HIGHER
American Legacy Theatre
Feb. 8-9
People’s Liberty [Over-the-Rhine]
Benjamin seeks love from people in the world around him and discovers a life long relationship – heroin. Experience this original piece start to finish…to date.
This is the second time HIGHER is workshopping in front of a live audience. This time actors will do a full read/sing through of the show as is currently written by Mark Levine.
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OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD
UC College-Conservatory of Music Acting
Feb. 13-17
Patricia Corbett Theatre [University Heights]
Directed by Susan Felder
Set in Botany Bay in 1789, Our Country’s Good is a darkly comedic tale based on the true story of Australia’s first theatrical performance. A marine lieutenant decides to put on a play to celebrate the king’s birthday. He casts the play with convicts who populate an Australian prison camp. Few of them can read, let alone act, and the play is produced against a background of food shortages and barbaric prison punishments. Our Country’s Good is as an inspiring tribute to the transforming power of drama. For mature audiences.
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THE KING AND I
Victoria Theatre Association
Feb. 12-17
Schuster Center [Dayton]
Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher won four 2015 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. One of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s finest works, THE KING AND I boasts a score which features such beloved classics as “Getting To Know You,” “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance” and “Something Wonderful.”
Set in 1860’s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.
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LOVEFEST: Romantic Shorts from the Heart
Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative
Feb. 12
Aronoff Center Jarson-Kaplan Theater [Downtown]
An evening of original 10-minute short plays. Benefits The American Heart Association “Go Red for Women
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THE LAST WIDE OPEN
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Feb. 9-March 10
Shelterhouse Theatre [Eden Park]
Directed by Blake Robison
Fate plays its hand in this wondrous and romantic world premiere. Lina, a young waitress, and Roberto, an Italian immigrant, have been working together for years but rarely talk. If they do, it’s from a distance or gets lost in translation. But when a late-night thunderstorm finds them alone in the restaurant at closing time, they find their lives intersecting in surprising and mystical ways. Over wine and conversation, they test the waters of happiness and intimacy. A love song in three movements, THE LAST WIDE OPEN imagines how the universe conspires to bring us together. Advisory: suitable for adults and older teenage audiences. This mystical world premiere contains romantic situations, some strong adult language and seriously swoon-worthy moments.
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