Todd Covert

A Behanding in Spokane is a hilariously funny, dark comedy about Carmichael, a lone-fisted oddball, searching for his missing hand, and two bickering love birds trying to sell him a stolen knockoff. But when Mervyn, the hotel clerk, interrupts the deal, the transaction rapidly goes South and descends into laugh-out-loud chaos. Performances run Aug 10 - 26, 2023, at MadLab, 227 N 3rd Street, Columbus, Ohio. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.redherringtheater.org/

What did our critic think of REVIEW: DISNEY’S NEWSIES at Southern Theatre? Aristotle is credited with coming up with the phrase, 'the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.' Had he witnessed the Columbus Children Theatre's production of DISNEY'S NEWSIES, the philosopher may have reversed the quotation to 'the parts are greater than the sum of the whole.' An energetic cast, sharp management by director Joe Deer and choreographer Vincent Sylvester, and tight orchestration by musical director Lara Brooks lifted a cheesy musical to stellar heights.

CCT (Columbus Children’s Theatre) will open its 60th season with the two-time Tony Award winner Disney’s Newsies (Sept. 23-Oct. 2) at the historic Southern Theatre.

This comedy follows four good-intentioned and politically mindful people as they try to put together a school Thanksgiving play that respects the true history of the holiday. Good intentions collide with bad ideas when they collaborate to tell the traditional story in a non-offensive way. No cow is sacred in Native American playwright Larrissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny, satirical comedy about one of America’s most cherished holidays. Performances run November 4th thru the 21st, 2021 at Red Herring, 3723 S. High St. Columbus, Ohio (between Kroger and PNC Bank in the Great Southern Shopping Center). Thursday through Saturday night performances start at 8:00 PM; Sunday matinees are at 2:00. Doors open one hour before show time. Tickets may be purchased in advance by going to our website: www.RedHerringTheater.org. You may also purchase tickets at the door where you can enjoy our More if you Can, less if you Can’t flexible payment option.

There's just one final week to submit votes for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Vote today to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

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Life Sucks. by Aaron Posner and directed by Steven Anderson. A contemporary spin on Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, in which a group of individuals explores life's most perplexing questions and ponders whether life really does suck. Imagine Woody Allen interpreting the Russian playwright in modern times and you will understand a fraction of the hysterical angst. Life Sucks. performs March 20 - April 7, 2019, in Studio One at the Riffe Center, 77 S. High St., Columbus, Ohio. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: http://catco.org/shows/2018-2019/life-sucks

The secondary headline to the Weathervane Production's GYPSY reads 'A Musical Fable.' The two-act, two-hour performance about the rise of burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee is more of a precautionary tale for stage mothers and child actresses everywhere.

Forty years later, feeling shades of joy, frustration, love, regret, the class of 1970 comes together for a bittersweet high school reunion. Baby Boomers still in love, those yearning for love, those scarred by high school trauma, and those shouldering current crises form a sometimes uneasy bond in How I Got Pluto written and directed by Columbus native Dave Morgan. "Sometimes the best answer to life's slings and arrows is to just go get a good dog". This inaugural opening for Original Productions Theatre will be staged September 13 thru September 22nd at the Abbey Theater of Dublin, 5600 Post Road, Dublin, OH 43017. Make reservations by calling 614-943-1776.

Forty years later, feeling shades of joy, frustration, love, regret, the class of 1970 comes together for a bittersweet high school reunion. Baby Boomers still in love, those yearning for love, those scarred by high school trauma, and those shouldering current crises form a sometimes uneasy bond in How I Got Pluto written and directed by Columbus native Dave Morgan. This inaugural opening for Original Productions Theatre will be staged September 13 - 22, 2018, at the Abbey Theater of Dublin, 5600 Post Road, Dublin, OH 43017.

There's enormous pressure in reviewing the Short North Stage's most recent production, ASSASSINS. Imagine looking out onto the stage where John Wilkes Booth brandishes a pistol at the audience only a few feet away while the balladeer (Patrick Beasley) sings, 'Some say it was your voice had gone, some say it was the booze. Some say you killed a country, John, because of bad reviews' in the song 'The Ballad of Booth.'

The American industrialist Henry Ford is most frequently remembered for his Model T - an affordable automobile that redefined transportation for middle-class America. The Model T is synonymous with Ford and the success of his automobile empire. But in Herb Brown's new play, the "Model E" reveals itself as the Ford family's most challenging project.

Spiders and Broadway musicals don't always work well with each other. Witness the mixed fortunes of SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE NIGHT. However, Short North Stage's epic production of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN: THE MUSICAL is one of the "can't miss" musicals in the Columbus' fall season.

Four Shorts by local playwrights all with a 'LGBTQQIA in Politics' theme:

Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, Guys And Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler Nathan Detroit tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend, nightclub performer Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for 14 years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler Sky Masterson for the dough, but Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown. Guys And Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong. Frank Loesser's brassy, immortal score makes Guys And Dolls a crowd pleaser.

Humor rather than sentiment is the aim of A Portable Theatre's special family-friendly holiday show this December.