Cincinnati’s fall theater season is in full swing. Here are excerpts from my reviews of three productions at Know Theatre, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Falcon Theatre. MAKE BELIEVE Know Theatre of Cincinnati’s artistic director, Bridget Leak, landed a plum offering with Bess Wohl’s Make Believe, and she has personally staged a bravado production to kickstart the
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I’ve been busy over the past week seeing several shows on Greater Cincinnati stages. You can read my reviews of several of them using the links below. Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Story opened on the Cincinnati Playhouse’s Rosenthal Shelterhouse stage back on March 21 . Perhaps you know that she grew up nearby (Maysville, KY)
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Cincinnati Shakespeare Company has been doing some things that might surprise people. It’s not just staging plays by William Shakespeare (which it does excellently). But it flexes its artistic muscles farther by staging works rooted in the classics — sequels, in some cases, adaptations and so on. Back in May and June 2025 it offered
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Throughout April 2026 on Wednesdays I’m sharing the 2026-2027 seasons announced by each of Cincinnati’s professional theater companies. This week I’ll offer information about offerings by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company “This season is about bold storytelling and theatrical exhilaration,” said Cincy Shakes Producing Artistic Director Brian Isaac Phillips in the company’s season announcement. “From Shakespeare’s fiercest
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For nearly 20 years Cincinnati Shakespeare Company has been producing the hilarious holiday show Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) Director Jeremy Dubin refreshes it annually with timely humor and new bits. Acted by four Cincy Shakes veterans, it evokes nonstop laughter by poking fun at countless “BHCs” (Beloved Holiday Classics) in a
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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, probably when Cincy Shakes staged in 16 years ago in their old Race Street theater space. They’ve updated it this time with a concept rooted in John Hughes’s teen dramedies (Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, etc.). That kind of makes sense
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I recently previewed two current productions on local stages — Enemy of the People at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Where the Mountain Meets the Sea by Jeff Augustin. Here’s a link my CityBeat advance feature. These productions opened last week, and I’ve reviewed both for Talkin’ Broadway. Cincy Shakes is presenting Amy Herzog’s recent adaptation
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From June 17 to June 21, I was at the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, on a trip organized by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Over the course of five days I saw six productions: three plays by Shakespeare (AS YOU LIKE IT, MACBETH – reimagined with Hell’s Angels and motorcycles – and THE WINTER’S TALE), a
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Over the past week I’ve seen two productions that I enjoyed. LIGHT CHASERS, Andrew Hungerford’s swan song as he ends his decade-long tenure as Know’s artistic director, is a piece he’s reportedly worked on for ten years. Crafted from songs comprising an album by Cloud Culture, it’s a story about families and belonging — through
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My most recent feature for CityBeat details the 2024-2025 seasons for the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati Ballet and the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops. Read all about all the exciting productions, concerts and performances: https://www.citybeat.com/arts/tis-the-next-season-four-cincinnati-performing-arts-organizations-announce-2024-2025-seasons-17018220
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