SWAN LAKE
Cincinnati Ballet
Feb. 13-21
Cincinnati Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]
Hailed as one of the greatest ballets of all time, this production features virtuosic choreography after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, with additional choreography by Kirk Peterson and live music performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
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THE NERD
Fairfield Footlighters
Feb. 13-15
Fairfield Performing Arts Center
Directed by Mark Lunsford
Produced by Nick and Anna Brown
Cast: Jake Spicer as Rick Steadman, Jacob Nichols as Willum Cubbert, Davis Byrd as Axel Hammond, Liz Lindon as Tansy McGinnis, Nick Dunker as Warnock Waldgrave, Madelynn Annarumo as Clelia Waldgrave & Charlie MacPherson as Thor Waldgrave
When mild-mannered architect Willum Cubbert is visited by the man who once saved his life, things quickly spiral into chaos. What begins as a heartfelt reunion turns into a hilarious nightmare as his unexpected guest overstays his welcome in the most outrageous ways. Larry Shue’s classic comedy is a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud romp about gratitude gone wrong.
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CONSTELLATIONS
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Feb. 12-22
[Over-the-Rhine]
Directed by Bridget Leak
Cast: Caitlin McWethy as Marianne & Phineas Clark as Roland
Marianne and Roland meet at a barbecue, date, and break up. Or maybe they don’t. Maybe they fall in love and live happily ever after. Or again, maybe they don’t. This sparkling and passionate love story explodes open the vast possibilities contained in ordinary lives, exploring the paths we take – and those we don’t – through multiverse theory, free will, and honey.
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) [REVISED]
Xavier University Theatre
Feb. 12-15
Gallagher Student Center Onstage Theatre [Evanston]
Directed by Brian Isaac Phillips
All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays, THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: (ABRIDGED) was London’s longest-running comedy! Join these madcap players in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter.
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THE 39 STEPS
Greater Hamilton Civic Theatre
Feb. 12-15
Miami University Hamilton – Parrish Auditorium
Directed by Katelyn Quinn
Produced by Brett Sandlin & Tracy Botos
Cast: Michael Knorr as Richard Hannay, Kaylie Ann McDowell as Annabella/Pamela/Margaret, Patrick as Clown 1, Clancey Butts as Clown 2 & Ellie Light as Clown 3
The 39 Steps. Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have the intriguing, thrilling, riotous and unmissable comedy. The show hurtles a notorious fugitive and a spellbound blonde from a London music hall north by northwest to Scotland’s most remote highlands. Will they save Britain from a den of devious spies? A cast of four actors plays over 150 characters in this fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily entertaining adventure.
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