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This year’s performance is something truly special: America’s Fleetwood Mac Experience: AMPLIFIED! Fleetwood Gold joins forces with the Worthington Chamber Orchestra, led by Antoine T....
The Ultimate McCartney Experience pays tribute to Paul McCartney, Wings and The Beatles. The McCartney Project covers more than three decades of the most popular...
By Jones Hope WootenFrom the authors who brought us The Red Velvet Cake War, our season-opener Farce of Nature will be sure to bring you side-splitting laughs from...
Memory Fragments, written by Sam Wallin, is the penultimate production of MadLab's 30th Anniversary retrospective season. The sci-fi murder mystery follows detective Jamie Cloud as...
The seminal event in American history blazes to vivid life in this most unconventional of Broadway hits!
The Abbey Theater of Dublin presents 1776 - America's Prize Winning Musical in coordination with the City of Dublin's America-250 Celebration, with performances at Coffman...
Grab your opportunity to experience Water for Elephants - The Musical, a unique entertaining Broadway show hitting Ohio Theatre in dynamic Columbus, Ohio this summer!...
Buckeye Country Superfest storms iconic Ohio Stadium for its ninth electrifying year. Over 60,000 fans gather to celebrate top-tier country and Americana under the Columbus...
Grammy-winning vocalist Ledisi brings her new album For Dinah to life at Columbus Commons, performing with the Columbus Symphony in a tribute to the music...
Julie Andrews shines as a struggling singer in 1930s Paris who reinvents herself as Victor, a man performing as a woman, to land a nightclub...
Forest Whitaker stars as a White House butler serving eight presidents while witnessing decades of American history. As the civil rights movement unfolds, he balances...
Set in Philadelphia in the days leading up to the American Revolution, this Tony Award-winning musical follows the founding fathers as they debate America's future...
Music and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimBook by Hugh WheelerFrom an Adaptation by Christopher BondOrigionally Directed On Broadway by Harold PrinceOrchestrations by Jonathan TunickOriginally Produced on...
America’s LARGEST interactive true crime mystery dinner show is now playing in Columbus, OH!At The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show, you’ll tackle a challenging...
Grammy Award-winning artist, producer, and composer Wyclef Jean performs with the Columbus Symphony at Columbus Commons as part of the Nationwide Picnic with the Pops...
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman feature in this timeless romance set at a nightclub in wartime Morocco. When former lovers reunite, old feelings resurface and...
From Mel Brooks, this outrageous Star Wars parody follows Lone Star and Barf as they race to rescue a runaway princess from Dark Helmet in...
In Alfred Hitchcock's final film, a fake psychic and her boyfriend uncover a kidnapping scheme while searching for a missing heir. What starts as a...
A collection of classic characters from animation's heyday featuring many Warner Bros. superstars including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, along with a few surprises....
Windborne's The Music of Tom Petty is a symphonic tribute to one of America's most enduring rock icons, performed with the Columbus Symphony at Columbus...
Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron star in this Oscar-winning musical about an American artist in Paris torn between ambition and love. Featuring unforgettable Gershwin songs...
HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITIONBy Anais MitchellThis musical is performed by our Weathervane Theatre Academy students on the Mary Kay Booher Main Stage.This intriguing and beautiful folk...
This coming-of-age story from director Rob Reiner is based on a short story by Stephen King. Four boys set out to find a missing body...
Julia Roberts and Richard Gere star in this modern Cinderella story about a chance encounter that turns into something more. What begins as a business...
The wacky annual Doo Dah Parade, which is a cultural legacy of Columbus and the Short North Arts District, is known for its diversity and...
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Latest Columbus Reviews
by Paul Batterson - May 18, 2026
HADESTOWN will always have a special place in the heart of Ohio Theatre patrons. On Nov. 16, 2021, the musical was the first production in the historic theatre after the COVID epidemic dimmed the lights there for nearly a year and a half. The theatre staff laid roses on every seat to signal Broadw...
by Paul Batterson - May 17, 2026
What did our critic think of PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Short North Stage?...
by Paul Batterson - April 30, 2026
What did our critic think of LIFE IN MOTION: A STORY TOLD THROUGH DANCE at Shadowbox Live!?...
by Paul Batterson - April 21, 2026
That’s both the draw and the danger of Jim Steinman’s music. While it comes with a built-in 50-and-over audience, jukebox musicals run the danger of relying on nostalgia, being underperformed by its actors, and/or having a paper thin plot. BAT OUT OF HELL avoided two of those three pitfalls. As ...
by Steve Sucato - April 10, 2026
'Alexi Ratmansky’s 'Seven Sonatas' was a cut above anything I have seen from BalletMet in recent memory.'...
by Christina Mancuso - April 08, 2026
Originally conceived as an adaptation of the long‑running TV variety show Hee Haw, Shucked popped into the Ohio Theatre on Tuesday night packed with deliciously corny puns, ear-to-ear smiles, and rapid‑fire one‑liners. What begins as a wink‑and‑nod celebration of pun‑loving humor quickly...
by Paul Batterson - March 24, 2026
What did our critic think of SAMARA JOY at Southern Theatre? When people describe Samara Joy as an “American jazz singer,” they aren’t wrong. But they’re missing the point....
by Paul Batterson - March 23, 2026
Short North Stage is never one to back down from a challenge. At the end of every season, the Columbus theatre group asks its audience what shows it would like to see the following season....
by Paul Batterson - March 18, 2026
There appeared to be a serious breach of theatre etiquette in the March 17 production of THE OUTSIDERS at Ohio Theatre (37 E. State Street in downtown Columbus)....
by Paul Batterson - March 10, 2026
Whether it is Floyd’s Barber Shop in THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, Truvy’s Beauty Salon in STEEL MAGNOLIAS or even the Suburban Salon in EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, hair care is the center of society. Gossip is distributed like shampoo, lies are covered up like hair dye, and life’s tangled knots are cut aw...
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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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Beatles/Wings/Paul McCartney Tribute Concert Maumee Indoor Theater (6/05-6/05) |
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Weathervane Playhouse (6/11-6/20) |
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Caamp Value City Arena at The Schottenstein Center (8/29-8/29) |
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1776 Abbey Theatre of Dublin (5/29-6/07) |
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Buckeye Country Superfest Ohio Stadium (6/13-6/13) |
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La Cage Aux Folles Hilliard Civic and Cultural Arts Center (11/06-11/15) |
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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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AC/DC Ohio Stadium (7/15-7/15) |
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