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THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE Returns To The Ohio Theatre
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2019
The Price Is Right Live is the hit interactive stage show that gives eligible individuals the chance to 'Come on Down' to win. Prizes may include appliances, vacations, and possibly a new car. Audience members can play classic games from television's longest-running and most popular game show such as Plinko, Cliffhangers, The Big Wheel, or even the fabulous Showcase. Playing to near sold-out audiences for more than 10 years, the Price Is Right Live has given away more than $12 million in cash and prizes and sold more than 1.7 million tickets.
John Cusack Comes to The Palace
by BWW News Desk - January 09, 2019
For fans of John Cusack and High Fidelity, a visit to Championship Vinyl would definitely make a "top five" list. Join Hollywood icon John Cusack when he makes his way to Palace Theatre for a live conversation and audience Q&A on Friday, February 15. With a career spanning more than four decades and 70 film roles, John Cusack will share stories, answer audience questions, and following a screening of High Fidelity, give a behind-the-scenes look into the iconic film.
Winners Announced for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2019
We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and voted on by you - the local theatergoers!
Actors' Theatre Announces 2019 Season - 'Tainted Love'
by BWW News Desk - January 06, 2019
Actors' Theatre of Columbus presents its 2019 season, 'Tainted Love.' This season's theme is about all of the mishaps and miseries of love: familial, romantic, human. As Lysander predicted in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, 'The course of true love never did run smooth.'
Actors' Theatre Debuts The Drunken Underground With HAMLET
by BWW News Desk - January 05, 2019
The Drunken Underground is a time to make merry and tackle some of the Bard's greatest works with a little liquid courage. Actors and audience can enjoy the alchemy of Shakespeare and Pretentious Barrel House's craft beers in a bit of a live radio environment. TDU is just the thing to lift the spirit(s) as a handful of actors perform a live reading of Shakespeare's classic plays while imbibing some of Columbus's best brew. It's a fun, unpredictable way to make Shakespeare saucy again!
PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON Brings His Comedy Magic Act To The Lincoln
by BWW News Desk - January 03, 2019
The star of NBC's "America's Got Talent" and "Penn & Teller: Fool Us," Piff the Magic Dragon performs jaw-dropping magic tricks in a dragon suit with sidekick Mr. Piffles, The World's Only Magic Performing Chihuahua. With more than 100 million online views, sold-out shows across the US and Canada, and a residency at Las Vegas' Flamingo Hotel and Casino, the dynamic duo have proven they're here to stay.
CSO To Showcase Concertmaster Joanna Frankel In The BEETHOVEN MARATHON
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2019
Concertmaster Joanna Frankel makes her solo debut with the Columbus Symphony, performing Beethoven's spiritual Violin Concerto. The epic Eroica Symphony completes this program devoted to the great German composer.
Columbus Children's Theatre Celebrates William Goldsmith Retirement and Plans For Exciting Future
by BWW News Desk - December 26, 2018
On his 30-year anniversary with Columbus Children's Theatre, Artistic Director William "Bill" Goldsmith will retire from the organization he helped to build and prepare for a vibrant future.
BWW Reviews: Weathervane's GYPSY a Dark Fable with an Excellent Cast
by Paul Batterson - December 26, 2018
The secondary headline to the Weathervane Production's GYPSY reads 'A Musical Fable.' The two-act, two-hour performance about the rise of burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee is more of a precautionary tale for stage mothers and child actresses everywhere.
Stage Right Theatrics Presents the Third Annual Conservative Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - December 25, 2018
Stage Right Theatrics, the country's only conservative theatre company, is pleased to announce the third annual Conservative Theatre Festival.
Final Chance to Vote for the BWW Columbus Awards!
by BWW Staff - December 24, 2018
It's the last week to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
Just Two Weeks Left To Vote for the 2018 BWW Columbus Awards!
by BWW Staff - December 17, 2018
There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
Platinum Country Music Star Josh Turner Plays The McCoy
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2018
Multi-platinum country music artist Josh Turner has garnered multiple Grammy, Country Music Association, and Academy of Country Music award nominations with hits including "Your Man," "Why Don't We Just Dance," "Firecracker," "Would You Go with Me," "All Over Me," and "Time Is Love," the most played country song of 2012.
National Geographic Live Presents VIEW FROM ABOVE With Astronaut Terry Virts
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2018
National Geographic Live, National Geographic's touring speaker series, will present "View from Above" with Terry Virts, a celebrated NASA astronaut and National Geographic author. Virts will share his unique stories and stunning photographs taken from a place many will never visit - space.
Review Roundup: Beck Center Presents SHREK THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2018
The holiday season is already underway and Beck Center for the Arts has created a great lineup of family-friendly events to keep your hearts warm despite the frigid temperatures! From magical musical theater and dance performances on tour, to an exhibition tradition and hilarious youth theater, there's sure to be something memorable for people of all ages and abilities.
CSO's RUSSIAN WINTER FESTIVAL II To Feature Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2018
The celebration of Russian composers continues as CSO Music Director Rossen Milanov and the musicians of the Columbus Symphony present a program that juxtaposes Tchaikovsky's passionate, romantic music against Prokofiev's bold symphonic tableaux. The program includes the Suite from Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty as well as his Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring special guest pianist Sergei Babayan. The performance will conclude with Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5.
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn Play The McCoy January 20
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2018
Hailed as "the king and queen of the banjo" by Paste Magazine, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn have a musical partnership like no other. 15-time Grammy Award winner Bela Fleck has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and singer/songwriter Abigail Washburn has re-radicalized the clawhammer banjo by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. The two met at a square dance, began collaborating musically, and eventually fell in love. Fleck and Washburn will perform pieces from their Grammy-winning, self-titled debut, as well as their newest album, Echo in the Valley (2017).
BWW Reviews: Tuneful songs, artistic choreography in the DNA of SNS' MAMMA MIA
by Paul Batterson - December 12, 2018
Near the front of the Playbill for the Short North Stage's production of MAMMA MIA is a list of all the sponsors for the musical based on a collection of ABBA songs. Sadly, 23 & Me is not among them.
CSO To Perform Winning Compositions From First-Ever SCORE! Competition At Free Happy Hour Concert
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2018
The Columbus Symphony today named six original works by composers with Ohio ties as the first winners of its innovative, new composition competition in collaboration with the Johnstone Fund for New Music-SCORE with the Columbus Symphony!
Three Weeks Left To Vote For the BWW Columbus Awards!
by BWW Staff - December 10, 2018
There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
Tickets On Sale Friday For John Cusack Live On Stage Plus HIGH FIDELITY Screening
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2018
For fans of John Cusack and High Fidelity, a visit to Championship Vinyl would definitely make a "top five" list. Join Hollywood icon John Cusack when he makes his way to Palace Theatre for a live conversation and audience Q&A on Friday, February 15. With a career spanning more than four decades and 70 film roles, John Cusack will share stories, answer audience questions, and following a screening of High Fidelity, give a behind-the-scenes look into the iconic film.
Photo Coverage: First look at Gallery Players' FUNNY GIRL the musical
by Jerri Shafer - December 09, 2018
Rising NYC actress Paula Shtein returns to Columbus to star in the semi-biographical story of beloved comedienne and Broadway star Fanny Brice. As she waits for her husband to return from prison, the star of Ziegfeld Follies reflects on her life and her rise to fame. This hit musical is full of Broadway classics such as "Don't Rain on My Parade," "People," and "Sadie, Sadie, Married Lady," that will be sure to stick in your head. Funny Girl, book by Isobel Lennart, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and music by Jule Styne. Performances are December 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 20, 22 & 23rd, 2018. Gallery Players, 1125 College Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43209. Please visit jccgalleryplayers.org to get specific show times and purchase tickets.
Photo Coverage: First look at Hilliard Arts Council's A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Jerri Shafer - December 07, 2018
This is our annual production of the classic Charles Dickens story of Ebenezer Scrooge. In addition to a cash donation for admission, we will also accept donations of toys or canned goods and foods to benefit families in need in our area this holiday season. Please bring one or more of the following per person attending: cash donation ($5 or more suggested), a new, unwrapped toy, or canned food items (5 or more suggested). Performances December 7th & 8th at the Hilliard Civic and Cultural Arts Center, 5425 Center St, Hilliard, OH, 43026. For performance times and more information visit: http://www.hilliardartscouncil.org/a-christmas-carol/
CSO To Perform HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN In Concert
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2018
The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to the Ohio Theatre with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert, the third film in the Harry Potter series. The Columbus Symphony will perform the magical score live while the entire film plays above them in high-definition on a 40-foot screen.
Photo Coverage: First Look at Worthington Community Theatre's THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE
by Jerri Shafer - December 06, 2018
Join us in Narnia for Worthington Community Theatre's December production of CS Lewis' The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Performances are December 7, 8, and 9th, 2018 at the Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington, 777 Evening St., Worthington, Ohio. For tickets and more information, visit http://www.mcconnellarts.org/worthington-community-theatre-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/

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