Cincinnati Theatre Newsroom

Olde Towne Hall Theatre will be presenting the Andrew Lloyd Webber family favorite musical: Joseph  and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Historic Grafton School's Ghost Light Theatre.

Shaina Taub— two-time Tony Award winner, Grammy-nominated songwriter, and writer, composer, lyricist, and star of the revolutionary Broadway musical Suffs— will join the 2025 Theatre Education Conference. Learn more!

The first national Broadway tour of & Juliet exemplifies an unmatched energy that keeps its audiences invested, rivaling the NYC Broadway company in quality. Rachel Simone Webb is a supernova as Juliet Capulet.

Twilight In Concert will visit the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall for one show only. The epic film-to-concert event is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2025-26 Season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Educational Theatre Association has elected a new Vice President/President and two new directors to its board, each beginning their term July 1, 2025. Learn more!

The Educational Theatre Association has elected a new Vice President/President and two new directors to its board, each beginning their term July 1, 2025. Learn more!

Voting for the fifth round of BroadwayWorld's Best Musical 2025 Bracket is now open. Which musical is really the Best Musical of all time? Last year, our readers picked Les Miz as the ultimate Tony Award-winning Best Musical of all time.

The Cincinnati Arts Association has revealed the winners of its Overture Awards Competition, held on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater. Learn more!

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati will present the haunting psychological thriller The Sound Inside that will leave you wondering who you can trust. This drama by Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter) is playing April 5–27, 2025.

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati has received a transformative $2 million anonymous gift to its capital campaign for the restoration and reimagination of the historic Emery Theater. Learn more!

The Cincinnati Arts Association will present the 2025 Overture Awards Finals Competition. Learn more about the awards and see how to attend the March event.

Kathleen Marshall will direct and choreograph Mythic at Cincinnati Playhouse, featuring book and lyrics by Marcus Stevens and music by Oran Eldor. Learn more here!

The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and Cincinnati Opera have announced a new three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The CBA was ratified by the AGMA Board of Governors on March 3, 2025, after being approved by the artists.

Shaker Theatre Arts will present CLUE, running March 13th-15th. Performance will be held in the SHHS Large Auditorium (15911 Aldersyde Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 44120).

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company will present Shakespeare's Macbeth, a chilling and electrifying adaptation that blurs the boundaries between free will and control, playing February 28 - March 23, 2025.

Cincinnati Opera has announced a new name, date, and guest speakers for an event this spring, part of its popular series of Opera Raps. Opera Raps are free community conversations exploring the works featured during the company's 2025 Summer Festival.

The event on February 19th completely sold out The Andrew J Brady Music Center, filling the auditorium with adoring fans who have flocked to see their favorite dancers in person. At this performance, the tour succeeded in its display of stellar designs, dynamic talents, and a wide range of acts.

Tristate-area playwrights, it’s your time to shine! Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati hosts the seventh annual PLAY/write: The Jackie Demaline Regional Collegiate Playwriting Competition, held in memory of writer, critic, and arts advocate, Jackie Demaline.

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Cincinnati Opera has announced a donation in support of Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW), its joint creative venture with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).

Eight schools have been selected to perform on the Main Stage at the 2025 International Thespian Festival held June 22-27 at Indiana University in Bloomington and produced by the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA).

The Carnegie and CCM bring together an exceptional cast and creative team to demonstrate a unique interpretation of Seussical, focusing heavily on the importance of imagination, storytelling, and unconventional thinking.

A rare theatrical double bill will feature three performances of Paul Robeson and The Douglass-Lincoln Debates by Douglas D. Miron. Learn more about the upcoming performances here!

First Financial Bank Broadway in Cincinnati will present a highly-anticipated season lineup of shows starting with screen-to-stage success Back To The Future: The Musical, the revolutionary 2016 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical Hamilton, and more.

A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD begins in February at Know Theatre. From the writer of the Academy Award-winning film, The Whale, comes a humorous and wrenching tale about land, fatherhood, and the sacrifices we make for our children.