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peerless
4/25 - 5/12/2024


What would you do to get into your dream college? For Twins M and L, the answer is...anything. When D gets “their” spot instead, they figure ...

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
8/23 - 8/25/2024


Robert Harling’s play, based on his sister's death, has become an American classic. Directed by Lisa Marling, and staged at Trinity Church in Lewisburg, Ohio.

5th Annual Holiday Happening: A Christmas Carol


Preble Players' 5th Annual Holiday Happening: A Christmas Carol by C. Dickens Adaptation by J. Smith. Directed by Jeff Smith. Auditions: October 26th and 27th ...



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Review: IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN DAYTON at Detty Studios


by Brennan Paulin - April 22, 2024

What I am about to share with you is an experience that I hope all theatre-goers in the Dayton area get to experience at some point in their lives. You hope that the next play or musical you attend will provide the entertainment or the emotional journey that all audiences crave. ...

Feature: Burgers from Five Guys? Nah! Quiche from Five Lesbians? Yeah!


by Brennan Paulin - April 11, 2024

Let’s face it, the world of theatre, at times, can be misogynistic. Even though we joke about the multitude of gay men that are involved in theatre, that does not mean it is exempt from the repercussions of “the patriarchy”. As a gay man myself, I understand this problem all too well, but here in Da...

Review: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA at La Comedia DInner Theatre


by Jenni Cypher - July 17, 2023

What did our critic think of RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA at La Comedia DInner Theatre?...

Review: AIN'T TOO PROUD THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS


by Jenni Cypher - June 16, 2023

What did our critic think of AIN'T TOO PROUD THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS at Schuster Center For The Performing Arts?...

Review: INDIGO at Human Race Theatre Company


by Jenni Cypher - June 14, 2023

When going into a theatre to see a brand new musical, it is very difficult to know what exactly you are going to get.  Are you going to want to linger and hope there is more, or are you going to be hunting furiously for the exit?  I am happy to say that the world premier INDIGO now playing at the Hu...

Review: ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at LaComedia Dinner Theatre


by Jenni Cypher - May 22, 2023

What did our critic think of ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at LaComedia Dinner Theatre?...

Review: SLEUTH at LaComedia Dinner Theatre


by Jenni Cypher - April 11, 2023

What did our critic think of SLEUTH at LaComedia Dinner Theatre? SLEUTH, written by Anthony Shaffer, won the Tony Award for best play in 1971. Many may remember the movie adaptations, in 1972 and 2007, both of which incidentally starred Michael Caine. It begins with an evening at the home of Andrew ...

Review: ANASTASIA at Schuster Center For The Performing Arts


by Jenni Cypher - March 24, 2023

What did our critic think of ANASTASIA at Schuster Center For The Performing Arts?...

BWW Review: THE REVOLUTIONISTS at the Human Race Theatre Company


by Irene Imboden - June 28, 2021

THE REVOLUTIONISTS by Lauren Gunderson is set in the Paris of 1793 but even from the first glimpse of this production, you will notice a direct connection between that time period and our own....



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