head, Nick Puncer, Bret Schneider and Sean Davis, Blake Robison and Connan Morrissey, Freeman Durham and Dean Clevenger, ArtsWave Connects Pride

Contributing Sponsor: Jeff Thomas Catering

The Playhouse is supported by the generosity of almost 40,000 contributors to the ArtsWave Community campaign. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund the Playhouse with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The Playhouse also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation.

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May 2, 2019 · 3:53 pm

THE SKIVVIES Return to the Fitton Center

FC_The Skivvies Return logoTHE SKIVVIES RETURN TO THE FITTON CENTER TO END THE 2018-2019 25TH ANNIVERSRY SEASON! 

Hamilton, Ohio. The Skivvies are returning to the Fitton Center for Creative Arts after their sold-out debut in 2017, to perform on Monday, May 20th at 7:30pm. This special Monday night performance will be the final event of the 2018-2019 25th Anniversary Season.

This adult only special event features acclaimed singers, actors and musicians, Lauren Molina and Hamilton’s own Nick Cearley. The pair will perform eclectic covers and originals in their skivvies! The show will also include local and national guest artists.

The Fitton Showstoppers series delivers quality entertainment through their diverse and interesting programs. Tickets for this event are $27 for Fitton Center members and $35 for non-members. Thank you for our special events sponsor: Bill & Jackie Groth National Retirement Consultants, Inc. Our series sponsor: Carruthers Family and Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation, series beverage sponsors: MillerCoors and tech sponsor: James K. & Susan A. Fitton.

For more information about The Skivvies Return, please call 513 863 8873 or visit fittoncenter.org.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is incredibly excited to celebrate the 25th Anniversary season of performances, events, classes and exhibitions.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is located at 101 S. Monument Avenue on the Riverfront in downtown Hamilton, Ohio.

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April 29, 2019 · 11:58 am

XANADU JR Closes Walnut Hills High School Theatre Season

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Sophia Cotton-Riker as Kira.

“This isn’t Venice, Italy; this is Venice, California. And this isn’t 1780, this is 1980.”

By Clare Brennan. April 28, 2019. Cincinnati OH – Join us for our final show of the season: Xanadu Jr.! Our junior high students take on the zany musical full of magic, familiar songs, and Greek gods. Based on the terrible movie of the same name and featuring 80s hits such as “Xanadu”, “Strange Magic”, “All Over the World” and many more, the rocking score is sure to rile nostalgia in anyone missing the 80s, as well as delight younger audiences discovering the music for the first time. This loud and hilarious love story is a wonderful way to ease into the summer spirit. Bring your leg warmers and roller skates and join us in 1980!

Show Synopsis
Xanadu JR. follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California, on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time – the first Roller Disco. (Hey, it’s 1980!) But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation, and chaos abounds.

Directed by Danielle Muething, Assistant Directed by Oliver Vockell and Clare Brennan
Production Stage Manager: Chloe Burwinkle

WHHS_Xanadu2Featuring Sophia Cotton-Riker as Kira, Sunny Dighe as Sonny, Christopher Vonderschmidt as Old Danny, Brando Donaldson as Young Danny, Ella Vaughn as Melpomene, Josie Leanza as Calliope, Diana Hutchinson as Erato/Siren, Sophie Hammons as Euterpe/Siren, Anika Vockell as Polyhymnia/Siren, Isabella Lachey as Terpsichore/Siren, Clare Graff as Thalia/Siren, Tierney Shafer as Urania/Siren, Owen Cummings as Zeus/Chorus, Kayla McGraw as Hera/Andrews Sister/Chorus, Sophia Rooksberry as Thetis/Andrews Sister/Chorus, Lily Canter as Aphrodite/Andrews Sister/Chorus, Nate Caudill as Hermes/Chorus, Adeleigh Karoutchi as Young Woman/Chorus, Mischa Sella as Cyclops/The Tubes/ Chorus, Avery Frank as Medusa/The Tubes/Chorus, Hannah Wardlow as Centaur/The Tubes/Chorus; and the Greek Chorus featuring, Kathryn Daniher, Annalise Smith, Katie Beth Christie, Katie Berich, Khara Rosebrook, Sophie Christian, Maya Busche, Joanna Lin, Kaelyn Carr, Lucia Johns, Rose Ellsworth, Andrew Kelm, and Aiden Brogen.

Performance Dates: May 9th-11th @ 7pm

WHHS Auditorium

Buy Tickets: https://sites.google.com/view/whhstheatredepartment/tickets

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April 26, 2019 · 11:48 am

Cincinnati Music Theatre Announces its 2019-2020 Season at the Aronoff Center

cmt_logoCINCINNATI, OH – Cincinnati Music Theatre (CMT), a resident company of the Aronoff Center for the Arts, is pleased to announce its 2019-20 Season, including two full-scale musical productions in the Jarson-Kaplan Theater and three Studio Series productions in the intimate Fifth Third Bank Theater.

Season tickets go on sale Friday, May 3 and single tickets go on sale Monday, June 3 at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.

Producing a historic five-show season, CMT is excited to offer Cincinnati high quality musicals at an affordable price. From a classic movie musical to Tony Award-winning shows to an original work created by a local Cincinnatian, CMT continues to thrill audiences with popular musical theatre and fabulous local talent, and to delight them with new works.

2019-20 MAINSTAGE SEASON

CABARET
Book by JOSEPF MASTEROFF, based on the play by JOHN VAN DRUTEN and stories by CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD, music by JOHN KANDER, lyrics by FRED EBB
November 8-16, 2019
Aronoff Center – Jarson-Kaplan Theater
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken by English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. These contrasting relationships are played out against the backdrop of the Nazis rise to power. The award-winning score includes such classics as “Willkommen,” “Cabaret,” “Don’t Tell Mama,” “Maybe This Time,” and the title song. Directed by Skip Fenker. 

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
Screenplay by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLF GREEN, songs by NACIO HERB BROWN and ARTHUR FREED, based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer film, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc.
May 8-16, 2020
Aronoff Center – Jarson-Kaplan Theater
The “Greatest Movie Musical of All Time,” Singin’ in the Rain takes you on a memorable trip into Hollywood’s past. Broadway legends Betty Comden and Adolph Green adapted their award-winning screenplay for the stage. Each unforgettable scene, song, and dance is accounted for, including the splashy show-stopping title number. In silent movies, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a hot item but, behind the scenes, things aren’t as they appear. The advent of “talking pictures” may bring the end of Lina’s career until a talented young actress is asked to do the singing and talking for her.  Filled with comedy, romance, and a hit-parade of Hollywood standards, Singin’ in the Rain is a downpour of musical bliss! Directed by Dennis Murphy.

2019–20 STUDIO SERIES

SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM
Music and lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM and music by LEONARD BERSTEIN, MARY ROGERS, RICHARD ROGERS, JULE STYNE, continuity by NED SHERRIN
Sept 6, 7 & 13, 14, 2019
Aronoff Center – Fifth Third Bank Theater
Get ready to laugh, cry, and fall in love with lyrics that are heartbreakingly true and music that captures the soaring emotions of a generation with Side by Side by Sondheim. Simple and unpretentious, this Tony Award-winning musical is a perfect introduction to the work of this contemporary master and a must for diehard fans. Featuring music from Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, and Pacific Overtures, not to mention classics written with musical theatre giants Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rogers, Richard Rogers, and Jule Styne, this dazzling array of some of Sondheim’s best-known songs demonstrates his masterful craft and astounding creativity. Directed by Adam Drake. 

SINGABLES AND SWINGABLES: An Evening of Jazz
Created by CMT Board Member MARYPAT CARLETTI
Feb 14, 15 & 21, 22, 2020
Aronoff Center – Fifth Third Bank Theater
Your toes will tap and your fingers will snap as you enjoy song favorites made famous by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Manhattan Transfer, The Andrews Sisters, and more of the country’s best-loved jazz singers.  Let some of Cincinnati’s finest local ‘Cats and Canaries’ entertain you, as they come on like ‘gangbusters’. Directed by Marypat Carletti. 

I DO! I DO! A Musical About Marriage
Books and lyrics by TOM JONES, music by HARVEY SCHMIDT, based on “The FOURPOSTER” by JAN DE HARTOG
June 5, 6, & 12, 13, 2020
Aronoff Center, Fifth Third Bank Theater
The story of a marriage is at the center of I Do! I Do! A Musical About Marriage, an intimate and nostalgic work by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones (The Fantasticks, 110 in the Shade). The show follows Michael and Agnes from their wedding day through to their retirement. We watch as they go through their wedding night jitters, raise a family, and negotiate midlife crises. We follow fifty years of their marriage to see them rediscover how much they really need each other. This touching story of two soul mates navigating the perils of life is set to a tuneful, charming score featuring the song “My Cup Runneth Over.” Directed by Tom Peters.

TICKETS & INFORMATION – Season tickets on sale Friday, May 3. Single tickets go on sale Monday, June 3.    

  • www.CincinnatiArts.org
  • (513) 621-ARTS [2787]
  • Aronoff Center Ticket Office
  • Group Discount Tickets (15 or more):  (513) 977-4157

                *Additional ticketing fees may apply.  Ticket prices and fees subject to change.

Aronoff Center Ticket Office Hours        

  • Monday-Friday:  9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
  • Saturday:  10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
  • Through intermission of the last show on performance days

Cincinnati Music Theatre
One of Cincinnati’s oldest and most successful community theaters, CMT is proud of its long history of presenting popular, large scale, award-winning musicals to enthusiastic audiences from across the Greater Cincinnati area. For more information, visit www.cincinnatimusictheatre.org, LIKE us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cincinnatimusictheatre, and follow us on Instagram @cincinnatimusictheatre.

Singin’ in the Rain, Side by Side by Sondheim, and I Do! I Do! are presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, 423 West 55thStreet, New York, NY 10009. Tel.: (212) 541-4684 Fax: (212)397-4684.  www.MTIShows.com 

Cabaret is produced by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK, www.tamswitmark.com.

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