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Monthly Archives: October 2014

Trimming the Fat

October 14, 2014 Comments Off on Trimming the Fat

Both Your Houses – Remy Bumppo

 

More timely than a Tea Party rally, Maxwell Anderson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama that takes a hard look at how Congress really works is

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Revenge That’s Easy as Pie

October 14, 2014 Comments Off on Revenge That’s Easy as Pie

Sweeney Todd – Porchlight Theatre

 

It’s this production’s visual impact that first strikes the audience. Jeffrey D. Kmiec’s enormous, atmospheric, all-encompassing set wraps

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Hitting It Out of the Closet

October 11, 2014 Comments Off on Hitting It Out of the Closet

Take Me Out – Eclectic Theatre

 

In recent years, especially with new laws in place guaranteeing equality for the LGBT community, including the right to marry, celebrities from

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Time Past and Time Future

October 9, 2014 Comments Off on Time Past and Time Future

Smokefall – Goodman Theatre

 

Sometimes a play speaks to an audience in a special, almost personal way. It can, under a good production with an excellent cast, transcend

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Why Did I Ever Leave Ohio?

October 9, 2014 Comments Off on Why Did I Ever Leave Ohio?

Dead Accounts

 

Jack’s back and he’s talking some smack. Returning home to the Cincinnati house where he grew up, Jack’s bizarre, rapid stream-of-conscious

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To Have and Have Not

October 7, 2014 Comments Off on To Have and Have Not

Owners – Interrobang Theatre Project

 

The very prolific, highly influential English playwright Caryl Churchill is known primarily for her exploration and portrayal of strong, liberated

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Let’s Breathe, Shall We?

October 7, 2014 Comments Off on Let’s Breathe, Shall We?

At Last: A Tribute to Etta James – Black Ensemble Theatre

 

Jackie Taylor, the founder, CEO and all-around creative genius behind all things Black Ensemble Theatre, proclaims that Etta James, one of the

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Suicide or Murder?

October 5, 2014 Comments Off on Suicide or Murder?

Danny Casolaro Died for You – Timeline Theatre

 

In early August of 1991, freelance investigative reporter and aspiring author Danny Casolaro told friends and family he was driving to

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Desperate People Doing Desperate Things

October 4, 2014 Comments Off on Desperate People Doing Desperate Things

Bethany – Gift Theatre

 

Crystal, as portrayed by the exceptionally talented young actress Hillary Clemens, is poised, articulate and wears a smile as bright and polished

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Making the Ordinary Extraordinary

October 3, 2014 Comments Off on Making the Ordinary Extraordinary

The Night Alive – Steppenwolf

 

Getting by. That’s how Tommy, who’s not a bad guy, manages to survive life. Renting a room from his Uncle Maurice that he’s turned into a

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