Review by Sheldon Polonsky of Twelfth Night: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company “Westward Ho!” The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company takes Viola’s quote from Twelfth Night at its word when it envisions one of Shakespeare’s most well-known and beloved comedies in 1850’s San Francisco. CSC has certainly had its share of clever period staging of Shakespeare’s plays, but perhaps […]
Category Archives: Stage Insights Reviews
CCM Cast Show They’ve Learned Their Lessons Well in “Godspell”
Monday, November 12, 2018
Review by Liz Eichler of “Godspell”: CCM Musical Theatre CCM’s “Godspell” is everything you’d want and expect from one of the country’s leading musical theatre programs. There is an abundance of energy, talent, great voices and dancing, and a richness of ensemble interaction that makes you leave the performance with not only joy for the […]
The Carnegie Boots Up for a Fantasy Rom-Com of Epic Proportions.
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Review by Willie Caldwell of Love and Warcraft: Carnegie Theatre At its heart, Love and Warcraft is a story about connections. More so, it’s a story about managing connections in a digital age. Written by Madhuri Shekar, Love and Warcraft is a modern-day romantic comedy that chronicles the lives of a group of college students […]
Say WOW to Love in Carnegie’s “In Love and Warcraft”
Monday, November 5, 2018
Review by Jack Crumley of In Love and Warcraft: Carnegie Theatre It’s November and that means that Cuffing Season is upon us, and theatre-goers in Covington have a romantic option for the next few weeks with the Carnegie’s production of In Love and Warcraft. I should explain: Cuffing Season is when single people couple up […]
Human Race Welcomes “An Act of God”
Monday, November 5, 2018
Review by Liz Eichler of “An Act of God”: Human Race Theatre “An Act of God,” produced by Human Race Theatre and playing through November 18, will provide smiles, chuckles, and laughs as God delivers a more modern version of the Ten Commandments. It is a stand-up routine, except SHE is delivering it from a […]
A Great, Family-Friendly “Oz” is just ‘Soooooomewheeeeeere Ooooover on Glenway’
Monday, October 29, 2018
Review by Jack Crumley of The Wizard of Oz: Covedale Center for the Performing Arts It’s difficult to think of a show that would attract an audience more wide-ranging in age than The Wizard of Oz. Sunday’s matinee at Covedale was a very full house, and I think seniors had the majority. But I can’t […]
Covedale’s “The Wizard of Oz” Gives a Fresh Take on an Old Favorite
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Review by Laurel Humes of The Wizard of Oz: Covedale Theatre The Wizard of Oz, again? YES, in a sparkling production at the Covedale Center that appeals to youngsters and oldsters alike. Oz is a classic, of course – the original movie came out in 1939, the stage version in 1987. Children in the Covedale audience […]
NKU Theatre’s “Marisol”: Things Fall Apart
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Review by Sheldon Polonsky of Marisol: NKU Theatre NKU Theatre tackles some complex and challenging material in its latest production, Jose Rivera’s Marisol. Marisol in many ways defies easy description, and I left the theatre struggling to put into words what it was I just witnessed—pre-apocalyptic absurdist theatre? A polemic on social justice? Or just performance […]
