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October 9, 2022 · 5:58 pm

WONDERFUL TOWN Runs Nov. 4-12

CMT_Wonderful Town logoWONDERFUL TOWN
Cincinnati Music Theatre
Nov. 4-12
Aronoff Center Jarson-Kaplan Theatre [Downtown]

Direction and Choreography by Mike Fielder
Music Direction by Charlie Wilhelm
Vocal Direction by Linda Abbott
Produced by Marypat Carletti, Peter Merten & Robert Workley

Cast: Karen Galliers Hendershot as Ruth, Sarah Gidley as Eileen, Jonathan Andrews as Robert (Bob) Barker, Brett Parr as Frank Lippencott, Gregory Shaffer as Wreck, Regina Stack as Helen, Mike Blessing as Chick Clark, Nate Huitger as Speedy Valenti, arold Murphy as Mr. Appopolous, Brian Anderson as Officer (John) Lonigan & Dana Tower as Mrs. Wade,
Ensemble: Kevin Bell, Peter Merten, Alex Shaw, Meagan Cornett, Marypat Carletti, Robert Workley, Jeff Centrello, Kayla Haas, Stephanie Johnson, Ian Meeker &  Mollie Tagher

The musical tells the story of two sisters who aspire to be a writer and actress respectively, seeking success from their basement apartment in New York City’s Greenwich Village. It is based on Fields and Chodorov’s 1940 play My Sister Eileen, which in turn originated from autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney first published in The New Yorker in the late 1930s and later published in book form as My Sister Eileen.

  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 4-5 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Nov. 6 at 2pm
  • Wed-Sat, Nov. 9-12 at 7:30pm

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October 9, 2022 · 9:02 am

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Runs Nov. 4-6

SSCC_Steel Magnolias promoSTEEL MAGNOLIAS
SSCC Theatre
Nov. 4-6
Sothern State Community College Daniels Auditorium [Hillsboro]

Directed by Rainee Angles

Cast: Jessica Wise as Truvy, Emma Horick as Annelle, Leslie Holmes as Ouiser, Bronwyn Jones as Miss Clairee, Paula Campagna as M’Lynn & Madison Hatfield as Shelby

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 is at times touching and funny.

  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 4-5 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Nov. 6 at 3:30pm

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October 9, 2022 · 8:35 am

CARMINA BURANA and EXTREMELY CLOSE Runs Nov. 4-6

CB_Carmina Burana promoCARMINA BURANA and EXTREMELY CLOSE
Cincinnati Ballet
Nov. 4-6
Springer Auditorium Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Carmina Burana is the perfect union of music and dance. One of the best known works of the 20th century, the opening of Carl Orff’s secular cantata is recognizable to almost all who hear it. This Season, Cincinnati Ballet artists will perform Nicolo Fonte’s bold choreography, accompanied by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the May Festival Chorus, celebrating its 150th Anniversary Season in 2023. Carmina Burana is based upon a rediscovered collection of poetry dating back to the 11th century. Orff set 24 of the poems to music in 1936.

Part art installation and part movement drama, Alejandro Cerrudo’s Extremely Close creates a sense of restlessness as dancers negotiate their way through a perpetually shifting environment. Propelled by changing landscapes, Cerrudo weaves a mesmerizing spell of movement punctuated by fleeting moments of intense intimacy with music by composers Philip Glass and Dustin O’Halloran.

  • Fri, Nov. 4 at 8pm
  • Sat, Nov. 5 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 6 at 1pm

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October 9, 2022 · 8:21 am

Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRSTIMAS Runs Nov. 3-Dec. 30

LAC_White Christmas logoIrving Berlin’s WHITE CHRSTIMAS
La Comedia Dinner Theatre
Nov. 3-Dec. 30
[Springboro]

The classic film is the inspiration for this heartwarming musical comedy that is perfect for the whole family. White Christmas features the classic songs “Blue Skies,” “Sisters,” and the most famous holiday song of all, “White Christmas.”

  • Thu-Fri, Nov. 3-4 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Sat, Nov. 5 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Nov. 6 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Fri, Nov. 9-11 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Sat, Nov. 12 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Nov. 13 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Fri, Nov. 16-18 at 5:30pm
  • Sat, Nov. 19 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Nov. 20 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 25-26 at 5:30pm
  • Sun, Nov. 27 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Sun, Nov. 30-Dec. 4 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Sun, Dec. 7-11 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Sun, Dec. 14-18 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Tue-Fri, Dec. 20-23 at 10:30am & 5:30pm
  • Wed-Fri, Dec. 28-30 at 10:30am & 5:30pm

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October 9, 2022 · 7:48 am

THE GODS OF COMEDY Runs Nov. 3-20

MPI_The Gods of Comedy logoTHE GODS OF COMEDY
Mariemont Players
Nov. 3-20
Walton Creek Theatre

Directed by Jennifer Day

Cast: Anna Hazard as Daphne Rain, Ryan Bowron as Ralph Sargent, Stefanie Adams as Dean Trickett, Eric Day as Dionysus, Natasha Boeckmann as Thalia, Alex Soldano as Ares, Ashley Herbert as Brooklyn DeWolfe & Christie Bishop as Aristide/Alexis

Daphne and Ralph are young classics professors who have just made a discovery that’s sure to turn them into academic superstars, but something goes disastrously wrong. The Ivy League will never be the same as a pair of screwball deities encounters the carnal complexity of college coeds, campus capers, and conspicuous consumption.

  • Thu-Sat, Nov. 3-5 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Nov. 6 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, Nov. 10-11 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Nov. 12 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Nov. 13 at 2pm
  • Thu-Sat, Nov. 17-19 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Nov. 20 at 2pm

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