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SNOW CANCELLATIONS For Feb. 21

MISC_Snow Cancellations

Updated 5:43pm

  • BYE BYE LIVER presented by 628 Productions
    It is with great sadness that we have to CANCEL the show tonight 2/21. Snowmaggedon has officially hit Cincinnati and continues to pummel us. If you had tickets for tonight, we will take care of you!
  • CHAPATTI presented by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
    Due to the inclement weather, the Saturday, Feb. 21, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. performances of CHAPATTI have been canceled. The Box Office will remain closed today. We apologize for the inconvenience.
  • THE CORONATION OF POPPEA presented by UC College-Conservatory of Music
    Due to inclement weather, the Saturday evening performance of THE CORONATION OF POPPEA has been canceled. Sunday’s matinee performance is expected to proceed as originally scheduled. If we can add any make-up performances of this production, we will make an announcement ASAP. For more information about UC’s campus closure today, please visit http://www.uc.edu/news/nr.aspx?id=20792.
  • IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT presented by Falcon Theater
    Due to the inclement weather, we’ve decided to keep our actors AND fans safe and warm this evening and are canceling tonight’s 8 p.m. performance of In the Heat of the Night.
    We’ll be adding a performance this Thursday, 2/26 at 8 p.m. Our Box Office will call anyone with a reservation to reschedule their tickets for next week.
    We’ll see you next week!
  • LITTLE WOMEN presented by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
    Tonight’s performance of LITTLE WOMEN is cancelled due to snow. If you have tickets, a staff member will call you this afternoon to reschedule, or you can use the link in your confirmation email to exchange for another date. If we do not reach you today, please call the box office next week to reschedule.
  • LOVE LETTERS presented by Fairfield Footlighters
    The Saturday, Feb 21, production of “Love Letters” has been CANCELED due to the current Level 2 Snow Emergency in Butler County. Ticket holders will be contacted for an opportunity to exchange for a future performance. We apologize for any inconvenience.Please come and see Bob & Heidi perform on Sunday, March 1, at 2pm. They look forward to seeing your friendly faces!
  • MOVE OVER MRS. MARKHAM presented by Beechmont Players
    Beechmont Players, Inc. has decided to cancel the Saturday, February 21, performance of “Move Over, Mrs. Markham” due to inclement weather. Our box office will call our patrons who have already bought tickets for tonight to exchange their tickets for another performance. For a complete performance schedule, visithttp://beechmontplayers.org/shows/move-over-mrs-markham/ or call our ticket hotline at 513-233-2468.
  • A NICE FAMILY GATHERING presented by The Sunset Players
    Sunset Players at the Arts Center at Dunham is cancelling tonight’s performance of “A Nice Family Gathering” due to weather conditions. Tickets purchased for tonight’s show can be redeemed for another performance. Remaining performance dates include: February 27-28; March 1, 5, 6, & 7. For additional questions, please call 513-588-4988.
  • SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE! JR presented by The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati
    Today’s Kids Kuisine event at 11:30 AM and our 2 PM Performance of SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE JR. is CANCELED.Please contact cohmer@cincinnatimagazine.com regarding requesting a refund for Kids Kuisine event tickets ONLY or you can donate the value of your event ticket to The Children’s Theatre.Regarding SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE JR., our ticket office will resume our regular business hours on Monday, February 23 at 10:00am.

    Your options:

    – Multi-ticket holders not currently attending DISNEY’S ALADDIN JR. can exchange their tickets for one of the performances in April.

    · Season ticket holders and multi-ticket holders that have tickets to DISNEY’S ALADDIN JR. may donate the value of their tickets to our program to support underserved children to attend one of our performances or request a refund.
    · Patrons that purchased single tickets must return to the point of purchase to receive a refund.

    Please email our ticket office with any additional questions at tickets@thechildrenstheatre.com.

    Thank you.

  • SEUSSICAL presented by Oxford Area Community Theatre
    Due to the road conditions and the Level 2 Snow Emergency in Butler County, tonight’s performance (Saturday, Feb. 21) is CANCELLED. We are in the process of arranging a make up date, and will post that information as soon as it becomes available. If you have tickets for this performance, they will be honored for the make up date. At this point, the performance for tomorrow (Sunday, Feb. 22) is STILL ON!!! Let’s hope the weather cooperates and the roads get cleared tomake travel safe! We apologize for the inconvenience and disappointment.
  • STANTON’S GARAGE presented by CenteStage Players of Ohio
    Due to severe weather conditions, CenterStage Players must cancel tonight’s 8p performance of Stanton’s Garage. Today’s tickets will be honored in our upcoming shows. Contact CenterStage Players 513-588-4910 for questions or to reschedule.

  • THE WOMEN presented by Village Players
    Due to the severe weather, tonight’s performance of The Women has been cancelled. Please come see us Sunday or next weekend. Be careful out there and stay warm!

NOT CANCELLED:

  • ANYTHING GOES presented by Broadway in Cincinnati
    Today’s performances of ANYTHING GOES will go on as scheduled. Due to the forecasted inclement weather, Ticket Holders who are unable to attend their performance may exchange into one of the remaining performances (Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 1:00 PM, or Sunday at 6:30 PM.)- Subscribers, please contact your Subscriber Hotline at 800.294.1816, (today until noon), or exchange online at BroadwayInCincinnati.com (available until 2 hous prior to your original performance)
    – If you purchased through CincinnatiArts.org or the Aronoff Center Ticket Office, call (513) 621.2787 (today until 8:00 PM)
    – If you have any questions, call us at (513) 621-2787 (today until 8:00 PM).

    – If there are any changes to this weekend’s performances, we will post updated information on our Facebook page and on our website at www.CincinnatiArts.org.

    Stay safe and warm today!

  • AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY presented by Clifton Players and Untethered Theater
    Tonight’s performance of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is on. We know it’s cold, so escape to the sweltering Oklahoma plains with us. Showtime is still 8pm. A few tickets remain.
  • THE HANDMAID’S TALE presented by Know Theatre of Cincinnati
    The weather outside is indeed frightful, but the show goes on at Know Theatre of Cincinnati tonight.Tonight’s final performance of The Handmaid’s Tale at Know Theatre will proceed as planned at 8PM.

    THAT SAID: If you have tickets for tonight but do not feel comfortable making the trip in, please give us a call at 513-300-5669 on Monday and we will be happy to issue vouchers for a future show at the Know, or provide you with a refund of your ticket if a future show is not in the cards for you.

    Thank you for being a part of the Know Theatre Tribe, be safe out there, and we’ll see you at the theatre.

  • LES MISERABLES at Northern Kentucky University
    Hoping to see LES MISÉRABLES but missed your chance to get tickets?
    Due to cancellations, many tickets have been made available for tonight’s 8pm performance. Come to the Box Office before the show to purchase available tickets.
  • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM presented by Xavier University Theatre
    A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM will go on as scheduled tonight!

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St. Xavier High School Grad “Tappy” Touring with CINDERELLA

CINDERELLA swings Jordana Grolnick & Ben Lanham.

CINDERELLA swings Jordana Grolnick & Ben Lanham.

Ben Lanham, a 2009 graduate of St. Xavier high school returns to his hometown of Cincinnati with the tour of CINDERELLA the Musical, opening tonight and continuing through Jan. 18th.

Ben was named one of the Enquirer Arts All Stars 2009 (Dance) by Jackie Demaline. After graduating high school, Lanham attended Oklahoma City University where he received his BA in Dance Performance.

Ben toured internationally with WEST SIDE STORY this past year before landing the CINDERELLA tour. Being a swing, Lanham won’t be on stage every show, but local fans can see him perform Wednesday the 7th, Thursday the 15th and the Sunday matinee on the 18th.

Want to see Ben’s dance skills up close? Watch the YouTube video embedded below. Chris Rice (Broadway’s BOOK OF MORMON) leads an ensemble through a tap number he choreographed to Pharrell Williams’, “Happy.” Ben is dressed in a bright red shirt with long, blue sleeves.

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See Two Scrooges WAITING FOR GODOT at CSC

Ebenezer Scrooge (Bruce Cromer) celebrates his renewed holiday spirit . Photo by Sandy Underwood.

Bruce Cromer as Ebenezer Scrooge in Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company kicks off 2015 by staging Samuel Beckett’s absurdist play, WAITING FOR GODOT.

In GODOT, two loveable, hapless vagrants, Gogo and Didi, grapple with the mysteries of the universe, trading barbs and banter as they await the arrival of the eternally truant Godot.

Director Brian Isaac Phillips has cast Bruce Cromer and Nicholas Rose as the vagrants in this vaudevillian production. Both actors are easily recognizable to Cincinnati audiences.

MISC_Nick Rose Scrooge Nick Rose backstage as Scrooge.

MISC_Nick Rose Scrooge
Nick Rose backstage as Scrooge.

Last week, Cromer completed his tenth season as Ebeneezer Scrooge in Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s annual production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Bruce took on Scrooge when Joneal Joplin stepped away from the role, making Cromer the Playhouse’s fourth actor to play Scrooge.

This year was Rose’s fifth production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, on stage as Mr. Cupp and several other ensemble characters. He also had the responsibility of understudying the role of Scrooge.

As it happens from time to time in live theater, Bruce Cromer injured his ankle during a mid-December matinee. Fellow cast member Doug Rees (Fezziwig/Ghost of Christmas Present) posted this on Facebook.

Our “Scrooge” injured his ankle giving his always 110%, brilliant and fully committed performance at the matinée of A CHRISTMAS CAROL today; the hope is to have him back by Tuesday. In his place tonight stepped the formidable and remarkably poised Nick Rose. He could be forgiven if he managed to simply get through it; but he did oh so much more than that! Kudos to him, and to Christopher Richardson, Ollie Corchado and Alex Georges Purcell, who all stepped admirably into their understudy tracks as well!

Nicholas Rose and Bruce Cromer.

Nicholas Rose and Bruce Cromer.

By stepping into a performance as Scrooge, Nick Rose goes down in Playhouse history as the fifth actor to play Scrooge.

Local theater-goes have a great opportunity to see these two fine actors together in WAITING FOR GODOT. For me, it’s a “must-see” this theater season. I do expect this production to sell really well, so don’t wait to long to get tickets.

Press release | Production page |

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Most Read Entries and Reviews in 2014

Victoria Garcia as Wednesday, Sam Johnson as Lurch, Doug Bruening as Fester, Victoria Covarrubias as Grandma, Alexander Mullins as Pugsley. Seated: Anne Schneider as Morticia & Gregory Good as Gomez.

Victoria Garcia as Wednesday, Sam Johnson as Lurch, Doug Bruening as Fester, Victoria Covarrubias as Grandma, Alexander Mullins as Pugsley. Seated: Anne Schneider as Morticia & Gregory Good as Gomez.

With it being the end of the year and all, I started to pull a few “Most Popular” lists together from 2014.

Most Read Blog Entries for 2014
I really like the mix of information that made the top 25. I also think it shows that there is an audience for “news brief” press releases (for examples see stories 2, 3 & 11 below). Readers seem to enjoy reading about what is going on in our local arts community,especially behind the scenes.

  1. THE ADDAMS FAMILY Review
  2. Joshua Steele Leaving The Carnegie
  3. Carnegie Names Maggie Perrino Theater Director
  4. Finalists for LCT Awards Celebration Announced
  5. 2013-2014 Orchid Awards
  6. Falcon Announces All Auditions for 2014-2015 Season
  7. Meals 4 Monologues Auditions with D. Lynn Meyers at ETC
  8. The Carnegie Announces Auditions for WEST SIDE STORY
  9. Broadway in Cincinnati 2014-2015 Season Announcement
  10. FOOTLOOSE Runs July 23-Aug. 3
  11. Local Actor Steps Up and Steps Into HARRY Role
  12. LCT Celebrates Season Winners
  13. PINKALICIOUS earns 4 (VERY PINK) Stars from LCT
  14. HANDS ON A HARDBODY Review
  15. Paradise Players Announce Auditions for NEXT TO NORMAL
  16. INTO THE WOODS Review
  17. The Passing of Larry Behymer
  18. My Fringe Show Ranking
  19. Cincinnati Music Theatre Presents: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
  20. CPT Announces 2014-2015 Season
  21. REEFER MADNESS Review
  22. CCM ANNOUNCES 2014-2015 Mainstage Series
  23. THE SOUND OF MUSIC Review
  24. SBP Announces Auditions for THE ADDAMS FAMILY
  25. FLI Announces Auditions for LITTLE WOMEN

Most Read Reviews
Nice mix of theater groups

  1. THE ADDAMS FAMILY Review
  2. HANDS ON A HARDBODY Review
  3. INTO THE WOODS Review
  4. REEFER MADNESS Review
  5. THE SOUND OF MUSIC Review
  6. LEGALLY BLONDE Review
  7. THE BOOK OF MORMON Review
  8. THE FACULTY LOUNGE Review
  9. HOT DAMN! IT’S THE LOVELAND FROG! Review
  10. TENDERLY: THE ROSEMARY CLOONEY MUSICAL Review
  11. DIRTY DANCING Review
  12. THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED Review
  13. THE BACCHAE Review
  14. I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI Review
  15. THE BIRDS Review

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UPDATED: The Passing of Ralph Dennler

Ralph Dennler.

Ralph Dennler.

via Dayton Theatre Guild

It is with heartbreak that we announce that the Dayton theatre community has lost an elder statesman, our beloved Ralph Dennler, who passed away Saturday evening.

We especially feel the loss here at the Guild, where Ralph dedicated more than four decades as an actor, director, and long-standing board member who worked tirelessly and passionately to fulfill the Guild mission of “Good Theatre Done Well.”

Goodbye Dear Ralph, we miss you already.

Click here to view obituary and services information.

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