CAPA will welcome Christian and pop music icon Amy Grant to the Palace Theatre in October. Learn more about the performer and see how to purchase tickets.
“I wish A WALK IN THE WOODS did not feel as timely now as it did when it was originally produced. … This play illuminates the importance for each of us as citizens of the world to understand that there are many layers to foreign politics/relations.”
Joe Bishara
For seven years, a certain boy wizard went to a particular Wizard School and conquered evil. This play, however, is not his story. It is the story of the Puffs, another group of well-meaning, loyal wizards at that famed wizarding school, who just happened to be around for all of that evil conquering, too.
'(It’s) less of a character acting position and more of a ‘How can I make sure I’m conveying her story as authentically as possible while also keeping her ‘Disney personality’ in the mix?''
Olivia Noel
The Palace Theatre in Columbus will play host to The Price is Right Live stage show. See how to purchase tickets!
This sensational drama tells the tale of Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues who now works as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh. Excluded as a black man from the major leagues during his prime, Troy’s bitterness takes its toll on his relationships with his wife and his son, who now wants his own chance to play ball. Revived in 2010 starring Denzel Washington in the lead role. Innovative playwright August Wilson gives an unflinching look at the African American experience in the 1950s. Touching, funny, and occasionally brutal.
Join the 2024 summer fun at Lincoln Theatre with their Wine Down Wednesdays patio series. Enjoy great wine, good company, and the warm summer nights.
Students at Dominion Middle School traveled back more than 100 years (and trek west a few states) for their spring musical this year. Audience members sat in the expansive auditorium at the DMS building, 100 Arcadia Ave., to watch The Music Man Jr. Set in Iowa in 1912, the Broadway classic has been adapted for younger performers. The original first hit the stage in 1957 and went on to win five Tony Awards.
The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio expands its 2024-25 season line-up with an additional play. Stay tuned for more updates from BroadwayWorld.
Crimes of the Heart is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play by American playwright Beth Henley. The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital.
This joyful and exuberant, yet ultimately touching, comedy focuses on three women at crossroads in their lives—the Wild sisters of Winedale, Virginia. Fanny and Willa and their frustratingly quirky sister-in-law Johnnie Faye.
The script is filled with pratfalls, sight gags, puns and “Dad jokes,” but what makes this play work is the backstory and the personality given to each character and each role contributes something to the plot.
Opera Columbus will wrap up a record-breaking 42nd season with an entirely new take on Mozart’s final opera, The Magic Flute. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!
Sister Act, a feel-good musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film. Set in 1977, disco diva, Deloris Van Cartier, witnesses a murder, and is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won't be found: a convent!
Cooney’s script is much like a van Gogh painting. Some characters, like Erin, are created with intricate paintbrush strokes; others are fingerpainted in concentric circles.
When she was living in Chicago eight years ago, Leda Hoffmann remembers getting a postcard from the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, encouraging patrons to see RIDE THE CYCLONE.
Join WCT in Germany, 1891 in a world where the grown-ups hold all the cards, and a group of students navigate teenage self-discovery and coming of age anxiety in a powerful celebration of youth and rebellion. Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with a poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. This musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock and roll that is sure to exhilarate audiences!
Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief.
CAPA will welcome Old Gods of Appalachia, an award-winning and critically-acclaimed audio drama podcast, to the Southern Theatre (21 E. Main St.) on Sunday, August 25.
When Elisabeth Yancey grew up playing the Hasbro game Clue, she didn’t realize she was preparing for her career. Yancey plays the role of Yvette the Maid in the national tour of CLUE, which will have an extended stay from April 9-14 at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State Street in downtown Columbus).
A world premiere, break-neck comedy by Irish playwright and Abbey Theater favorite Sean Cooney set on the south coast of Ireland in the 1980s. Feral MacAdoo, suffering from a dissociative fugue after a bombing attack in Dublin, now believes he is the painter Vincent Van Gogh.
See SCHOOLS ON POETRY, a live poetry reading event at the Lincoln Theatre on May 11. Experience the power of words and the beauty of spoken verse.
The Curious Savage, John Patrick's bittersweet comedy about a wealthy widow whose greedy step children have her committed, is filled with delightful, unforgettable characters. The story skewers notions of 'sanity' with warmth, humor and dignity and is just as relevant now as when it was written.
The Trail to Oregon is Based off the 90’s video game “The Oregon Trail” following a family as they make their way from Missouri to Oregon in 1848. From starvation to bandits to dysentery, the family endures all of these challenges in hopes of a better life in Oregon.
Discover the exciting lineup for the 2024-2025 season of PNC BROADWAY IN COLUMBUS, featuring a diverse range of shows. Stay updated with BroadwayWorld for more details.
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Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame
CCT (4/26 - 5/5) | ||
Hypnosis The Show with Gregg Pruitt
The Avalon Theatre (4/26 - 4/26) | ||
How Do We Get There From Here? - Melissa Kelley
The Avalon Theatre (6/8 - 6/8) | ||
Hair
The Garden Theater (5/9 - 6/9) | ||
Brittney Mack - Putting on the Britt
The Avalon Theatre (5/24 - 5/24) | ||
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Ohio Theatre (5/7 - 5/12) | ||
A New Day, A New Year
Ohio Dominican University's Matesich Theatre (5/3 - 5/5) | ||
The Lion King
Ohio Theatre (6/12 - 7/7) | ||
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