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THE OFFICIAL RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: SEASON 11 TOUR | Fri. July 19 | Aronoff Center

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The Official RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 11 Tour is Coming to Cincinnati!CAA_RuPaul's Season 11 tour logoFriday, July 19, 2019
Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall

CINCINNATI, OH – Emmy-award winning production company World of Wonder and Voss Events present The Official RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 11 Tour, to kick off a sickening run of shows on Sunday, May 26 in Los Angeles.  The tour plays the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall on Friday, July 19 at 8:00 PM.

Tickets are on sale now at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. Group discount tickets for ten or more are available by calling (513) 977-4157.  An exclusive VIP Experience is available for $123.75 and Includes a private meet and mingle with the queens before the show, a customized VIP laminate with lanyard, and a seat in the first few rows of the theater.

All fifteen Season 11 Queens including A’keria Chanel Davenport, Ariel Versace, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Honey Davenport, Kahanna Montrese, Mercedes Iman Diamond, Nina West, Plastique Tiara, Ra’Jah O’Hara, Scarlet Envy, Shuga Cain, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, Soju, Vanessa “Vanjie” Mateo, and Yvie Oddly will slay the runway as the tour commences during the official RuPaul’s DragCon LA after party, and continues to sixteen cities across the US and Canada.

Season 10 Queen Asia O’Hara will serve as host for the tour (including the Cincinnati stop), with legendary RuPaul’s Drag Race judge Michelle Visage helming the Los Angeles and New York tour stops.

“I’m thrilled to bring, for the first time ever, the breathtaking Queens of Season 11 LIVE to audiences in the US and Canada!” said RuPaul’s Drag Race and upcoming RuPaul’s Drag Race UK judge Michelle Visage. “Category is: slay that runway!”

“This summer I’m hitting the road with the baddest queens in the land…the land of Season 11!” said Asia O’Hara. “All bets are off and all rules are out the window as the Queens show you what they are REALLY made of! And of course, I’ll be safe behind the microphone.”

The fifteen fierce Queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 will appear in the following cities:

  • 5/26 –   Los Angeles (RuPaul’s DragCon LA weekend)
  • 5/28 –   San Diego
  • 5/29 –   San Francisco
  • 5/30 –   Portland
  • 5/31 –   Vancouver
  • 6/1 –      Calgary
  • 6/3 –      Seattle
  • 7/10 –   Boston
  • 7/12 –   Montreal
  • 7/13 –   Providence
  • 7/14 –   Toronto
  • 7/15 –   Winnipeg
  • 7/17 –   Philadelphia
  • 7/18 –   Washington DC
  • 7/19 –   Cincinnati
  • 7/20 –   Atlanta
  • 7/21 –   Nashville
  • 9/6 –      New York (RuPaul’s DragCon NYC weekend)

ABOUT WORLD OF WONDER
For more than two decades, award-winning production company World of Wonder has introduced audiences to new worlds, talent, and ideas that have shaped culture. Programming highlights include: Emmy® Award-winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1/Logo), “Million Dollar Listing” LA & NY (Bravo), “Dancing Queen” (Netflix), “Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce” (Fuse), and “Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric” (National Geographic).  Award-winning films and documentaries include “Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures,” “Menendez: Blood Brothers,” “Inside Deep Throat,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “I Am Britney Jean,” “In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye,” “Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking,” “Monica in Black and White,” Emmy-winning “The Last Beekeeper,” and Emmy-winning “Out of Iraq.” Seven of WOW’s films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival including “Becoming Chaz” and “Party Monster.” World of Wonder has also created a substantial digital footprint with its YouTube channel WOWPresents (1M+ subs), SVOD digital platform WOW Presents Plus, along with an award-winning blog, The WOW Report. World of Wonder’s bi-annual RuPaul’s DragCon is the world’s largest drag culture convention, welcoming 100,000 attendees across LA and NYC in 2018. Co-founders Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey authored “The World According to Wonder,” celebrating decades of production, which can be found online at http://worldofwonder.net/. Randy and Fenton were honored with the IDA Pioneer Award in December 2014, celebrating exceptional achievement, leadership, and vision in the nonfiction and documentary community, named to Variety‘s Reality Leaders List in 2017, and chosen for the OUT100 list in 2018 for their trailblazing work in the LGBTQ+ community. World of Wonder was also selected for Realscreen‘s 2018 Global 100 list, which recognizes the top international non-fiction and unscripted production companies working in the industry today. World of Wonder creates out of a historic building/gallery space in the heart of Hollywood.

ABOUT VOSS EVENTS
Voss Events is a creative agency specializing in event design and production, promotions, tour and talent management, influencer relations and content creation. Founded by Brandon Voss, an event producer best known for his elaborate parties throughout New York City, as well as hot ticket events that have featured Lady Gaga, Cher, and Caitlyn Jenner, among others, the company produces “Voss Events Drag Brunch” in New York, Miami, and Las Vegas, and the wildly-popular global tour,RuPaul’s Drag Race “Werq the World”, starring Michelle Visage and the leading talent from RuPaul’s Drag Race.

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CCM Dance Presents CINDERELLA Fairy Tale Ballet

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A timeless fairy tale romance, CINDERELLA “is among the most rewardingly re-watchable and re-listenable ballets ever made” (New York Times). Tickets on sale now.

CINCINNATI, OH — The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) Mainstage Series presents Sergei Prokofiev’s romantic CINDERELLA ballet on Friday, April 26-Sunday, April 28, 2019 at Patricia Corbett Theater. Choreographed by Artistic Director of the Dayton Ballet Karen Russo Burke, the production’s ensemble director is Michael Tevlin.

CINDERELLA is known for its jubilant melodies, lush scenery and graceful retelling of the timeless fairytale romance by Charles Perrault. A poor girl wishes to escape her evil stepmother and stepsisters, so her fairy godmother gives her a ticket to the ball! The girl meets prince charming and they fall in love, but she vanishes when the clock strikes midnight. CCM’s production of the beloved ballet features the college’s talented dance students as well as Dayton Ballet guest artist Ivan Braatz as the prince.

Burke has cast male dancers as the ugly stepsisters in CCM’s production of CINDERELLA, a convention that originates from Sir Frederick Ashton’s popular staging of the ballet for The Royal Ballet. Burke watched Ashton’s Cinderella choreography on TV as a young girl and was mesmerized by the performance. “Audiences were shocked to see such physical comedy in a ballet,” she remembers.

Celebrate spring’s arrival with this favorite rags-to-riches fairytale ballet. CCM Dance presents CINDERELLA from Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April 28, 2019. Tickets on sale now through the CCM Box Office.

CCM’s production of CINDERELLA will last 1 hour and 20 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission between Acts I and II and a 5-minute pause between Acts II and III.

Creative Team

  • Karen Russo Burke, choreographer
  • Michael Tevlin, ensemble director
  • Lowell A. Mathwich, costume designer
  • Nina Agelvis*, lighting designer
  • Lindsey A. Cohen*, sound designer
  • Ray Zupp, scenic designer
  • Deirdre Carberry, Jiang Qi, Judith Mikita, Michael Tevlin, rehearsal directors
  • Paul Gilliam, Gabrielle Sharp, repetiteurs • Chyanne Fischer*, production coordinator
  • Chelsea D. Taylor*, production stage manager
  • Set and Costumes Courtesy of Dayton Ballet and the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance
  • Act II Scenery Courtesy of Charlotte Ballet: Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Artistic Director

* CCM Student

Cast List

  • Yu-Ting Huang*+, Madison Holschuh#^ as Cinderella
  • Sam Green, David Harris as Stepsisters
  • Madeline Kallay*+, Julia Tze#^ as Stepmother
  • Erin Donnelly*+, Juju Stojanovic #^ as Old Woman/Fairy Godmother
  • Ellen Pierce *+, Erika Shi #^ as Dance Master
  • Audrey Burdick #, Emily Kavenagh*, Zayne Stapleton +^ as Violinist
  • Isabelle Cummings *+, Madeline Montgomery #^ as Dress Maker
  • Audrey Burdick*+, Isabelle Cummings #^, Elaina Didier#^, Anna Donnelly*+, Emily Glaccum#^, Madeline Montgomery *+, Ellen Pierce#^, Lauren Sokol *+ as Birds
  • Chia-Yi Cheng, Rebekah Degnan, Kate DeLon, Grace McCutcheon, Sarah Santarsiero, Rina Takikawa as Attendants
  • Celina Merrill *+, Maeve Tom #^ as Spring Fairy
  • Madison Holschuh*+, Lydia Hubacher#^ as Summer Fairy
  • Kate Delon *+, Madeleine Brown#^ as Fall Fairy
  • Ying-Chi Lu*+, Rina Takikawa #^ as Winter Fairy
  • Alison Bartels*+, Sophia Beadie*+, Rebekah Degnan#^, Jake Elwell, Michael Haverty, Milton Holloway, Jonmarie Johnson*+, Emily Kavenagh#^, Amanda Kenner#^, Emily Kline*+, David Lopena, Grace McCutcheon *+, Anne McGovern#^, Elizabeth McGovern*+, Alyssa Pankey#^, Twyla Pojetta#^, Anna Lee Rohovec*+, Jillian Sadler, Olivia Thornton #^ as Courtiers
  • Ivan Braatz as Prince
  • Milton Holloway as Prince’s Assistant Denotes performers on Friday, April 26

# Denotes performers on Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m.
+ Denotes performers on Saturday, April 27 at 8 p.m.
^ Denotes performers on Sunday, April 28

Performance Times

  • 8 p.m. Friday, April 26
  • 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27
  • 8 p.m. Saturday, April 27
  • 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28

Location
Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati

Purchasing Tickets
Ticket prices start at $28. Discounts are available for UC and non-UC students. Service charges may apply for online orders.

Single tickets are on sale now! Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online through our e-Box Office!

Visit ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice for CCM Box Office hours and location.

Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.

Mainstage Production Sponsor: Macy’s

Dance Department Supporter: The Corbett Endowment at CCM

The music for this production is provided b ccmy arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC., publisher and copyright owner. 

A preeminent institution for the performing and media arts, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is the largest single source of performing arts presentations in the state of Ohio. All event dates and programs are subject to change. For a complete calendar of events, please visit us online at https://ccm.uc.edu/.

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Miamisburg High School Theatre Presents THE ADDAMS FAMILY

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Book by MARSHALL BRICKMAN and RICK ELICE Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA
Based on Characters Created by Charles Addams

April 26-27, 2019 – ONE WEEKEND ONLY!

March 30, 2019 – Miamisburg High School Theatre is proud to present The Addams Family, directed by Mark Phillips and choreographed by Stacy Gear. Running on Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 3pm & 7pm from April 26 to April 27, 2019 at Memorial Auditorium in Miamisburg (Sixth St. & Park Ave.). Individual tickets start at $10 for students/seniors and $12 for general admission and can be purchased at the door.

This highly entertaining musical features an original story that is every father’s nightmare. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. And if that weren’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.

The show is suitable for kids through adults and is a magical theatre experience for the whole family.

Mark Phillips, Director for The Addams Family, says ” This show is fun, of course, but it offers more than just two hours of entertainment. I wanted to point out the deeper stuff that’s easy to miss. Morticia finds comfort that “Death is Just Around the Corner” (which seems a bit depressing, to be honest.) It is life and love, however, that will always triumph. That is a message that we are delighted to share with you.”

The cast includes Nicholas Bradley as Gomez, Cassidy Jackson as Morticia and Eden Hill as Wednesday. Pugsley is played by Mackenzie Fox, Fester played by Caitlin Zook, Grandma played by Grace Levan, Lurch played by Dovea Gogo, Mal played by Noah Engel, Alice played by Ryann Davis and Lucas played by Chris Howie.

The creative team includes Mark Phillips (director), Nathan Stelter (stage manager), Halli Hill (music director), Stacy Gear (choreographer), Lonnie Daniels & Melissa Smith (scenic builder), Tim Guth (sound and lighting designer) and Andrea Hubler (costume designer and marketing). The show is produced by Tom Hubler and Melissa Fogle. This production is additionally supported by Sabrina Sedlacko (asst stage manager), Teri Bradley (tickets & marketing) and Liz Engel (house manager).

ABOUT MIAMISBURG HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE
Miamisburg High School Theatre came roaring back to the stage in 2016 with Into the Woods and followed up that performance with High School Musical Jr. in 2018. The MHS Theatre program is committed to bringing excellence in performance opportunities for students in the 6th-12th grades in the Miamisburg School System.

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AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS | Mon., Oct. 21 | Aronoff Center

CAA_David SedarisThe Best-Selling Author, Humorist and Contributor to
This American Life
Live at the Aronoff Center on Monday, October 21

[Cincinnati, OH], April 11, 2019 – WVXU presents An Evening with David Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Naked,Me Talk Pretty One DayDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor will be appearing for one night only at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall on Monday, October 21 at 7:30pm, following the release of his newest book and New York Times #1 Best Seller, Calypso. 

All seats at the Aronoff Center are reserved, range in price from $48.75 to $58.75, and are subject to additional taxes and fees. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 19 at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-2787 [ARTS], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.

This is a unique opportunity to see the best-selling humorist in an intimate setting. As always, Sedaris will be offering a selection of all-new readings and recollections, as well as a Q&A session and book signing.

With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, Mr. Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.

David Sedaris returns to the road following the release of his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious collection, Calypso.  Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny – it’s a book that can make you laugh ’til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris’s powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future.

If you love David Sedaris’s cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you’re getting into at his live readings. You’d be wrong.  To see him read his own work on stage allows his autobiographical narrative to reveal a uniquely personal narrative that will keep you laughing throughout the evening.  Don’t miss this event!

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IN CELEBRATION OF SCOT WOOLLEY on April 22

ETC_In Celebration of Scot Woolley logoOn April 22, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati will host an evening celebrating the life of Scot Woolley, longtime music director, artistic collaborator, and beloved friend of ETC.

Scot appeared onstage at ETC in His Eye is on the Sparrow, 33 Variations, Gray Gardens, and Souvenir. His other numerous ETC credits included favorites such as 25 the Musical, Cinderella, and Violet. His work on Broadway, national tours, and regionally has touched lives across the globe, and made an enormous difference in our Cincinnati community.

This event will include a reception followed by stories and songs presented in Scot’s memory.

Space is very limited. To reserve seating, please contact Programming & Events Manager Jared Doren: jdoren@ensemblecincinnati.org.

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