ETC’s “Buyer and Cellar” a Fantasyland for Streisand Lovers
Review by Donna Hoffman of Buyers and Cellars: Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati A monochromatic set is suitable for a 110 minute monologue. The handsome, tasteful, French Provincial set with white molded trim at the ceiling and the bottom half of the back wall with teal painted in-between is just a...
Clifton’s “The Norwegians” Hits the Mark
Review by Kay Sloan of The Norwegians: Clifton Performance Theatre Clifton Performance Theater is Cincinnati’s most delightful venue for experiencing plays in intimate, close quarters. With each new play, the stage and seating shift to accommodate the action so that the drama unfolds in close proximity to the audience, making...
Clifton Performance Theatre Warms Audiences with “The Norwegians”
Review by Teddy Gumbleton of The Norwegians: Clifton Theatre The cast soars in Clifton Performance Theatre’s dark comedy, The Norwegians Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Especially when she also has to contend with a Minnesota winter. This is the basis for the play Clifton Performance Theatre...
Know Theatre Takes Historical to Hysterical in “The Hunchback of Seville”
Review by Grace Eichler of The Hunchback of Seville: Know Theatre Know Theatre of Cincinnati is embracing its 18th season with a barely-legal irreverence, starting with Charise Castro Smith’s The Hunchback of Seville. HRH Queen Isabella of Spain is on the decline, and her estranged “adopted twin sister,” the...
Know Theatre and CCM Drama Test Audience’s Boundaries in “Hunchback of Seville”
Review by Erica Minton of “Hunchback of Seville”: Know Theatre (in partnership with CCM Drama) Summary: Know Theatre and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music partner for a farsical look at Spain in the 1500s: a time of Inquisition, genocide, colonialism and murder. Maxima—the Hunchback of Seville and...
Take a Trip Down the Mississippi with CCM’s “Big River”
Review by Teddy Gumbleton of Big River:Â CCM Musical Theatre The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is widely regarded as one of the great American novels. Published in 1885, the book has become an essential read and has received numerous adaptions, including a musical, Big River, which is...
CCM’s “Big River” Brings to Life an American Classic
Review by Sheldon Polonsky of Big River: CCM Musical Theater For much of the first act of CCM’s musical production , Big River, I kept “waiting for the light to shineâ€â€”and golly gee willickers, it finally did as this talented student cast settled into a balanced, heartfelt and thought-provoking...
Incline’s “Extremities” Challenges Its Audiences
Review by Lissa Gapultos of Extremities: Incline Theatre What would you do if a complete stranger just walks into your home as if he belongs there? In Extremities, currently playing at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater, Marjorie is lounging around in her living room, when a man she does...