ROMEO & JULIET & ZOMBIES
Sinclair Theatre
Oct. 21-29
[Dayton]
Directed by Gina Kleesattel
The famous lovers navigate a world in which death isn’t necessarily the end. Equally inspired by Shakespeare and modern zombie films, R & J & Z pushes the boundaries of theatrical humor and horror.
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LANGREE CONDUCTS ALSO SPRACH ZARATHSTRA
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Oct. 21-23
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]
Louis Langrée, conductor
Hélène Grimaud, piano
The famous ascending brass passage that opens Zarathustra is just the tip of this orchestral iceberg. Prepare yourself for a wild ride of big moments that show the range of the CSO musicians’ virtuosity. French pianist Hélène Grimaud—a virtuoso in her own right whose “performances attempt, whenever possible, to shake up conventional pianistic wisdom” (The New Yorker)—reunites with Louis Langrée for Schumann’s Piano Concerto.
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SISTER ACT
Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
Oct. 20-Nov. 13
[West Price Hill]
Directed by Dee Ann Bryll
Music directed by Mark Femia
Co-choreographed by Jay Goodlett & Jenny Goodlett
Cast: Tia Seay as Deloris Van Cartier, William Gibson as Eddie Southern, Jazz McMullen as Curtis Shank, John Langley as Monsignor O’Hara, Michelle Shaffer as Mother Superior, Carly Shepherd as Sister Mary Martin-of-Tours, Hayley Warfel as Sister Mary Robert, Elizabeth Taylor as Sister Mary Theresa/Michelle, Lysha Ingle Broad as Sister Mary Lazarus, Clare Hingsbergen as Sister Mary Patrick, Christopher Wells as TJ, R. DeAndré Smith as Joey, Nick Godfrey as Ernie
Ensemble: William Boatwright Jr., Peyton Wright, Katie McCarthy, Cassidy Steele, Elizabeth Z. Pille, Kelsey Schwarber, Allyson van Haaren & Justin Reilmann
Sister Act is the feel-good musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet! Featuring original music by eight-time Oscar winner, Alan Menken (Newsies, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors), this uplifting musical was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. A sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship and is a reason to REJOICE!
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SOMETHING ROTTEN
UC College-Conservatory of Music
Oct. 20-30
Patricia Corbett Theater [University Heights]
Directed & choreographed by Diane Lala
Music directed by Matt Welsh
Two brothers set out to write the world’s first musical in this hilarious mash-up of 16th-century Shakespeare and 21st-century Broadway. Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.
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SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
TheatreLab Dayton
Oct. 20-29
PNC Arts Annex [Dayton]
Directed by Mackensie King
Music directed by Lorri Topping
Cast: Philip Drennen as Sweeney Todd, Melissa Hall as Mrs. Lovett, Justin King as Judge Turpin, Madeline Stern as Beggar Woman, Devon Fruscione as Johanna, Aidan McKeon as Anthony, Garrett Young as Toby, Skyler McNeely as Beadle & Brennan Paulin as Pirelli
Ensemble: A. J. Breslin, Jamal Cann, Brooke Cierra, Abby Hoggatt, Lily Meyers, Joel Parece, Maghan Rupper and Derick Latimer
An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up… and the carnage has only just begun!
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