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GUYS AND DOLLS runs March 22-25

GUYS AND DOLLS
Presented by Rotary Presents
March 22-25
Hamilton

It all begins with a bet. Nathan Detroit bets high-rolling gambler Sky Masterson that Sky cannot persuade Save-A-Soul Missionary Sister Sarah Brown to accompany him on a trip to Cuba. While the worldly Sky works his charms on a wary Sarah, Nathan is doing his best to stay outside the matrimonial clutches of his long-suffering fiancée, Miss Adelaide. Guys and Dolls is a fable about what happens to gambling men and the women who long to tame them. Set in the colorful world of New York City in the mid-20th century, the romantic and funny Guys And Dolls is populated with gangsters and gamblers, missionary dolls and scantily clad showgirls, and one the great musical scores in the history of American theatre.

Direction and Vocal Direction by Ryan Heinrich
Music Direction by Michelle Lewis
Choreography by Alison Rampa
Produced by Bill Balfour and Joellyn Goos

Cast: Brian Smith as Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Jim Ward as Benny Southstreet, Derek Werk as Rusty Charlie, Robert Stimmel as Harry the Horse, Bill Balfour as Nathan Detroit, Mark Durbin as Angie the Ox, Tom Dierling as Sky Masterson, Jeff Christian as Big Jule, Michael Reardon as Lt. Branningan, Maria Balfour as Sarah Brown, Bob Dronberger as Arvide Abernathy, Teresa Bayer-Iltzsch as Agatha, Joy Sharp as General Mathilda B. Cartwright, Erich Geoppinger as Master of Ceremonies, Sam Downs as Waiter, Angie Neal as Adelaide & Lindsey Weissinger as Mimi
Crapshooters: Tom Angst, Sam Downs, Erich Geoppinger, Paul Gerwe, Brenden Fookes & Matt Reed
Mission Band: Patsy Bourne, Linda Clark, Joan Crawford-Angst, Samantha Creech, Lisa Dronberger, Martha Jane Spain, Jacob Spicer, Barb Winkler-Toth, Jane Winkler &  Melanie Winsted
Hot Box Girls: Emily Bishop, Hailey Caudill, Victoria Crone, Caitlyn Leibrock, Tori Riddick & Lindsey Weissinger

  • Thu-Sat, March 22-24 at 8pm
  • Sun, March 25 at 2pm

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Local media coverage: JournalNews article |

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ARSENIC AND OLD LACE runs March 29-April 1

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
Presented by Mason Community Players
March 29-April 1
Mason 

A farcical black comedy revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Bronx, NY, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves. His family includes two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them; a brother who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home; and a murderous brother who has received plastic surgery performed by an alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein a german guy that is is a Nazi to conceal his identity and now looks like horror-film actor Boris Karloff. -Wikipedia

Directed by Rich Schmaltz
Produced by Gaylene May

Cast: Alan Harland as Mortimer, Becca McLaughlin as Abby, Julie Jordan as Martha, Gary Glass as Jonathan, Dan Nieman as Einstein, Fred Hunt as Teddy, Claire LaNicca as Elaine, Brendan Fookes as Officer Klein, Keith Benson as Officer Brophy, Brandon Guyer as Officer O’Hara, Barry Reynolds as Lt. Rooney, Jim Waldfogle as Mr Gibbs, Tim Geering as Rev. Dr. Harper, Joel Lind as Mr. Witherspoon, Kyle Taylor as Mr. Hoskins & Kristian Johnson as Mr. Spenalzo

  • Thu-Sat, March 29-31 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 1 at 2pm

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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: DRALION runs March 28-April 1

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: DRALION
Presented by Bank of Kentucky Center
March 28-April 1
Highland Heights

Reviews: Enquirer |

Fusing the 3000 year-old tradition of Chinese acrobatic arts with the multidisciplinary approach of Cirque du Soleil, Dralion draws its inspiration from Eastern philosophy and its never-ending quest for harmony between humans and nature. The show’s name is derived from its two emblematic creatures: the dragon, symbolizing the East, and the lion, symbolizing the West.

In Dralion, the four elements that govern the natural order take on a human form. Thus embodied, each element is represented by its own evocative colour: air is blue; water is green; fire is red; earth is ochre. In the world of Dralion, cultures blend, Man and Nature are one, and balance is achieved.

  • Wed-Fri, March 28-30 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, March 31 at 3:30pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, April 1 at 1pm & 5pm

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Local media coverage: WVXU interview | Enquirer article |

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GEM OF THE OCEAN runs March 29-April 15

GEM OF THE OCEAN
Presented by Human Race Theatre Company
March 29-April 15
Dayton

Reviews: Dayton City Paper | Dayton Most Metro |

Each of the ten plays in the late August Wilson’s famed “Pittsburgh Cycle” covers a different decade of the 1900s in an urban African-American neighborhood, and Gem, while the next-to-last written, is the first chronologically. It’s set in 1904, an age when slavery no longer exists but oppression remains all too real, and where the problems of the residents seem overwhelming. At the core of the story is Aunt Ester, whose 285 years of life include a journey to America on a slave ship, and who uses her experiences to bring moral guidance to new generations.

Directed by Mark Clayton Southers

Cast: Bryant Bentley as Caesar Wilks, Kevin Brown as Eli, Alan Bomar Jones as Solly Two Kings, Dwandra Nickole as Aunt Ester Tyler, Jonathan Berry as Citizen Barlow, Scott Stoney as Rutherford Selig & Marva Willians as Black Mary Wilks

  • In preview, Thu, March 29 at 8pm
  • Fri-Sat, March 30-31 at 8pm
  • Sun, April  at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue, April 3 at 7pm
  • Wed-Sat, April 4-7 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 8 at 2pm
  • Wed-Sat, April 11-14 at 8pm
  • Sun, April 15 at 2pm

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Local media coverage: Dayton Most Metro article |

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THE ADDAMS FAMILY runs March 27-April 8

Patrick D. Kennedy (Pugsley), Pippa Pearthree (Grandma), Sara Gettelfinger (Morticia), Douglas Sills (Gomez), Tom Corbeil (Lurch), Cortney Wolfson (Wednesday) and Blake Hammond (Uncle Fester) in THE ADDAMS FAMILY. (Photo by Jeremy Daniel)

THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Presented by Broadway in Cincinnati
March 27-April 8
Downtown 

Reviews: CityBeat | Behind the Curtain | iSpyCincy | Talkin’ Broadway | Mommy Bits |

This is definitely not the same old song and dance.

It’s every parent’s nightmare. Your little girl has suddenly become a young woman, and what’s worse, has fallen deliriously in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. Yes, Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has a “normal” boyfriend, and for parents Gomez and Morticia, this shocking development will turn the Addams house downside up.

It’s a family portrait that’s completely off the wall.

  • Tue-Fri, March 27-30 at 8pm
  • Sat, March 31 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 1 at 1pm & 6:30pm
  • Tue-Fri, April 3-6 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 7 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 8 at 1pm & 6:30pm

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Local media coverage: Enquirer article |

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