It’s a busy week for Cincinnati theaters, with no less than four openings immediately following Labor Day. On Wednesday evening, Sept. 9, the first official performance — and the world premiere — of Corner of the Sky: The Songs of Stephen Schwartz as at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. A full house at ETC was treated to
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Depending on your theatrical preferences, you have some entertaining choices at two of Cincinnati’s fine professional theaters, just a block apart in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. At Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati its FOURTEEN FUNERALS, which isn’t quite the downer that the title migh suggest. In fact, it’s a heartwarming comedy about a woman recruited to eulogize members
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