DAYTON THEATER REVIEWS

If you are looking for a lively, entertaining show to see as we wait for spring to finally arrive, you can find it onstage at LaComedia Dinner Theatre with their production of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT running through April 14.  ...

Put on your dancing shoes and make your way to the Schuster Center this weekend to see ON YOUR FEET: THE GLORIA ESTEFAN MUSICAL....

Put on your seatbelts for a wild ride around the world with the cast of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, playing through March 17 at the Human Race Theatre Company....

Have you had enough of the crazy weather and the winter blahs?  Liven up your life and go to see Rodger's and Hammerstein's THE KING AND I at the Schuster Center this weekend....

Even if you are not a fan of John Denver or even if you don't know who he was, there is something for everyone at ALMOST HEAVEN: SONGS OF JOHN DENVER, running until February 17, 2019 at La Comedia Dinner Theatre....

Brush off your American History knowledge to take this musical visit with some of America's most infamous assassins and would be assassins....

Have a child in your life or need to get back in touch with your own inner child?  Go to the Schuster Center this weekend to see a performance of the national tour of FINDING NEVERLAND....

Ready or not, Christmas is coming.  Get yourself in the mood by taking some time to see WHITE CHRISTMAS at La Comedia Dinner Theatre....

Ever wonder what God might think about today's society?  You have one more weekend to see AN ACT OF GOD and find out one possible scenario....

If you have never seen SIDE SHOW, you need to make sure that you get out to the PNC Arts Annex this weekend to see this show.  If you are a lover of musical theatre, this is one not to be missed....

If you are looking for an evening of fun and you are a dance fan, particularly tap, then you need to make your reservations to see CRAZY FOR YOU at Wright State University....

For those in the know, BE MORE CHILL, recently closed an Off-Broadway run so successful that plans are already in the works for a Broadway debut in 2019. Dayton audiences have the great fortune to be able to see the show before that happens with two more shows this weekend....

If you think you have seen musicals with talented kids in them before, you have not seen anything until you see the current National Tour of SCHOOL OF ROCK playing this week at the Schuster Center as the opener of the Victoria Theatre Association 2018-19 Premier Health Broadway Series....

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if your favorite board game came to life?  You can get a glimpse of it now with CLUE, THE MUSICAL at La Comedia Dinner Theatre....

I remember watching the Tony Awards in 2015 - the year THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME won several awards.  Unfamiliar with the novel by Mark Haddon, I was intrigued by the clip of the show and the premise in general. The play, by Simon Stephens, did not disappoint me.  ...

Mental illness is not your usual subject matter for a musical.  Although it is not a light, toe-tapping kind of musical, NEXT TO NORMAL by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey however, manages to be an entertaining and thought provoking evening of theatre.  It offers a peak into the lives of one family and t...

Did you know that you do not have to go to Cincinnati, Columbus or Cleveland in Ohio to find first rate theatrical talent?  Dayton has a large number of amazingly talented people that live right here. You can see many of them this weekend in Dare 2 Defy's production of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME....

BANNED FROM BASEBALL, the first play written by Patricia O'Hara, is making its world premiere at the Human Race.  Seems fitting to be so close to the original action. O'Hara is not only a writer but also a Professor of English Literature at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania w...

DRIVING MISS DAISY, by Alfred Uhry,  is the Pulitzer Prize winning story of an unlikely, poignant friendship between elderly Daisy Werthan and her chauffeur, Hoke Coleburn.  ...

Looking for a way to beat the heat this summer with your family?  Take this opportunity to see the charming ANNIE at La Comedia Dinner Theatre....

Skip the nunnery!  Instead, get thee to the Human Race Theatre Company for their production of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) [REVISED].  ...

Whether you are new to the music of Carole King or she is an old favorite, do yourself a favor and go see BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL this weekend at the Schuster Center for the Performing Arts.  ...

Horror!  Comedy! Science Fiction!  Musical! Melodrama! No matter which genre is your favorite, they all collide in the hysterically funny LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS currently playing at La Comedia Dinner Theatre in Springboro.  ...

Interested in taking a trip back to the 1980's and having some fun this weekend?  All you need to do is grab a ticket to see the Tony nominated musical THE WEDDING SINGER presented by Dare to Defy productions this weekend only at The Victoria Theatre....

While there are some big shows in town this weekend, there is one little show that should not be overlooked.  Dare to Defy's TICK, TICK... BOOM! in the Mathile Theatre at the Schuster Center is as intimate as PHANTOM is spectacle and makes for a beautiful evening of theatre.  ...