Review: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Short North Stage's Garden Theatre
Short North Stage’s production of SWEENEY TODD is a three-course meal of brilliant performances, lavish staging, and pitch-perfect musical direction.…
Curtain Players Theatre
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Galena, OH 43021
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Review: DEATH BECOMES HER at Ohio Theatre
DEATH BECOMES HER, which runs Oct. 7 through Oct. 11 at the Ohio Theatre, is the rare production that not only captures the magic of the 1992 original film, but expands on the characters Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis created. Its cast is amazing, the script is as funny (or in some scene…
Review: CAAMP at Schottenstein Center
“Cheers, Columbus. I don’t have to give an elaborate speech about how we got here. Most of you know how we got here. You are the reason how we got here.' Taylor Meier…
Review: PIPPIN at Short North Stage
What did our critic think of PIPPIN at Short North Stage? Production director Edward Carignan said PIPPIN is a “legacy” show – a performance that can be pulled out of the vault, dusted off, and re-released every five years or so. SNS last did this Stephen Schwartz musical (a personal favorite …
Review: AC/DC POWER UP TOUR at Ohio Stadium
Perhaps the biggest change was the audience. In the 1980s, AC/DC was the rebellious band parents warned their children about. Now, the band is the spectacle parents bring their children to experience. It was a little unnerving to hear a mother asking, “Timmy, would you like a cookie?” before the…
Review: MONET TO MATISSE: DEFYING TRADITION at Art Gallery Of South Australia
An experience that may possibly require more than one visit.…
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Ohio Theatre - A Spectacle in Search of a Soul
Based on Sara Gruen’s beloved 1932 novel - and its 2011 film adaptation, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is a technical triumph wrapped around a dramatically uneven musical. Directed by Tony Award nominee Jessica Stone (Kimberly Akimbo), with book by three-time Tony nominee Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, Peter an…
Review: FLANNEL: A 90S MUSICAL at Shadowbox Live!
What did our critic think of FLANNEL: A 90S MUSICAL at Shadowbox Live!?…
Review: 1776 at Abbey Theater Of Dublin
What did our critic think of 1776 at Abbey Theater Of Dublin?…
Review: HADESTOWN at Ohio Theatre
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…
Past Shows
The Sunshine Boys
Al and Willie as "Lewis and Clark" were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren't even speaking. When CBS requests them for a "History of Comedy" retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and...
Becky's New Car
Have you ever been tempted to flee your own life? Becky Foster is caught in middle age, middle management and in a middling marriage — with no prospects for change on the horizon. Then one night a socially inept and grief-stricken millionaire stumbles into the car dealership...
All My Sons
Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. During the war Joe Keller and Herbert Deever ran a machine shop which made airplane parts. Deever was sent to prison because the firm turned out defective parts, causing the deaths of many men. Keller went free and...
Proof
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own...
Jekyll and Hyde
In this retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story, Dr. Jekyll is introduced just as he is on the brink of discovering the key to man's inner reality. One evening he experiments on himself and finds that his formula works. Unfortunately, his "real" self turns out to be...
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Next to Normal Willis Theater (10/16-10/18) |
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Wicked Ohio Theatre (7/28-8/15) |
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Dinner Detective Columbus Embassy Suites Columbus (12/05-12/05) |
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Dinner Detective Columbus Embassy Suites Columbus (11/14-11/14) |
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Romeo and Juliet Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall (2/11-2/20) |
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Dinner Detective Columbus Embassy Suites Columbus (12/12-12/12) |
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Screamers: A Nightmare-Fueled Sketch Comedy and Music Experience Shadowbox Live (9/20-11/14) |
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Dinner Detective Columbus Embassy Suites Columbus (10/17-10/17) |
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Rock of Ages Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall (11/19-11/22) |
