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April 8, 2015 · 3:49 pm

CRAZY FOR YOU Runs May 8-16

Rick Kramer as Bela Zangler & John Woll as Bobby Child.

Rick Kramer as Bela Zangler & John Woll as Bobby Child.

CRAZY FOR YOU
Presented by Cincinnati Music Theatre
May 8-16
Downtown

Directed by Sarah Mizelle
Music direction by Charlie Wilhelm
Vocal direction by Marie Kramer
Choreographed by Brian Anderson

Cast: John Woll as Bobby Child, Kaitlin Lory as Polly Baker, Rick Kramer as Bela Zangler, Jen Drake as Irene Roth, Greg Good as Lank Hawkins, Allison Hinkel as Tess, Charlie Greer as Mingo (and Cowboy Ensemble), Robert Workley as Sam (and Cowboy Ensemble), Chris Weidner as Moose (and Cowboy Ensemble), Marcie Brooks as Patricia Fodor, David Shough as Eugene Fodor, Catherine Shultz as Mother Child & Rob Warfel as Everett Baker
Follies Girls: Katie McCarthy as Patsy, Megan Williams as Mitzi, Jillian Schwab as Elaine, Liz Koch as Louise, Yenny Ho as Susie, Kate Stark as Betsy, Karen Sowards as Margie, Mary Stone as Vera & MaryPat Carletti as Sheila
Cowboy ensemble: Peter Merten as Harry, Shane Talbott as Custus, Garrett Wallace as Pete, Jay Louden as Junior & EJ Montgomery as Jimmy

CRAZY FOR YOU is the story of Bobby Child, a well-to-do 1930s playboy whose dream in life is to dance. And despite the serious efforts of his mother and soon-to-be ex-fiancée, Bobby achieves his dream! Memorable Gershwin tunes include I Can’t Be Bothered Now,Bidin’ My Time, I Got Rhythm,Naughty Baby, They Can’t Take That Away from Me,But Not for Me, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Embraceable You and Someone to Watch Over Me.

  • Fri-Sat, May 8-9 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, May 10 at 2pm
  • Wed-Sat, May 13-16 at 7:30pm

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January 15, 2015 · 6:15 pm

Cincinnati Music Theatre Announces it’s 2015 – 2016 Season!

CMTIn celebration of its 20th anniversary of performing in the Jarson-Kaplan Theater of the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati Music Theatre, Downtown’s Community Theatre, is pleased and proud to announce its 2015-2016 season,

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s,
MARY POPPINS,
a musical based on the stories of P. L. Travers and the Walt Disney film

November 13 – 21, 2015

and

the regional premier of a new Broadway musical….
BIG FISH,
based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the Columbia Motion Picture written by John August and directed by Tim Burton,

May 6 – 14, 2016.

Details to follow.

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January 9, 2015 · 1:00 pm

Third National Tour is the Charm for Cincinnati Native Lauren Sprague

MISC_Lauren Sprague.At Tuesday’s opening night performance of CINDERELLA, Cincinnati native Lauren Sprague sat in the audience to take in the whole production. She wasn’t attending as a theater fan, but as the National Tour’s newest ensemble member (and understudy for the Fairy Godmother).

The first time I saw Lauren on stage was also at the Aronoff Center, right next door in the Jarson-Kaplan Theatre, Then 17 years old, Sprague astounded as triple-threat Peggy Sawyer in Cincinnati Music Theatre’s production of 42ND STREET.

Lauren Sprague as Sylvia in CCM's TWO GENTELMEN OF VERONA. Photo by Mark Lyons.

Lauren Sprague as Silvia in CCM’s TWO GENTELMEN OF VERONA. Photo by Mark Lyons.

After graduating from Lakota West High School, Sprague attended the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music’s renown Musical Theatre program, graduating in 2010. While attending CCM, her roles included Hope Harcourt in ANYTHING GOES, Silvia in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, Hedy LaRue in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING and Estelle in THE FULL MONTY.

CINDERELLA is Sprague’s third national tour and she is so excited to finally have one stop in Cincinnati. Previous tours included LA CAGE AUX FOLLES and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE WIZARD OF OZ. Lauren’s first performance is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 16th.

For more information on her career, you can check out her official website at http://laurensprague.com.

Break legs!!

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December 8, 2014 · 4:04 pm

Cast Announced for CMT’s CRAZY FOR YOU

CMTCincinnati Music Theatre has announced the cast of their upcoming production of CRAZY FOR YOU.

Bobby Child – John Woll
Polly Baker – Kaitlin Lory
Bela Zangler – Rick Kramer
Irene Roth – Jen Drake
Lank Hawkins – Greg Good
Tess – Allison Hinkel
Mingo (also appearing in Cowboy Ensemble) – Charlie Greer
Sam (also appearing in Cowboy Ensemble) – Robert Workley
Moose (also appearing in Cowboy Ensemble) – Chris Weidner
Patricia Fodor – Marcie Brooks
Eugene Fodor – David Shough
Mother Child – Catherine Shultz
Everett Baker – Rob Warfel
Follies Girls
Patsy – Katie McCarthy
Mitzi – Megan Williams
Elaine – Jillian Schwab
Louise – Liz Koch
Susie – Yenny Ho
Betsy – Kate Stark
Margie – Karen Sowards
Vera – Mary Stone
Sheila – MaryPat Carletti

Cowboy Ensemble
Harry – Peter Merten
Billy – PJ Karpew
Custus – Shane Talbott
Junior – Connor Keef
Jimmy – EJ Montgomery

CRAZY FOR YOU runs May 8-16 and is directed by Sarah Mizelle. For more information visit http://cincinnatimusictheatre.org

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November 25, 2014 · 7:27 pm

CMT Pin Awards for YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

CMTSeveral years ago in order to recognize individuals who have contributed to multiple shows, Cincinnati Music Theatre created a pin award program. The pin awards start with a copper pin after 4 shows, 10 a silver pin, 15 a gold pin, and after 20 shows a numbered pin.

We would like to congratulate and say thank you to the following individuals who have earned a pin with their participation in Young Frankenstein:

  • Ann Blocksom 45 show pin
  • Eric Bardes 40 show pin
  • Mike Griffin 40 show pin
  • Lynn Worpenberg 35 Show pin
  • Julie Beelman 25 show pin
  • Glenna Knapp 10 show pin
  • Marcella Farmer 4 show pin
  • Chuck Kleesattel 4 show pin
  • Tom McClurg 4 show pin
  • Karen Sowards 4 show pin

We appreciate everyone’s contribution to our shows and look forward to awarding more pins during CRAZY FOR YOU

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