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February 21, 2015 · 10:11 am

SNOW CANCELLATIONS For Feb. 21

MISC_Snow Cancellations

Updated 5:43pm

  • BYE BYE LIVER presented by 628 Productions
    It is with great sadness that we have to CANCEL the show tonight 2/21. Snowmaggedon has officially hit Cincinnati and continues to pummel us. If you had tickets for tonight, we will take care of you!
  • CHAPATTI presented by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
    Due to the inclement weather, the Saturday, Feb. 21, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. performances of CHAPATTI have been canceled. The Box Office will remain closed today. We apologize for the inconvenience.
  • THE CORONATION OF POPPEA presented by UC College-Conservatory of Music
    Due to inclement weather, the Saturday evening performance of THE CORONATION OF POPPEA has been canceled. Sunday’s matinee performance is expected to proceed as originally scheduled. If we can add any make-up performances of this production, we will make an announcement ASAP. For more information about UC’s campus closure today, please visit http://www.uc.edu/news/nr.aspx?id=20792.
  • IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT presented by Falcon Theater
    Due to the inclement weather, we’ve decided to keep our actors AND fans safe and warm this evening and are canceling tonight’s 8 p.m. performance of In the Heat of the Night.
    We’ll be adding a performance this Thursday, 2/26 at 8 p.m. Our Box Office will call anyone with a reservation to reschedule their tickets for next week.
    We’ll see you next week!
  • LITTLE WOMEN presented by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
    Tonight’s performance of LITTLE WOMEN is cancelled due to snow. If you have tickets, a staff member will call you this afternoon to reschedule, or you can use the link in your confirmation email to exchange for another date. If we do not reach you today, please call the box office next week to reschedule.
  • LOVE LETTERS presented by Fairfield Footlighters
    The Saturday, Feb 21, production of “Love Letters” has been CANCELED due to the current Level 2 Snow Emergency in Butler County. Ticket holders will be contacted for an opportunity to exchange for a future performance. We apologize for any inconvenience.Please come and see Bob & Heidi perform on Sunday, March 1, at 2pm. They look forward to seeing your friendly faces!
  • MOVE OVER MRS. MARKHAM presented by Beechmont Players
    Beechmont Players, Inc. has decided to cancel the Saturday, February 21, performance of “Move Over, Mrs. Markham” due to inclement weather. Our box office will call our patrons who have already bought tickets for tonight to exchange their tickets for another performance. For a complete performance schedule, visithttp://beechmontplayers.org/shows/move-over-mrs-markham/ or call our ticket hotline at 513-233-2468.
  • A NICE FAMILY GATHERING presented by The Sunset Players
    Sunset Players at the Arts Center at Dunham is cancelling tonight’s performance of “A Nice Family Gathering” due to weather conditions. Tickets purchased for tonight’s show can be redeemed for another performance. Remaining performance dates include: February 27-28; March 1, 5, 6, & 7. For additional questions, please call 513-588-4988.
  • SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE! JR presented by The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati
    Today’s Kids Kuisine event at 11:30 AM and our 2 PM Performance of SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE JR. is CANCELED.Please contact cohmer@cincinnatimagazine.com regarding requesting a refund for Kids Kuisine event tickets ONLY or you can donate the value of your event ticket to The Children’s Theatre.Regarding SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE JR., our ticket office will resume our regular business hours on Monday, February 23 at 10:00am.

    Your options:

    – Multi-ticket holders not currently attending DISNEY’S ALADDIN JR. can exchange their tickets for one of the performances in April.

    · Season ticket holders and multi-ticket holders that have tickets to DISNEY’S ALADDIN JR. may donate the value of their tickets to our program to support underserved children to attend one of our performances or request a refund.
    · Patrons that purchased single tickets must return to the point of purchase to receive a refund.

    Please email our ticket office with any additional questions at tickets@thechildrenstheatre.com.

    Thank you.

  • SEUSSICAL presented by Oxford Area Community Theatre
    Due to the road conditions and the Level 2 Snow Emergency in Butler County, tonight’s performance (Saturday, Feb. 21) is CANCELLED. We are in the process of arranging a make up date, and will post that information as soon as it becomes available. If you have tickets for this performance, they will be honored for the make up date. At this point, the performance for tomorrow (Sunday, Feb. 22) is STILL ON!!! Let’s hope the weather cooperates and the roads get cleared tomake travel safe! We apologize for the inconvenience and disappointment.
  • STANTON’S GARAGE presented by CenteStage Players of Ohio
    Due to severe weather conditions, CenterStage Players must cancel tonight’s 8p performance of Stanton’s Garage. Today’s tickets will be honored in our upcoming shows. Contact CenterStage Players 513-588-4910 for questions or to reschedule.

  • THE WOMEN presented by Village Players
    Due to the severe weather, tonight’s performance of The Women has been cancelled. Please come see us Sunday or next weekend. Be careful out there and stay warm!

NOT CANCELLED:

  • ANYTHING GOES presented by Broadway in Cincinnati
    Today’s performances of ANYTHING GOES will go on as scheduled. Due to the forecasted inclement weather, Ticket Holders who are unable to attend their performance may exchange into one of the remaining performances (Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 1:00 PM, or Sunday at 6:30 PM.)- Subscribers, please contact your Subscriber Hotline at 800.294.1816, (today until noon), or exchange online at BroadwayInCincinnati.com (available until 2 hous prior to your original performance)
    – If you purchased through CincinnatiArts.org or the Aronoff Center Ticket Office, call (513) 621.2787 (today until 8:00 PM)
    – If you have any questions, call us at (513) 621-2787 (today until 8:00 PM).

    – If there are any changes to this weekend’s performances, we will post updated information on our Facebook page and on our website at www.CincinnatiArts.org.

    Stay safe and warm today!

  • AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY presented by Clifton Players and Untethered Theater
    Tonight’s performance of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is on. We know it’s cold, so escape to the sweltering Oklahoma plains with us. Showtime is still 8pm. A few tickets remain.
  • THE HANDMAID’S TALE presented by Know Theatre of Cincinnati
    The weather outside is indeed frightful, but the show goes on at Know Theatre of Cincinnati tonight.Tonight’s final performance of The Handmaid’s Tale at Know Theatre will proceed as planned at 8PM.

    THAT SAID: If you have tickets for tonight but do not feel comfortable making the trip in, please give us a call at 513-300-5669 on Monday and we will be happy to issue vouchers for a future show at the Know, or provide you with a refund of your ticket if a future show is not in the cards for you.

    Thank you for being a part of the Know Theatre Tribe, be safe out there, and we’ll see you at the theatre.

  • LES MISERABLES at Northern Kentucky University
    Hoping to see LES MISÉRABLES but missed your chance to get tickets?
    Due to cancellations, many tickets have been made available for tonight’s 8pm performance. Come to the Box Office before the show to purchase available tickets.
  • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM presented by Xavier University Theatre
    A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM will go on as scheduled tonight!

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February 20, 2015 · 4:30 pm

Shakespeare Competition Judges Needed

ESU_logoDue to pending weather conditions, the annual Shakespeare Competition semi-finals for area high school students, which was originally scheduled to be held tomorrow (Saturday, 2/21) at Playhouse in the Park has been postponed until next Saturday, 2/28.  The finals, to be held at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, have been postponed to Saturday, March 7.  Unfortunately, several of the people who had agreed to serve as volunteer judges for this competition are not able to work around the changed dates.  Our hope is that the good people in our community theatre network will step up and step in.

The approximate times are as follows:

  • Semi-Finals: Saturday, February 28, 8AM – 2PM, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
  • Finals: Saturday, March 7, 10AM – 3PM, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company

If you are willing to serve as a judge and would like more information, please contact Janice Flanagan at jlfkatie@msn.com.

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February 20, 2015 · 4:05 pm

Playhouse’s Provocative Production of BUZZER Pushes Timely Hot Buttons, March 21-April 19, 2015

CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK’S PROVOCATIVE PRODUCTION OF TRACEY SCOTT WILSON’S BUZZER PUSHES TIMELY HOT BUTTONS , MARCH 21 – APRIL 19, 2015

PIP_Buzzer(CINCINNATI) – Tracey Scott Wilson’s provocative new play BUZZER, set in a gentrifying neighborhood, takes up residence in the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Thompson Shelterhouse Theatre March 21 through April 19. By turns darkly funny and heartbreaking, BUZZER pushes many timely hot buttons of race, class, sex and real estate.

Wilson brings three longtime friends together to live in an apartment in a rapidly changing community: Jackson, a successful black attorney who grew up in the neighborhood and views acquiring the upscale apartment as his triumphal return “home”; Suzy, his white girlfriend, who teaches at an inner-city school; and Don, Jackson’s white prep-school friend, who squandered his birthright of wealth and privilege on a drug habit he’s trying to overcome. For Jackson, it’s a complicated homecoming to a neighborhood that’s only partially familiar. For Suzy, the location’s tensions shadow its potential charm. And for Don, whose addiction immersed him in the neighborhood’s dangerous past, it’s a balancing act that leaves him tottering.

BUZZER’S triangle of 20-somethings — who have grown up in a multicultural world that is sometimes declared to be “post-racial” — have a different experience of race relations from previous generations, but it quickly becomes apparent that they still haven’t figured out how to handle them openly. Their apartment is an uneasy sanctuary, and the perils of the neighborhood soon come through the door despite the barriers set up to keep them out.

“Any three individuals who share a complicated history and who are living in close quarters are bound to reignite the prickly, unresolved issues among them … that’s just human nature,” says Playhouse Associate Artist Timothy Douglas, who is directing BUZZER. “Add to

that BUZZER’S scrutinizing look across the lines of marriage, culture and class — and the result is a real-time example of the well-made play.”

BUZZER was commissioned by Pillsbury House Theatre, where it debuted in 2012, and Guthrie Theater, where it ran in 2013. BUZZER will make its off-Broadway debut this spring at The Public Theater. Wilson’s other works include The Story, The Good Negro, Order My Steps, Exhibit #9 and Leader of the People. She has also worked as a television writer, on the FX spy drama The Americans and NBC’s Do No Harm.

“BUZZER is my first directing encounter with Tracey Scott Wilson’s work,” says Douglas, “though I was an immediate fan when I saw the New York productions of her plays The Story and The Good Negro. What most attracts me to Ms. Wilson’s work is its ability to distill the innumerable angles and often confounding conversations surrounding issues of race in America in a progressive and clarifying way.”

The BUZZER cast features Cincinnati native Eric Lynch as Jackson, Alec Shaw as Don and Carly Zien as Suzy. The creative team, in addition to Douglas, includes set designer/costume designer Junghyun Georgia Lee, lighting designer Peter Maradudin and sound designer Matthew M. Nielson. Jenifer Morrow is the production stage manager.

BUZZER is sponsored by Sallie and Randolph Wadsworth. TriVersity Construction is the design sponsor. The honorary producer is The Crawford Family Foundation.

Ticket prices for BUZZER start at $30. Prices are subject to change, and patrons are encouraged to buy early for the best seats at the best prices. The show is recommended for adult audiences.

New for the 2014-15 season is Sunday College Night, with tickets to all 7 p.m. Sunday performances priced at just $10 with a valid student ID. Student tickets are just $15 on the day of the show for all other performances. In advance, student tickets are $30.

Previews for BUZZER are at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21; 7 p.m. Sunday, March 22; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24; and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25. The official opening night is Thursday, March 26, at 8 p.m. Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sundays. Because BUZZER is a show that is designed to foster discussion, the Playhouse will host talkback sessions after each performance. There will also be a Playhouse Perspectives event at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, which is free and open to the public. Participants will include Timothy Douglas as well as representatives from HOME (Housing Opportunities Made Equal), a Greater Cincinnati fair housing organization. Playhouse Perspectives is supported by Roderick and Barbara Barr.

Additionally, free Meet the Artists programs that allow audiences to interact with the cast and others associated with the production will be held after the following performances: 2 p.m. Sunday, March 29; 2 p.m. Sunday, April 5; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8; and 8 p.m. Thursday, April 16.

The Playhouse is fully accessible. Audio enhancement receivers, large print programs and complete wheelchair access are available. Tickets to BUZZER are on sale now. For more information, call the Playhouse Box Office at 513-421-3888 (toll-free in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana at 800-582-3208) or visit www.cincyplay.com. Call 513-345-2248 for Telecommunications Device for the Deaf accessibility.

The 2014-15 Thompson Shelterhouse Theatre Series is presented by the Heidelberg Distributing Company, and Humana is the Thompson Shelterhouse season design sponsor. The season sponsor of new work is The Lois and Richard Rosenthal Foundation. The Playhouse is supported by the generosity of the community contributors to the ArtsWave campaign. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund the Playhouse with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The Playhouse also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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February 13, 2015 · 12:27 pm

CHAPATTI Review

Links to all reviews can be found using the REVIEWS link at the top of the page. Blog postings, links and more are available on my Facebook fan page. You can also receive updates on Twitter from @BTCincyRob.

Dan (Jonathan Gillard Daly) and Betty (Sarah Day) take turns telling the story of how they met. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

Dan (Jonathan Gillard Daly) and Betty (Sarah Day) take turns telling the story of how they met. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

CHAPATTI presented by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park through March 8. Click here for more information on the production. I attended the opening night performance.

“All that matters, is love.” -Betty

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park opens this Irish gem of a love story.

Sarah Day as Betty. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

Sarah Day as Betty. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

On entering the theater, the audience is greeted by Scott Bradley’s excellent and detailed set of an Irish pub. As the play begins, the Barman, played by Jay Hobson, is busied with various tasks as two patrons enter the pub. Dan (Jonathan Gillard Daly) and Betty (Sarah Day), who greet the audience as fellow bar patrons, order their respective drinks, and take seats near the fireplace to tell their story.

The play is delivered mostly as narrative, as the leads take turns recounting their lives leading up to their meeting and the events that follow. This gives surprising strength to those moments when the two interact directly, and quite the emotional punch to the final few scenes.

Jonathan Gillard Daly as Dan. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

Jonathan Gillard Daly as Dan. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

Their story unfolds at a leisurely pace and at first feels a bit mundane. As in life, as the characters (and the audience) gain a more intimate knowledge of each other, and their respective pasts, the story that unfolds is anything but.

Smartly directed by Anne Marie Cammarato, both Daly and Day do excellent work in their roles, individually and together. Their characters are easily likable and relate-able. Dan carries the burden of the recent loss, of the love of his life, while Betty quietly yearns for a true love she has never known. I have to admit, as the play neared its conclusion, I was taken by surprise by how emotionally vested I became in their story.

Overall a simple, yet beautifully-told and emotionally-satisfying love story.

My rating: 4.25 out of 5

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February 13, 2015 · 11:04 am

VIDEO: Fall in love with CHAPATTI at Cincinnati Playhouse

Jonathan Gillard Daly as Dan and Sarah Day as Betty. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

Jonathan Gillard Daly as Dan and Sarah Day as Betty. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

Two seniors bond over their shared affection for animals in this warm, gentle and offbeat Irish love story. Betty spends most of her time alone, when she’s not acting as a caregiver to her friend or her 19 cats. Still grieving for the love of his life, Dan finds his most faithful friend is his trusty dog, Chapatti. When their paths cross unexpectedly, these two lonely hearts find their lives and expectations for the future change in surprising ways as they rediscover the joy that comes with human companionship.

Performances continue through March 8. For more information click here.

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