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BWW Review: THE KABUKI SLEEPING BEAUTY Brings to Light Japanese Traditional Theater, Caters to Children
CATCO is Kid's final production of the season brought the far east to Central Ohio with a new take on the classic story of sleeping beauty....
BWW Review: HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL a Big Hit With the Film's Fans
If it were a high school student, HEATHERS would've been voted 'Least Likely To Become A MUSICAL.' Released in 1988, the dark comedy about an outsider's plot of murderous revenge against the popular kids' clique almost seems like a backlash to the sunnier view of high school life like THE BREAKFAST ...
BWW Review: 2016 TASTE OF DINE ORIGINALS - Showcasing Columbus's Finest in an Exquisite Space
The 2016 Taste of Dine Originals was held at the gorgeous Franklin Park Conservatory for the first time this year, offering an exquisite backdrop for some of Columbus's finest locally owned, independent restaurants, wineries, breweries, and more. Also a first was a sold-out crowd, who filled the en...
BWW Review: SLEEPING BEAUTY Gives a Fairytale Ending to BalletMet's Season
Saturated with the vibrant colors of gold-adorned chandeliers, majestic red velvet curtains and shiny Baroque accents framing the Ohio Theatre stage, BalletMet's "Sleeping Beauty" appeared to be a scene come to life from an ornately illustrated storybook....
BWW Review: THE LAST FIVE YEARS Leaves Lasting Impression
In the third song, 'See I'm Smiling,' of the musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS, Catherine Hiatt (played by Melissa Hall) sings to her husband, 'I think you're really gonna like this show. I'm pretty sure it doesn't suck.'...
BWW Review: Raunchy, Yet Hilarious BOOK OF MORMON Hits All its Targets
After seeing a villager shot in the face during a missionary trip to Uganda, Elder Price comes to a stunning revelation in the hilarious musical BOOK OF MORMON: 'Africa is nothing like THE LION KING.'...
BWW Review: Ohio State's THE COAST OF ILLYRIA Creatively Addresses the Issues of Mental Illness, Addiction
The Ohio State Department of Theatre's final main-stage production of the 2015-16 season invites audiences into a world of literary creativity....
BWW Review: 7th Annual Columbus Creative Industry Mixer - Uniting the Who's-Who of Creatives in Hollywood Style
The 7th Annual Columbus Creative Industry Mixer (CCIM) by Matthew Roharik was held this year at Park Street Cantina, where the red carpet was rolled out for the 'Movie Night Premier' theme, uniting all the top creative enthusiasts, including artists, designers, stylists, models, photographers, talen...
BWW Review: Rhythms, Silence, Underscore Ohio State Department of Dance SPRING CONCERT
In a variety of pieces ranging from intimate dances performed to a still, silent room to contemporary choreography paired with unconventional soundtracks and grooving rhythms, the Ohio State Department of Dance's "Spring Dance Concert" explored the connection that binds movement and sound....
BWW Review: Friendship, Family and Feuding at the Heart of CATCO's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
Featuring a lively cast of characters thrust into comedic situations, Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" is a lighthearted exploration of familial bonds and hometown roots....
BWW Review: Ohio State's SWEENEY TODD a Demonic Dive into Thrilling Theater
A chill in the air in Ohio State's Mershon Auditorium Friday evening was not entirely due to the unseasonable snowflakes that fell from the sky outside. Rather, a hair-raising performance of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by the Ohio State University Opera and Lyric Theatre greatly...
BWW Reviews: Folds Spreads the Spotlight Around in Concert with CSO
As a principal percussionist for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Philip Shipley is used to watching concerts from behind the oboes and the woodwinds. At the CSO's concert with Ben Folds on April 9, Shipley got distinctly different point of view....
BWW Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Provides Perfect Curtain Call for Stefano
It has been 18 years between John Stefano's performances as John Adams in 1776 and his return on April 7 as Tevye in Otterbein University's production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. The chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, who is retiring after 24 years at Otterbein, never lost a beat....
BWW Review: Short North Stage's THE FULL MONTY Delivers the Goods
THE FULL MONTY: THE MUSICAL has some pretty unlikely ingredients for musical comedy: divorce, unemployment, degradation, custody battles, suicide, alienation and Buffalo, New York in the economically depressed 2000. Yet somehow, Short North Stage director Edward Carignan makes all those ingredients ...
BWW Review: Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST National Tour - A Tale That Stands the Test of Time
No doubt one of the greatest classic Disney films of all time, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST has launched a new NETworks tour, which reunites original Broadway director, Rob Roth, choreographer, Matt West, along with the original design team, including Ann Hould-Ward (costume designer), Natasha Katz (Lightin...
BWW Review: OSU's STUPID F---ING BIRD Challenges Audiences to Rethink Life, Art in Complex Performance
In many ways, the Ohio State Department of Theatre's latest production, "Stupid F---ing Bird," resembles the stage on which it is presented - an intimate performance space bordered by jagged-edged support beams, backed by planks of overlapping wooden boards and strewn with overturned paint buckets, ...
BWW Review: Off the Lake Productions' HAIRSPRAY Proves 'You Can't Stop the Beat' When Performing with Passion
The lecture auditorium in Hitchcock Hall, normally the venue in which engineering presentations are given, was transformed into a brightly colored, wildly patterned scene straight out of the '60s when Ohio State's Off the Lake Productions took to the stage Friday to perform "Hairspray."
From the...
BWW Review: Columbus Grooves to MOTOWN THE MUSICAL
Columbus got their groove on at the Ohio Theatre on opening night when an iconic era of social change and racial integration was celebrated through soul, pop, and classic hits such as 'My Girl', 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough', 'ABC', Cruisin', 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine', and so many more....
BWW Review: Ohio State Department of Theatre Revives Romance in Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Love was in the air this weekend at the Lincoln Theatre in Columbus when the Ohio State Department of Theatre presented its reimagined version of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." A sense of magic and unpredictable mischief, paired with energetic performances from the student actors...
BWW Review: Patient Storytelling Pays Off in CATCO's MOTHERS AND SONS
Walking into the Vern Riffe Center's Studio One Theatre Friday night, one felt less like an audience member settling into a seat in a performance hall and more like a guest stepping into a stranger's living room. It was in this environment, a New York City apartment overlooking Central Park, that Pu...
BWW Review: Films Capture Mastery of Movement in Ohio State Department of Dance's DANCE@30FPS
The translation of art from the stage to the screen is often viewed with a healthy dose of skepticism. Yet an annual event by the Ohio State Department of Dance proves that the fusion of dance and film is far from two-dimensional.
"Dance@30FPS," a presentation of dance films from around the world,...
BWW Review: BalletMet Proves Theme of Humanity isn't Black and White in CARMEN.MAQUIA
Upon first glance, the sterile, white sets that greet the audience once the curtain rises on BalletMet's "Carmen.maquia" might have many theatergoers double-checking their programs. Indeed, the barren stage, interrupted by amorphous masses that appear to be constructed from thin layers of crepe pape...
BWW Review: Ohio State Department of Dance's WINTER CONCERT Driven by Intensity, Emotion
From the stomping of rhythmic footsteps reverberating unaccompanied through the darkness to the lyrical interpretation of biblical verses that merged multimedia art with movement, the Ohio State Department of Dance's "Winter Concert" showcased nine works laced together by the common threads of inten...
BWW Review: Short North Stage's DIE, MOMMIE DIE! is a Must See
Actor Doug Joseph has gone from playing Cecil B. DeMille in the Short North Stage's production of SUNSET BOULEVARD to playing the very Norma Desmond-esque Angela Arden in the theatre's production of DIE, MOMMIE DIE!...
BWW Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC National Tour - Breathing Fresh Life Into A Timeless Masterpiece
There's something truly divine about THE SOUND OF MUSIC, which has become a pillar of musical theatre for over 56 years. A brand new touring production of this beloved musical waltzed into The Ohio Theatre on Tuesday night starring Kerstin Anderson as Maria, Ben Davis as Captain Von Trapp, and Ashle...
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Weathervane Playhouse (6/11-6/20) |
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Water for Elephants – The Musical Ohio Theatre (6/09-6/09) |
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The Music Man Weathervane Playhouse (7/09-7/18) |
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Buckeye Country Superfest Ohio Stadium (6/13-6/13) |
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The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute LIVE in Concert in Columbus, OH Hollywood Casino Columbus (8/21-8/21) |
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Boom! Theater Presents: Fiddler On The Roof John, James and Clara Knight Stage (5/01-5/17) |
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Farce of Nature Weathervane Playhouse (5/28-6/06) |
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