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Dialing It UpThis quote from a live cabaret performance by Charles Busch could be referencing his play, Die! Mommie Die!, which is a parody of the kind of grotesque, overwrought melodrama that fueled the careers of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in the 1960's.
I'll be honest.
Boatwright is an original play written by and starring Emmy Nominated Actor Patrick Tovatt about an eccentric man getting up in years living in a humble abode where he spends his days writing and singing little ditties on his guitar and building boats.
The brand new Lincoln Center production of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical opens in Cincinnati.
This two-person show begins in a remote getaway where a reticent but gifted writer, Olivia (Lauren Argo), has sought seclusion to write a novel.
Documentary-style theater is not a genre I am well-versed in.
There is electricity in the air during this time of the year at Actors Theatre.
Sleeplessness is something we can all relate to, and The Patron Saint of Losing Sleep opens with a wonderful comic montage of Ada (Trina Fischer) struggling with insomnia.
Tori Amos' 'Raspberry Swirl' pumps throughout the theater as I enter it, and I cannot help but feel as though I have been transported into some sort of concert.
Marginal Loss is a play written by Deborah Stein about an investment firm previously located in the Twin Towers trying to gather the fragments of their business in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy.
Whether or not Lost in Yonkers is Neil Simon's greatest play may be arguable; there are a lot of plays to compare it to, but it did win the Pulitzer Prize in 1991, beating out plays like Six Degrees of Separation.
The 42nd Annual Humana Festival opens with a play about family and loss that connects deeply with its audience.
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As a prelude to this play, vintage cartoons from the 1930's were projected onstage as the audience entered to take their seats.
A Chorus Line seems like catnip for any local company with a taste for musicals.
Ken Ludwig's Moon Over Buffalo is the kind of well-constructed, old-fashion farce that has been a mainstay of community theaters for generations, yet it was written in the early 1990's.
Derby Mine 4 starts out with a pair of coal miners trapped underground after a methane explosion.
There is an idea that Ancient Greece was an exemplary society.
Murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery, and treachery take center stage in CHICAGO.
The Honey Harvest is a modest, heartfelt exploration of time and family.
Hopping and bopping, Little Bunny Foo Foo takes over Actors Theatre.
The Broadway hit that's baked from the heart opens up in Cincinnati.
There's a lot to like about one of the newest theatre companies in town, Imagine Blind Players.
As you step into The Mex Theater before The Hunchback of Notre Dame, hymns and church songs fill the air.
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Heartbreak Hotel Derby Dinner Playhouse (8/12-9/27) |
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Footloose Woodford Theatre (9/18-10/04) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Nell Campbell The Louisville Palace (10/03-10/03) |
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97.5 WAMZ Acoustic Jam Louisville Palace (12/09-12/09) |
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97.5 WAMZ Acoustic Jam The Louisville Palace (12/09-12/09) |
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The Best Gift: A Christmas Carol Musical Ramsey Theatre Company (12/05-12/06) |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid Ramsey Theatre Company (6/26-6/27) |
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Leanne Morgan KFC Yum! Center (11/20-11/20) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Nell Campbell SKYPAC (10/15-10/15) |
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Misery Ramsey Theatre Company (3/19-3/20) |
