by Paul Batterson - February 25, 2026
What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Ohio Theatre?...
by Paul Batterson - February 23, 2026
In the Columbus Children’s Theatre production of CABARET, nothing is what it appears to be. A line can be repeated but cast a completely different meaning and things that are commonplace in the first act take on a darker symbolic meaning by the second....
by Paul Batterson - February 23, 2026
In the Columbus Children’s Theatre production of CABARET, nothing is what it appears to be. A line can be repeated but cast a completely different meaning and things that are commonplace in the first act take on a darker symbolic meaning by the second....
by Paul Batterson - February 10, 2026
What did our critic think of THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY at Southern Theatre?...
by Paul Batterson - February 06, 2026
Shadowbox’s latest production is more leather than lace, offering a wide variety of power ballads from each generation....
by Paul Batterson - January 29, 2026
Reviewing the revered LES MISERABLES is always a mixed bag. The show, running Jan. 27–Feb. 1 at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State Street, downtown Columbus), is a towering piece of musical theater history. It has a cadre of powerful songs (“Do You Hear The People Sing?,” “I Dreamed a Dream,” a...
by Christina Mancuso - January 28, 2026
There’s something truly special about LES MISERABLES that keeps audiences coming back for more, and this LES MIZ is certainly no exception. Arguably the greatest musical of all time, LES MISERABLES strikes every chord with its powerful message of love, rebellion, sacrifice, redemption and inspir...
by Paul Batterson - January 25, 2026
What did our critic think of SHORT NORTH STAGE'S COME FROM AWAY at Garden Theatre?...
by Paul Batterson - January 24, 2026
What did our critic think of THE CALL at The Shedd Theater?...
by Paul Batterson - January 07, 2026
Comedian John Mulaney has famously raised a few uncomfortable questions about BACK TO THE FUTURE — why a teenager is best friends with a decades-older nuclear scientist, why no one uses a time machine for anything meaningful, and why the story hinges on Marty nearly romancing his own mother....
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Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features 17 Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. Veterans...
Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure, featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly...
Breaking news! Worldwide alert! Santa Claus has been abducted by marauding green fiends from Mars! What do these viridescent villains want with our Father Christmas?...
One of Shakespeare’s most frequently performed comedies, Much Ado About Nothing includes two quite different stories of romantic love. Hero and Claudio fall in love...
Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced “Fronk-en-steen”) inherits his family’s estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor (pronounced...
Join Junie B. on her first day of first grade, where many changes are in store: Junie’s best friend Lucille has found new best friends...
Instead of performing Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday classic for the umpteenth time, actors decide to perform every Christmas story ever told. In this fast, furious,...
Rock got no reason, rock got no rhyme…You better get me to school on time! Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock – The Musical is...
The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the...
The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy” LeSueur, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a...
An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives,...
Set in Damon Runyons mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to...
The play is a farcical dark comedy revolving around the Brewster family, descended from the Mayflower settlers but now composed of maniacs, most of them...
A murder trial has ended, closing arguments have been made, now it's up to a jury of twelve to decide the fate of a 19-year-old...
Based on the classic motion picture, Kris Kringle, an old man in a retirement home, gets a job working as Santa for Macys. Kris unleashes...
Based on the celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed film directed by Tim Burton, Big Fish tells the story of Edward Bloom, a...
Monty Python's Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not...
Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention...
This theatrical and spirited version of A Christmas Carol puts the phantasmagoric qualities of Charles Dickens’ classic tale center stage. A swirling, dancing chorus of...
The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this much-revived classic from Noël Coward, the playwright of Private Lives, offers up fussy, cantankerous...
Based on the beloved & classic animated film, Disney's The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages. With music by eight-time Academy Award...
Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark KIDS is an adaptation of the first of Mary Pope Osborne’s award-winning fantasy adventure books from the Magic Tree...
PCT is proud to present its Winter 2017 production of the 1940’s Radio Hour! Join a live broadcast of the Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade from...
Join a live broadcast of the Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade from the Hotel Astor’s Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. The spirit of that bygone...
ALL SEATS RESERVED! Prices: $15 for adults ($12 for seniors 55 and over), $12 for children 12 and under. GROUP DISCOUNTS available to groups of...
When a socially awkward nerd moves in with the man he saved in Vietnam, things get quickly out of hand. When he refuses to leave,...
Now an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a...
Pickerington Community Theatre’s 10th Anniversary Production, The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, opens this Friday! When eight strangers are trapped by a storm in an out-of-the-way...
Return to the tumultuous days of World War II in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s immortal classic. Cockeyed optimist Nellie Forbush is a young nurse in the...
RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET is a retro science fiction extravaganza as the crew of an exploration vessel crash-lands on a planet inhabited by a...
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