Review of by Nathan Top of “Rocky Horror Picture Show”: CCM Musical Theatre As UC College Conservatory of Music‘s current musical, “The Rocky Horror Show”, began, I noticed across the way four empty front-row seats in an otherwise sold-out theater. During the production, I came to realize that the individuals who were assigned such seats […]
Review by Jenifer Moore of “Proof”: Carnegie Theatre We are our parents’ children, but we aren’t them. Or are we? I found myself pondering this very question while traveling through the trifecta of life, loss, and legacy with the phenomenal cast and crew at The Carnegie’s adaptation of David Auburn’s “Proof”, now showing as a part of the 2019-2020 […]
Review by Liz Eichler of “Rocky Horror Picture Show”: CCM Musical theatre The bare-stage setting of “an abandoned movie theatre in Denton, Ohio on Halloween” is genius. As a group of young people start exploring and joking around the broken-down marquee, the old movie Phantoms reach out and transport them into another world. A theatre’s […]
Review by Jack Crumley of “Proof”: Carnegie Theatre The flow of stories from The Carnegiein Covington is going from the all-out rock-out of summer’s “American Idiot”to a thoughtful, award-winning show this autumn with “Proof.” The play from David Auburn developed in New Jersey, and was a Broadway production by about this time in the year 2000. […]
Review by Raechel Lombardo of “The Cake”: Human Race Theatre Bekah Brunstetter’s play “The Cake” brings a new flavor to the modern-day conflict between those in the LGBTQ+ community and those who are of a more conservative mindset. I often only see productions that are set in an earlier era presenting this issue, but to […]
Review by Nathan Top of “42nd Street”: CCM Musical theatre Based on the novel of the same name written by Bradford Ropes, University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music‘s latest production, “42nd Street”, tells the story of Peggy Sawyer, a young actor embarking on her first audition to be in 1933 Broadway’s newest show, “Pretty […]
Review by John Woll of “The Addams Family”: Covedale Theatre They’re crazy and kooky, all right, and taking up residence just in time for Halloween at The Covedale Theater. “The Addams Family” was originally conceived by legendary American cartoonist Charles Addams for ‘The New Yorker’ magazine in 1938. You may remember this wacky family from the popular mid-sixties TV series, […]
Review by Nathan Top of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”: CCM Acting Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is based on the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon and tells the story of Christopher John Francis Boone […]
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