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MATILDA JR at Vandalia Youth Theatre Company, Nov. 17-18

VYTC_MatildaMATILDA JR
Vandalia Youth Theatre Company
Nov. 17-18
Arbogast Performing Arts Center [Troy]

Rebellion is nigh in Matilda JR., a gleefully witty ode to the the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the “revolting children” who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson. Matilda has astonishing wit, intelligence… and special powers! She’s unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher, the highly loveable Miss Honey. Matilda’s school life isn’t completely smooth sailing, however – the school’s mean headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, hates children and just loves thinking up new punishments for those who don’t abide by her rules. But Matilda has courage and cleverness in equal amounts, and could be the school pupils’ saving grace!

  • Fri, Nov. 17 at 7pm
  • Sat, Nov. 18 at 2pm & 7pm

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WHITE CHRISTMAS Runs Nov. 30-Dec. 23

CCPA_White ChristmasWHITE CHRISTMAS
Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 30-Dec. 23
[West Price Hill]

Directed by Tim Perrino
Music directed by Greg Dastillung
Choreographed by Cassidy Steele

Cast: Jeremiah Plessinger as Bob Wallace, Christopher Wells as Phil Davis, Jenny Herndon as Betty Haynes, Haley Haskin as Judy Haynes, Bob Allen as General Henry Waverly, Kelsey Chandler as Martha Watson & Libby Whitman as Susan Waverly
Ensemble: Jerrod Gruber, Elliot Handkins, Jamie Steele, Lawson Smith, Tre Taylor III, Donald Washington, Ryan Whitford, Dave Woellert, Emmie Brewer, Jordan Darnell, Courtney Duncan, Katie McCarthy, Caroline Rakestraw, Kelsey Schwarber, Jenna Treinen, Jordan Ward, Peyton Wright & Cassidy Steele

Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil’s former army commander. With a dazzling score featuring well-known standards including “Blue Skies,” “The Best Things Happen When Your Dancing,” “Count Your Blessings,” “Snow and the perennial classic, White Christmas!

  • Thu, Nov. 30 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 1-2 at 8pm
  • Sun, Dec. 3 at 2pm (As of 11/3/23 limited availability – call box office)
  • Thu, Dec. 7 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 8-9 at 8pm
  • Sun, Dec. 10 at 2pm
  • Thu, Dec. 14 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 15-16 at 8pm
  • Sun, Dec. 17 at 2pm
  • Thu, Dec. 21 at 7:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 22-23 at 8pm

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WINTER WONDERETTES Runs Nov. 30-Dec. 17

KRT_Winter WonderettesWINTER WONDERETTES
Kincaid Regional Theatre
Nov. 30-Dec. 17
[Falmouth, Ky.]

Directed by Mikinley Grace Lustenberg
Music Directed by Bonita Pack
Choreography by Kristin Church
Produced by Brett Price

Cast: Cassidy Perme as Missy, Elly Morris as Cindy Lou, Madisyn Kelley as Suzy & Allison Kalfas as Betty Jean

The Marvelous Wonderettes shine bright onstage as they create a rockin’ ‘60s party to celebrate the holidays with friends and family! This seasonal celebration finds the girls entertaining at the annual Harper’s Hardware Holiday Party. When Santa turns up missing, the girls use their talent and creative ingenuity to save the holiday party! Featuring great ’60s versions of holiday classics such as “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Run, Rudolph, Run,” and “Winter Wonderland,” the result is, of course, marvelous! This energetic and glittering holiday package is guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages.

  • Thu-Sat, Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at 7pm
  • Sun, Dec. 3 at 2:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 8-9 at 7pm
  • Sun, Dec. 10 at 2:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 15-16 at 7pm
  • Sun, Dec. 17 at 2:30pm

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THE MUSIC MAN Runs Nov. 30-Dec. 17

FLI_The Music ManTHE MUSIC MAN
Footlighters, Inc.
Nov. 30-Dec. 17
Stained Glass Theatre [Newport]

Directed by Douglas Berlon
Produced by Tom Peters

Cast: Fred Tacon as Harold Hill, Jackie Miesle as Marion Paroo, Evan Blanton as Marcellus Washburn, Molly Simpson as Ethel Toffelmier, Jennifer Day as Mrs. Paroo, Calloway Brinkman as Winthrop Paroo, James Curtis as Mayor Shinn, Debbi Berlon as Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, Hannah Richardson as Zaneeta Shinn, Jenna Uterstaedt as Gracie Shinn, Harold Murphy as Ewart Dunlop, Laurie Brinkman as Maud Dunlop, Hans Hansen as Oliver Hix, Hannah Dube as Alma Hix, Joey Domhoff as Jacey Squires, Aimee Ward as Mrs. Squires, D’Waughn Hazzard as Olin Britt, Phoenix Bills as Tommy Djilas, Maggie Zink as Amaryllis, Fred Hunt as Charlie Cowell, Matt Miller as Constable Locke & George Fee as Train Conductor
Traveling Salespeople: Matt Miller, Travis Ryan, Julia Hasl Miller & Holly Sauerbrunn
Ensemble: Susie Hurst, Tabitha Blanton, Cora Hall, Ava Hall, Ally Van Haaren & Elizabeth Travnik​

The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize– despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic, and touching, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best.

  • *Thu-Sat, Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Dec. 3 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, Dec. 7-9 at 7:30pm
  • *Sun, Dec. 10 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, Dec. 14-16 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Dec. 17 at 2pm
    *Dec. 1 & 10 performances are ASL interpreted.

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Exhilarating New Musical Phenomen SIX On Sale Friday

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Gerianne Pérez as Catherine of Aragon (center) in The North American Tour Boleyn Company of SIX. Photo by Joan Marcus.

THE EXHILARATING NEW MUSICAL PHENOMENON
TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3

ARONOFF CENTER
APRIL 23 – MAY 5, 2024

SIX TOTALLY RULES!” – The New York Times
“A TOTAL BLAST!” – Chicago Tribune

CINCINNATI – Broadway in Cincinnati is delighted to announce that tickets for the Tony Award®-Winning electrifying new musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award®-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss will go on sale Friday, November 3 at 10:00 AM. As part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati 23/24 series presented by TriHealth, SIX makes its Cincinnati premiere at the Aronoff Center April 23 – May 5, 2024. Tickets will be available online at CincinnatiArts.org, by phone at 513.621.ARTS or in person at the Aronoff Center Box Office, downtown.

The cast features Gerianne Pérez as Catherine of Aragon, Zan Berube as Anne Boleyn, Amina Faye as Jane Seymour, Terica Marie as Anna of Cleves, Aline Mayagoitia as Katherine Howard, and Courtney Mack as Catherine Parr. The cast also includes Aryn Bohannon, Wesley Carpenter, Jana Larell Glover, Taylor Pearlstein, Cassie Silva and Kelly Denice Taylor. All casting is subject to change.

From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over!

SIX won 23 awards in the 2021/2022 Broadway season, including the Tony Award® for Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical.

The New York Times says SIX “TOTALLY RULES!” (Critic’s Pick) and The Washington Post hails SIX as “Exactly the kind of energizing, inspirational illumination this town aches for!”

The SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT Broadway album debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard cast album charts and surpassed 6 Million streams in its first month.

SIX, which closed in March 2020 due to the pandemic on what was supposed to be opening night, is now playing at the Lena Horne Theatre on Broadway in New York City. The show had a successful North American Premiere at Chicago Shakespeare in the summer of 2019. Prior to Broadway, the show played limited engagements at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) in Cambridge, MA, the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, AB Canada, and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN.

SIX is co-directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, featuring choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille. The design team includes Emma Bailey (Set Design), Tony Award®-winner Gabriella Slade (Costume Design), Paul Gatehouse (Sound Design), and Tim Deiling (Lighting Design). The score features orchestrations by Tom Curran with music supervision and vocal arrangements by Joe Beighton and U.S. Music Supervision by Roberta Duchak. Casting is by Tara Rubin Casting / Peter Van Dam, CSA with original US casting by Bob Mason. Theater Matters is General Manager, Sam Levy is Associate Producer and Lucas McMahon is U.S. Executive Producer.

SIX is produced in the United States by Kenny Wax, Wendy & Andy Barnes, George Stiles, and Kevin McCollum.

Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss devised the original concept and started writing SIX when they were students at Cambridge University in early 2017. It was first presented as the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society’s submission to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe later that year, playing a one-month run and featuring student actors. SIX went on to get picked up by UK Producers and a new production was mounted, with professional actors and a predominantly new creative team, at the Norwich Playhouse and then again at Edinburgh Festival in 2018. A limited engagement at the Arts Theatre in London garnered the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Off-West End Production and the show toured the UK in the autumn of 2018 before returning to the Arts Theatre and subsequently the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue. SIX is currently playing an open-ended run at the Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand. SIX earned five 2019 Laurence Olivier Award nominations, including Best New Musical.

SIX is currently on-stage at the Lena Horne Theatre (256 W. 47th St) on Broadway in New York City, the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End, on tour in the UK, and at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto.

SIX  will play the Aronoff Center from April 23 – May 5, 2024: Tuesday – Thursdays at 7:30PM, Fridays at 8:00PM, Saturdays at 2:00PM and 8:00PM, Sundays at 1:00PM and 6:30PM. Tickets start at $43 and can be found online at CincinnatiArts.org, by phone at 513.621.ARTS or in person at the Aronoff Center Box Office downtown. For groups of 10 or more, contact the group sales department at 513.369.4363. Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without notice. For more information, please visit BroadwayInCincinnati.com.

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Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati presented by TriHealth is committed to bringing the very best of Broadway to the Tri-State, presenting touring Broadway plays and musicals in Cincinnati since 1987. For over twenty years, Broadway in Cincinnati has presented all shows at the Aronoff Center. The Broadway in Cincinnati series brings more than 185,000 people downtown to the Aronoff Center each year and contributes an average of $30 million to the local economy each season. Broadway in Cincinnati is a member of the Greater Cincinnati Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and The Broadway League. Fifth Third Bank is the sponsor of the Cincinnati 23/24 Season, and the season is presented by TriHealth. 

Broadway Across America (BAA) is part of the John Gore Organization family of companies, which includes Broadway.com, The Broadway Channel, BroadwayBox.com, Group Sales Box Office and Broadway Brands.  Led by 20-time Tony-winning theater producer John Gore (Owner & CEO), BAA is the foremost presenter of first-class touring productions in North America, operating in 48 markets with over 400,000 subscribers. Presentations include Disney’s The Lion KingWicked, The Book of Mormon, and Hamilton. Current productions include &Juliet, Hadestown, Hamilton, Kimberly Akimbo, MJ: The Musical and Moulin Rouge! The Musical. 

The John Gore Organization is the leading presenter, distributor, and marketer of Broadway theater worldwide. Under the leadership of 20-time Tony-winning theater producer and owner John Gore, its family of companies includes Broadway Across America, Broadway.com, The Broadway Channel, BroadwayBox.com, Group Sales Box Office and Broadway Brands. The company presents shows in 48 cities across North America as well as on Broadway, Off-Broadway, London’s West End, Japan, and China. It has won Tony Awards in every producing category as well as numerous other Drama League, Drama Desk and Olivier Awards.  The John Gore Organization is committed to supporting theater access and education programs that introduce Broadway to the next generation of audiences and theater professionals.

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