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January 10, 2023 · 6:04 am

ARCADIA Runs Feb. 3-12

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Wright State University
Feb. 3-12
Creative Arts Center, Festival Playhouse [Dayton]

Directed by Marya Spring Cordes, Assoc Chair, School of Fine and Performing Arts, WSU

This brilliant drama by one of our greatest living playwrights leaps artfully between the past (1809) and the present, where order and chaos, certainty and confusion, genius and unexpressed passion intertwine and collide in what one critic called “Tom Stoppard’s richest, most ravishing comedy to date.” Arcadia explores the possibilities life offers as we make seemingly minor, but irreversible, choices.

  • Fri-Sat, Feb. 3-4 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 5 at 2pm
  • Fri, Feb. 10 at 8pm
  • Sat, Feb. 11 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 12 at 2pm

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January 8, 2023 · 5:36 pm

MUSIC AT THE MOVIES Runs Feb. 3-11

CMT_Musix at the MoviesMUSIC AT THE MOVIES
Cincinnati Music Theatre
Feb. 3-11
Aronoff Center Fifth Third Bank Theater [Downtown]

Directed by Brian Anderson
Music Directed by Josh Toth
Vocal Directed by Chelsea Harris
Produced by Katie Reindl

Cast: Jude Abella, Susan Brabenec, Jen Drake, Caitlin Fry, Jess Green, Austin Hoard, Deborah Hunter, Juls Lawrence, Mary Mills, Jeff Richardson & Robert Tully

Music at the Movies explores the special bond between Motion Picture and popular song, which together have helped define American Culture since the early 20th Century.  Reflecting the remarkable range of films that have touched the hearts and minds of millions of theater goers, the songs included will spark those special memories we all have from our favorite movies.  From James Bond theme songs to Disney movie anthems, from Judy Garland’s “Over the Rainbow” to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”, there’s something for everyone in this wonderful evening of song.

  • Fri, Feb. 3 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Feb. 4 at 4pm & 7:30pm
  • Fri, Feb. 10 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Feb. 11 at 4pm & 7:30pm

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January 8, 2023 · 4:40 pm

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Runs Feb. 3-5

TCP_Play that Goes WrongTHE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Tree County Players
Feb. 3-5
[Greensburg, Ind]

Directed by Jeff Lincourt

Cast: Katy Prairie as Annie, Stage Manager, Devin Morgan as Trevor, Light and Sound Tech, Erich Davies as Chris (Inspector Carter), Brady Domingo as Jonathan (Charles Haversham), Matt Boersma as Robert (Thomas Colleymoore), Corden Simmonds as Dennis (Perkins), Evan Straber as Max (Cecil Haversham) & Morgan Kramer as Sandra (Florence Colleymoore)

“Break a leg!” takes on a whole new meaning for a woefully misguided troupe of players at the Cornley University Society’s opening night performance of The Murder at Haversham Manor. An unconscious leading lady, a corpse who can’t play dead, a ruffled detective, and a word-mangling butler (among others) must battle against technical gaffes, forgotten lines, and sabotaging scenery in a quest to arrive all in one piece at the final curtain call. Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, all mayhem, this 1920s whodunit is disastrously delightful.

  • Fri-Sat, Feb. 3-4 at 7pm
  • Sun, Feb. 5 at 3pm

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January 8, 2023 · 4:10 pm

DIDO AND AENEAS + GIANNI SCHICCHI Runs Feb. 3-5

CCM_DIDO AND AENEAS + GIANNI SCHICCHIDIDO AND AENEAS + GIANNI SCHICCHI
UC College-Conservatory of Music Opera
Feb. 3-5
Cohen Family Studio Theatre [University Heights]

Kenneth Shaw, director
Brett Scott, conductor

Let your passions burn as Opera d’arte presents the tragic, but heroic love story between the Queen of Carthage and the hero of Troy. Henry Purcell’s only true opera, Baroque masterpiece Dido and Aeneas, is presented in a double bill with Giacomo Puccini’s raucous comedy, Gianni Schicchi, where we see a family passionately struggling to gain the inheritance of a dead relative, only to be outwitted by Gianni, who has his own passionate reasons to turn the tables! There is truly something for every opera lover in this double bill.

  • Fi-Sat, Feb. 3-4 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 5 at 2pm

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January 5, 2023 · 6:09 pm

THBAUDET PLAYS LISZT On Feb. 3-4

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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Feb. 3-4
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Louis Langrée, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Program:

  • QIGANG CHEN: The Five Elements
  • FRANZ LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2
  • ZHOU TIAN: The Palace of Nine Perfections
  • MAURICE RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole

Louis Langrée leads works inspired by a fusion of cultures. Qigang Chen and GRAMMY-nominated Chinese-American composer Zhou Tian discover new sounds through the combination of Eastern and Western styles. Ravel, who cherished Liszt’s music, pulls from his Basque heritage for Rapsodie espagnole. French Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, celebrated for playing with “both clarity and freedom” (The New York Times), returns for Liszt’s jubilant Second Concerto.

We believe that great music is for everyone, regardless of your budget. This concert is eligible for Pay What You Wish Pricing, as well as other discounts. To learn more visit Music for All.

  • Fri, Feb. 3 at 11am
  • Sat, Feb. 4 at 7:30pm

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