Friday, November 4th, 2011

Halloween and RHPS in Cincinnati

This Halloween, I finally did something I had been planning to do since discovering that it was even possible in Cincinnati. I went to a viewing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show in a theater supported by a live cast. The Denton Affair (rhps.net) has been showing cast supported viewings of RHPS since 1979 in [...]

Saturday, May 28th, 2011

The Cincinnati Fringe Festival (2011)

What is a fringe festival? Why is it called that? Where are they?
I’ll be brief. A fringe festival is an arts festival focusing primarily on theater performances. They tend to be non-mainstream theater but historically, several major productions got their start at fringe. For example, the movie “The King’s Speech” has its roots in a [...]

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

A Short Q&A for Cirque du Soleil

1) How many different styles of music did the band perform?
“To create the musical score for OVO, Berna Ceppas combined the sounds of bossa nova and samba with funk and electro music. And, as you might expect from a Brazilian – there is a lot of percussion in the [...]

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Cirque du Soleil Teaser!

We got to see Cirque du Soleil’s OVO.  We’ll post more details coming up, but for now…
Cirque du Soleil – Ovo
[Jeff B.]

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

The Cirque is Coming, the Cirque is Coming!

Circus: Elephants, Tigers, Fleas — you know the drill.  Cirque: People costumed as bugs (at least this time) flying through the air, performances unlike anything you have likely seen before and at least twice as entertaining, and all without harming a single animal.  Not bad.  World-renowned Cirque du Soleil is coming to Cincinnati.
Make Cincinnati Weird [...]

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

The Cincinnati Black Theater Company is Not Dead

Cincinnati Black Theater Company continues to bring diversity of performing arts to the stage.
To keep this short and sweet you just need to watch the video and decide on if it’s worth your support.

(Posted by Latria Roberts.)

Friday, February 11th, 2011

My Mother’s Italian My Father’s Jewish and I’m In Therapy

WHAT:           Steve Solomon’s MY MOTHER’S ITALIAN, MY FATHER’S JEWISH, AND I’M IN THERAPY
WHEN:           Fri., Feb. 11, 8 PM • Sat, Feb. 12, 2 PM & 8 PM; Sun., Feb. 13, 2 PM
WHERE:        Aronoff Center for the Arts – Jarson-Kaplan Theater
PRICES:         $30
INFO:             Meet the Family: Mom, Dad, Grandma Angelina, Grandpa Harry, Bubbie, Aunts, Uncle Vito, [...]