Join us on Saturday, January 20th in the Fifth-Third Theatre at the Aronoff Center as we announce the 2018-2019 Cincinnati Music Theatre season.
We will again have snacks and desserts with a cash bar and plenty of entertainment to celebrate what we believe will be another great season for CMT.
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LOVE IS LOVE: A Cabaret
Cincinnati Music Theatre
Feb. 9-17
Aronoff Center Fifth Third Bank Theater [Downtown]
Directed by Skip Fenker
Music directed by Michael Spresser
Produced by Karen Galliers
Join us for our premiere cabaret production in the Aronoff Center’s intimate Fifth Third Bank Theatre. Musical-theatre fans will enjoy hearing Broadway classics, old and new, as we celebrate the many aspects of love. This witty and touching revue, performed by Cincinnati Music Theatre’s finest talent in a cabaret setting with tables and chairs, features songs such as “Seasons of Love” (Rent), “Love Changes Everything” (Aspects of Love), and “Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun” (Irving Berlin’s White Christmas). The perfect show for a Valentine’s date or a special evening with someone you love!
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Hi everyone,
I’d like to invite you, and any other members of your groups that you’d like to bring along, to our 3rd Annual Training Forum for Judges and Presidents.
Place: The Drama Workshop Theater at 3716 Glenmore Ave. Cincinnati
Date: Mar 3rd
Time: 1-4 pm
Snacks will be provided.
We’ll have 3 Workshops/Presentations. Please feel free to come for what you can or stay for all three. There will be a 10 minute break between each one.
1-1:50pm Dennis Murphy will talk about how to adjudicate Musical Theatre Performances and Dan Maloney will talk about how to adjudicate Acting in a Play.. As always, this will also include time for conversation with all of you.
2-2:50pm: Dee Anne Bryll will talk about how to adjudicate choreography and dance execution. She’ll specifically hit on what responders should be looking for and looking at (observables).
3-3:50pm: The members of the Long Range Judging Committee will discuss the new Critique Template and continue discussions on how our critiques should be written to best benefit our groups. We are all making great strides in our critique writing yet we still have room for improvement so that our responses to the groups give them quality feedback. Feedback from group Presidents on how your group views our critiques would certainly be beneficial to this segment of our forum.
Please RSVP to me at actjudge@gmail.com if you plan on coming so we can calculate the amount of food and beverage to provide.
We look forward to seeing you all there.
Arlene Borock-Balczo
2nd VP of ACT Cincinnati
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Photo by Tony Arrasmith/Arrasmith & Associates.
Cincinnati Playhouse’s latest Off the Hill Production runs Jan. 20-Feb. 18
CINCINNATI—The Playhouse in the Park’s popular Off the Hill series starts the new year with PINOCCHIO beginning Jan. 20. The story, adapted by Toby Hulse from the original stories written by Carlo Collodi, runs through February 18 at community centers across the region.
A well-loved story, PINOCCHIO is about a wooden puppet of the same name full of childlike whimsy that was brought to life by the lonely toymaker Gepetto. The play is packed with playful antics, magical creatures, madcap comedy and dollops of fun for the whole family from age 6 and up.
“I think Pinocchio is an irresistible character,” says Playhouse Senior Directing Fellow Cait Robinson, who directs the show. “I want children to be able to fall in love with and identify with him — his love of singing and dancing, his silly sense of humor and the way he grows wiser and kinder over the course of the play.”
Robinson invites the audience to expand their imaginations every step of the way. Three performers take on the script’s two-dozen characters of humans, animals and magical creatures, while donning original wardrobe pieces created by Playhouse artisans. Painted panels and curtains transform the world of the story from the comfort of Geppetto’s toyshop to the wild of the woods to the depths of the ocean.
“PINOCCHIO is a classic tale that is still relevant and exciting for kids as well as parents,” says Director of Education and Community Engagement Daunielle Rasmussen. “It is an intergenerational gem that is a joyful experience for the whole family from the youngest to the oldest member.”
PINOCCHIO tours the Greater Cincinnati area from Jan. 20 to Feb. 18. Recommended for ages 6 and up.
For information on locations and tickets, click here.
The Playhouse is supported by the generosity of more than 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 and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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(Cincinnati, OH) – The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) and Cincinnati Music Theatre (CMT) are excited to announce LOVE IS LOVE: A Cabaret of Broadway Songs About Love at the Aronoff Center’s intimate Fifth Third Bank Theater on February 9-10 and 16-17 (see detailed schedule below).
Tickets are only $25 and include a cheese/fruit plate and one beverage (ticket price includes all fees). Tickets are available now at CincinnatiArts.org, Cincinnatimusictheatre.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. Group sales of eight or more are available at (513) 977-4157
The witty and touching musical revue will be created by Skip Fenker (Director) and Michael Spresser (Musical Director), and produced by Karen Galliers. Sitting at tables with a drink in hand, audiences will hear Broadway classics, old and new, about the many different aspects of love. Beloved songs such as “Seasons of Love” (Rent), “Love Changes Everything” (Aspects of Love), and “Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun” (Irving Berlin’s White Christmas) will be sung by CMT’s top talent. It’s the perfect show for a Valentine’s date or a special evening with friends!
LOVE IS LOVE is the premiere production of a partnership between CAA and CMT to produce Broadway-style cabarets at the Aronoff Center. CAA has been operating and managing the Aronoff since its opening in 1995, the same year CMT became one of the venue’s founding resident companies. The 50+ year-old community theater offers exceptional productions of new and classic Broadway musicals, created and performed by some of the finest theatrical talent in the region. The cabaret partnership is a new venture for both arts organizations.
“The Aronoff Center’s Fifth Third Bank Theater is the perfect venue to showcase CMT’s remarkable talent, and we believe that the intimate and comfortable cabaret setting will make for a memorable evening out,” said Todd Duesing, Cincinnati Arts Association’s Chief Operating Officer. “ We look forward to working with our friends at CMT to create a new entertainment experience for musical theatre fans of all ages.”
In a true spirit of collaboration, CAA and CMT are co-presenting this premiere cabaret production, with CAA managing the operations and marketing and CMT directing and producing the revue.
“The cabaret will showcase the talents of both groups in order to bring this one-of-a-kind musical experience to the Aronoff Center,” said Skip Fenker, Director of LOVE IS LOVE. “Audiences can expect to hear some of the greatest Broadway songs ever written in an intimate theater setting with other musical theatre fans.”
LOVE IS LOVE Performance Schedule:
Cincinnati Arts Association
Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of two 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 700,000 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, including Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati May Festival, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Symphony/Pops Orchestras, and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati, presented by TriHealth. 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.
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 Twitter @CinMusicTheatre.
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, Macy’s, Pepsi, Skyline Chili, TriHealth, Ultimate Air Shuttle, Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc.
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