FAITH
Irish American Theatre Company
Jan. 19-21
Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati [East End]
Directed by Michelle Crowley
It all started with a card trick, or was it a flip of a coin? Michael hasn’t been himself since he lost his job, but a chance meeting turns his life upside down. As if losing his job, battling depression, and the approaching shadow of middle age, now he has to decide his next move: stay in the past or test the angels.
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THE HUMANS
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Jan. 23-Feb. 17
[Over-the-Rhine]
Directed by Michael Evan Haney
Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside the ramshackle pre-war duplex, eerie things start to go bump in the night. Soon, family tensions reach a boiling point…and the hilarity, heart and horrors of the Blake clan are exposed.
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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Jan. 20-Feb. 18
Marx Theater [Eden Park]
Directed by Hunter Foster
The electrifying Tony Award-winning musical Million Dollar Quartet brings you inside the recording studio to relive the evening of December 4, 1956. In an extraordinary twist of fate, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley find themselves together at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions in history. Step back in time to experience an irresistible tale of broken promises, secrets and celebrations. Million Dollar Quartet boasts powerhouse performances with an incredible score of rock ‘n’ roll, R&B and country hits, including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “Walk the Line,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Hound Dog” and more.
Advisory: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is appropriate for adults and teenage audiences. Elvis’s sultry dance moves on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 wouldn’t exactly shock audiences today, and neither will the mild adult language and content in this exhilarating musical.
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TRAUMA DENIED
Emerald Entertainment
Jan. 20
Fairfield Community Arts Center
Written and produced by Greg Stallworth
Cast: Donna Winston, Teresa Riestenberg, Ron Dula, E.K. Martin & David Livers
Adopted as an infant, Tamara Covington struggles both emotionally and psychologically. She left home as a teenager to search for her birth-mother, who she heard was homeless and living on the streets. During her search, Tamara goes through devastating and painful episodes of abuse, separation, and near-death experiences. Now homeless herself, she uses alcohol to give her courage on the mean streets of Chicago and watches her life spiral down to rock bottom. Only the gift of her mother’s touch can save her now.
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SUPERTRUE
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Jan. 19-Feb. 10
Over-the-Rhine
Directed by Holly L. Derr
Cast: James Creque as Martin (Jan. 19-21), Derek Snow as Martin (Jan. 24-Feb. 10), Nicole Janine Smith as Janelle
& featuring Elizabeth Molloy
On the porch of an almost-charming cabin in the Catskills, two New Yorkers reckon with the moment when Plan A fades away but Plan B has not emerged. In other words, they’re turning forty. Janelle’s a teacher in crisis. Martin’s a computer programmer who’s aged out of being a wunderkind. This funny and earnest play explores the meaning of family, and the things we do for the people and things we love.
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