CCM Approaches “Carousel” with Joy
Sneak Peak by Teddy Gumbleton of Carousel: CCM Musical Theatre Since it first opened on Broadway in April of 1945, the musical Carousel, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyric and book by Oscar Hammerstein, has been widely regarded as a masterpiece. Carousel tells the story of Billy Bigelow,...
Cincinnati Shakespeare’s “Death of a Salesman” Still Reverberates
Review by Liz Eichler of Death of a Salesman: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is powerful and riveting, drawing you into the layers of duplicity of an aging salesman who must constantly reimagine his life to chase the elusive American Dream....
Covedale Hits the Sweet-spot with “Fox on the Fairwayâ€
Review by Shaun Maus of Fox on the Fairway: Covedale The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts production of Ken Ludwig’s The Fox on the Fairway is a madcap comedy with polished performances.  The Fox on the Fairway takes place during the annual Quail Valley Country Club golf tournament....
Miami’s “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play” is Fun, Compassionate
Review by Shawn Maus of In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play: Miami University In our internet porn age, it’s hard to imagine there was a time that men and women didn’t really know their own bodies. “In the Next Room†explores themes of sexual ignorance, eroticism and, of...
Covedale’s “Fox on the Fairway” Not Just Par for the Course In Laughs
Review by Doug Iden of Fox on the Fairway: Covedale Theatre For its second show of the season, the Covedale Theater rolls FOREward into the realm of satire with The Fox on the Fairway. This frenetically paced farce spoofs the Country Club crowd by depicting a desperate attempt by the Quall...
Miami University’s “Vibrator Play” Offers Life, Love, Health, and Technology – Always New and Changing
Sneak Peak by Kenneth Stern of In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play: Miami University Miami University’s Department of Theatre first 2016 production in its Gates-Abegglen Theatre, In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, by Sarah Ruhl, opens October 21 at 7:30 p.m. This 2009 play wrestles...
Outstanding Performances Sell Cincinnati Shakespeare’s “Death of a Salesman”
Review by Gregory Bossler of Death of a Salesman: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller’s 1949 Pulitzer-winning indictment of the American Dream, is among a handful of classic American plays that remain as relevant today as when written. And it is receiving the full Shakespearean treatment...
Boy Meets (a Funny) Girl in ETC’s “Buyer and Cellar”
Review by Kenneth Stern of Buyer and Cellar: Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati If I were writing this review as Alex, the protagonist of ETC’s delightful Buyer and Cellar, a one man show about an actor who becomes the caretaker of the treasures in Barbra Streisand’s basement, here is how it...