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December 14, 2023 · 6:15 am

BEETLEJUICE Runs Jan. 16-28

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Isabella Esler as Lydia and Justin Collette as Beetlejuice. Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2022

BEETLEJUICE
Broadway in Cincinnati
Jan. 16-28
Aronoff Center Procter & Gamble Hall [Downtown]

It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, BEETLEJUICE is “SCREAMINGLY GOOD FUN!” (Variety). And under its uproarious surface (six feet under, to be exact), it’s a remarkably touching show about family, love, and making the most of every Day-O!

  • Tue-Thu, Jan. 16-18 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, Jan. 19 at 8pm
  • Sat, Jan. 20 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 21 at 1pm & 6:30pm
  • Tue-Thu, Jan. 23-25 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, Jan. 26 at 8pm
  • Sat, Jan. 27 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 28 at 1pm & 6:30pm

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December 14, 2023 · 6:14 am

TRUE WEST Runs Jan. 12-28

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Dayton Theatre Guild
Jan. 12-28
[Dayton]

Directed by Doug Lloyd
Produced by K.L.Storer

Cast: Jared Mola as Lee, Ryan Hester as Austin, Philip Trickey as Saul & Libby Holley Scancarello as Mom

Forty miles east of Hollywood, sibling rivalry takes a hellish turn when a screenwriter is forced to pen his outlaw brother’s wild Western movie script. Tensions rise like the desert heat as the brothers showdown in Sam Shepard’s darkly funny Pulitzer Prize finalist.

  • Fri-Sat, Jan. 12-13 at 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 14 at 3pm
  • Fri, Jan. 19 at 8pm
  • Sat, Jan. 20 at 5pm
  • Sun, Jan. 21 at 3pm
  • Fri, Jan. 26 at 8pm
  • Sat, Jan. 27 at 5pm
  • Sun, Jan. 28 at 3pm

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December 12, 2023 · 5:24 pm

IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? Runs Jan. 12-28

DPH_Is there Life After High SchoolIS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
Dayton Playhouse
Jan. 12-28
[Dayton]

Directed by Kathy Clark

Cast: Laura Bay, Jenny Clemens, Marc Driscoll, Landon Drumm, Price Dunlap, Hariong Gu, Jamie Pavlofsky, Michael Shannon & Alicia Wagner

This is a “memory musical.” The cast plays various characters remembering the joy, the laughter, and the pain of what it was like to go through high school. and to the gallery of characters that inhabit it, as they look back on their high schools”. Charming, funny, touching and likable […] it’s a gentle, low-key piece that wins its way by being so enjoyable. Somehow it touches a common chord; audiences can relate to it, and to the gallery of characters that inhabit it, as they look back on their high school days from 10 to 20 years on.

  • Fri-Sat, Jan. 12-13 at 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 14 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, Jan. 19-20 at 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 21 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, Jan. 26-27 at 8pm
  • Sun, Jan. 28 at 2pm

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December 12, 2023 · 5:22 pm

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Runs Jan. 12-14

TSC_Steel MagnoliasSTEEL MAGNOLIAS
The Story Collective of Cincinnati
Jan. 12-14
Mason Community Playhouse

Cast: Karly Danos as Truvy, Marianne Adae as Annelle, Dee Anne Bryll as Clairee, Jocelyn Sluka as Ouiser, Kayla Stroud as Shelby & Susan Jung as M’Lynn

The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, (“I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years”); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.

  • Fri, Jan. 12 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Jan. 13 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Jan. 14 at 3pm

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December 11, 2023 · 6:38 pm

BOEING, BOEING Runs Jan. 12-14

PAI_Boeing BoeingBOEING, BOEING
PAI Sharonville Center Stage
Jan. 12-14
Sharonville Cultural Arts Center

BOEING, BOEING takes place in a single day for self-styled Parisian lothario Bernard, who has Italian, German, and American fiancées, each a beautiful airline hostess with frequent “layovers.” He keeps “one up, one down, and one pending” until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris, and Bernard’s apartment, at the same time.

  • Fri-Sat, Jan. 12-13 at 7pm
  • Sun, Jan. 14 at 2pm

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