Review: THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY at Southern Theatre
by Paul Batterson - February 10, 2026
What did our critic think of THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY at Southern Theatre?...
Review: LEATHER AND LACE at Shadowbox Live
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....
Review: LES MISERABLES at Ohio Theatre
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...
BWW Review: LES MISERABLES Still Stands Strong at the Ohio Theatre
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...
Review: Short North Stage's COME FROM AWAY at Garden Theatre
by Paul Batterson - January 25, 2026
What did our critic think of SHORT NORTH STAGE'S COME FROM AWAY at Garden Theatre?...
Review: THE CALL at The Shedd Theater
by Paul Batterson - January 24, 2026
What did our critic think of THE CALL at The Shedd Theater?...
Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL at Ohio Theatre
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....
BWW Review: SIX the Musical - Rewriting History with Female Empowerment
by Christina Mancuso - December 17, 2025
Winner of 26 awards in the 2021/2022 Broadway season, including the 2022 Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, SIX is the story of the six wives of Henry VIII who reclaim their identities in the shadow of their infamous spouse. W...
Review: AJR ACOUSTIC SET at Newport Music Hall
by Paul Batterson - December 09, 2025
What did our critic think of AJR ACOUSTIC SET at Newport Music Hall?...
Review: STRAIGHT NO CHASER'S HOLIDAY ROAD at Palace Theatre
by Paul Batterson - December 04, 2025
Straight No Chaser has been a holiday tradition with many repeat attenders because their show doesn’t easily fit into a preset gift box. They are either a comedy group that harmonizes extremely well or an a cappella group that thrives because it doesn’t take itself too seriously. If you take awa...
Past Shows
Grease
Jun 12 – Jun 21, 2025
It’s 1959, and Rydell High is buzzing with too-cool-for-school Burger Palace Boys and gum-snapping, hip-shaking Pink Ladies. A summer romance has bloomed between head greaser...
The Fall of the House of Usher
May 29 – Jun 7, 2025
Loosely based on the classic Edgar Allan Poe TaleIn this adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale, playwright Jack Neary reimagines The Fall of the House...
Max's House: A Musical Puppet Show
Dec 6 – Dec 7, 2024
Max’s House is a musical puppet show about reconnecting with the things that bring us joy (in this case, singing and dancing) and returning to...
A Golden Fleecing
Oct 18 – Oct 20, 2024
Sarah Sweetflower has inherited Cactus Bob’s Saloon in the ghost town of Elbow’s Bend. It is here that she plans to open Sarah Sweetflower’s Sarsaparilla...
The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy
Jul 25 – Aug 3, 2024
A twist on the ever-evolving tale of The Addams Family. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with...
The Red Velvet Cake War
Jul 11 – Jul 20, 2024
Planning a family reunion is never fun, but for Gaynelle, Peaches and Jimmie, they couldn’t have picked a worse time. Their antics have become the...
The SpongeBob Musical
Jun 27 – Jul 6, 2024
When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together...
Ken Ludwig's Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Jun 13 – Jun 22, 2024
Travel through the Sherwood Forest for Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood! This story is packed with thrills, romance, and laughter as you...
Man of La Mancha
May 30 – Jun 8, 2024
Set in Spain in 1597, Man of La Mancha follows the story of Manuel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, a prisoner awaiting trial by the infamous...
Elf The Musical
Dec 19 – Dec 29, 2023
Buddy Hobbs, a young orphan child, mistakenly crawls into Santas’ bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. After discovering the baby,...
Blazing Guns at Roaring Gulch
Oct 20 – Oct 22, 2023
Blazing Guns at Roaring Gulch is a play that takes place in the lobby of the Roaring Gulch Hotel. Hero, Harry Heartstone, is found in...
Kinky Boots
Jul 27 – Aug 5, 2023
Music and Lyrics by Cyndi LauperBook by Harvey FiersteinOriginal Broadway Production Directed and Choreographed by Jerry MitchellBased on the Miramax motion picture Kinky BootsWritten by Geoff...
New Year's Eve Fundraising Gala
Dec 31 – Jan 1, 2019
A final toast to our 50th Anniversary Season! For 50 years Weathervane Playhouse has produced professional productions serving Licking County and Central Ohio, all while...
Gypsy
Dec 20 – Dec 29, 2018
Regarded by many theater professionals as the greatest musical ever created, Gypsy is the ultimate tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughters’...
The Full Monty
Oct 18 – Oct 27, 2018
While spying on their wives at a "Girls' Night Out," a group of unemployed steelworkers from Buffalo sees how much they enjoy watching male strippers....
Pippin
Aug 2 – Aug 11, 2018
With a beautifully theatrical and emotional score by four-time Grammy winner, three-time Oscar winner, and musical theatre legend, Stephen Schwartz (composer of Wicked, Godspell, and...
Merrily We Roll Along
Jul 19 – Jul 28, 2018
Merrily We Roll Along begins in the present and moves backwards, tracing the lives of wealthy, jaded composer, Franklin Shepard, and his two estranged friends...
42nd Street
Jul 5 – Jul 14, 2018
The ultimate show-biz musical, 42nd Street celebrates Broadway, Times Square, and the people who make the magic of musical theatre. Aspiring chorus girl Peggy Sawyer...
I Hate Hamlet
Jun 20 – Jun 30, 2018
As its title suggests, Paul Rudnick’s 1991 play I Hate Hamlet deals with the question of just how relevant William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is for modern...
A Chorus Line
Jun 7 – Jun 16, 2018
A Chorus Line is a celebration of those unsung heroes of the American Musical Theatre: the chorus dancers — those valiant, over dedicated, underpaid, highly...
Avenue Q
Jul 27 – Aug 5, 2017
Through the use of puppets, this “laugh-out-loud” musical details the struggles and anxieties associated with entering adulthood. Assured by their parents and by children’s television...
A Comedy of Tenors
Jul 13 – Jul 22, 2017
From the author of Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery comes another hilarious comedy by Ken Ludwig. The scene: a single hotel suite, four operatic tenors,...
South Pacific
Jun 29 – Jul 8, 2017
Love and war set the scene for this Golden Age musical that premiered on Broadway in 1949 and was an immediate hit, running for almost...
Peter and the Starcatcher
Jun 15 – Jun 24, 2017
Who was Peter Pan before there was Peter Pan? In Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s beloved children’s story, an orphan boy...
Children of Eden
Jun 1 – Jun 10, 2017
“Let There Be” light at Weathervane Playhouse for the first show of the 2017 Summer Season! A wonderfully creative take on the story of Adam...
Mamma Mia!
Dec 20 – Dec 30, 2016
Don't change your mind, be the first in line, for Weathervane Playhouse's Winter production of Mamma Mia! Featuring the music of hit European group ABBA,...
The Fantasticks
Oct 13 – Oct 22, 2016
A feud as big as the Montague and Capulets keep two lovers apart in this classic American musical, which comes to the Weathervane stage this...
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Jul 30 – Aug 8, 2015
Nice Work If You Can Get It Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin Book by Joe DiPietro Inspired by Material by P.G....
Dial M For Murder
Jul 16 – Jul 25, 2015
Dial M For Murder by Frederick Knott Director: Mark Seamon Scenic Designer: Jeremy Hollis Lighting Designer: Jennifer Sansfacon Sound Designer: Megan Culley Costume Designer: Cora...
The Pajama Game
Jul 2 – Jul 11, 2015
The Pajama Game Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell Music and Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross Based on the novel “7 1/2...
One Man, Two Guvnors
Jun 18 – Jun 27, 2015
One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni with songs by Grant Olding Director: Kevin Connell...
Rent
Jun 4 – Jun 13, 2015
Rent Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson Musical Arrangements Original Concept/Additional Lyrics Steve Skinner Billy Aronson Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements Dramaturg Tim Weil...
Jesus Christ Superstar
Dec 18 – Dec 28, 2014
It seems especially fitting that the first rock opera, created as a concept album at the end of the turbulent ’60s, should have at its...
The 2013 8x10 TheatreFest
Aug 16 – Aug 18, 2013
Aspiring playwrights are invited to submit their entries for the 2013 8x10 TheatreFest. Weathervane's volunteer judges will read all of the entries and select eight...
The Music Man
Jun 6 – Jun 30, 2013
Music Professor Harold Hill has arrived in River City, Iowa, in 1912 for the purpose of forming a boy’s marching band. He swoops into town...
The 39 Steps
May 2 – May 19, 2013
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for...
How the Bee Learned to Spell: A Fable
May 7 – May 17, 2013
Join us for this world-premiere production of a play for young audiences — commissioned by Weathervane Playhouse! This production will be geared to pre-school and...
Charley's Aunt
Apr 4 – Apr 21, 2013
In this classic English comedy from 1892, Jack Chesney loves Kitty Verdun and Charley Wykeham loves Miss Amy Spettigue. They invite the ladies to meet...
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