Falcon Faces the Repercussions of Racism in Master Harold…And the Boys
Review by Laurel Humes of Master Harold…And the Boys: Falcon Theatre Racism – personal and institutional – is explored in Falcon Theatre’s excellent production of Athol Fugard’s acclaimed play Master Harold …And the Boys. It is 1950 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Apartheid, the country’s system of legal racial...
CSC’s The Tempest Plays With Magic And Moving On
Review by Liz Eichler of The Tempest: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company There are many reasons you should get to Shakespeare’s The Tempest, playing through May 20 at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Yes, it is their last show on Race Street, before they move into their beautiful new home in Washington Park,...
CSC’s Tempest Ends Its Season with a Bang Before Heading to a Brave New World
Review by Doug Iden of The Tempest: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company triumphantly opened its final show at its current Race Street location in tempestuous fashion with one of Shakespeare’s last plays, The Tempest. The play tells the story of sorcerer Prospero (Nicholas Rose), the rightful Duke...
Covedale Gloriously Revives Musical Favorite My Fair Lady
Review by Doug Iden of My Fair Lady: Covedale Theatre “I have often walked down this street before†and the journey has always been glorious as My Fair Lady opened at the Covedale Theater. Based upon George Bernard Shaw’s social satire Pygmalion, My Fair Lady is considered by many...
Have a Whopper, Pull Out the Stopper, and Get to the Covedale‘s My Fair Lady on Time
Review by Jack Crumley of My Fair Lady: Covedale Center for the Performing Arts It’s the end of the season, and Tim Perrino & Co are going out on a high note. Featuring some of the best songs in American musical theatre history, My Fair Lady is easily the...
Sound and Fury are Part of Listening for the Light at Know Theatre
Review by Ken Stern of Listen for the Light: Know Theatre What’s more improbable than history, the actual lives lived in the past? Who would believe a story of a visiting angel telling a man to dig up gold plates that have holy text inscribed on them and creating...
CCM‘s Very Dumb Kids Are Brilliant
Review by Alan Jozwiak of Very Dumb Kids: CCM Acting Friends gathered over the Fourth of July weekend. It is a time when relationships are tested, secrets revealed, and decisions made. This particular holiday weekend has been the backdrop for many plays, such as Terrance McNally’s Lips Together, Teeth...
NKU‘s Human Services Skewers Our Fetish with Fame
Review by Doug Iden of Human Services: NKU Year End Series The Y.E.S. (Year End Series) Festival continued at NKU with the world premiere presentation of Tom Baum’s Human Services. Alternating with the other YES Festival participant Unfrozen, Human Services tells the story of a spoiled, shallow female rock...