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
Zany Comedy at ETC or a Spooky Tale at Know Theatre? Read More »
In theater parlance — and perhaps obviously — a “two-hander” is a play featuring a pair of actors. For pragmatic and financial reasons, many theaters gravitate to such plays, but that’s not to take anything away from their impact. Falcon Theater in Newport recently staged A Girl in a School Uniform (Walks Into a Bar) by
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There’s proof of this headline onstage at Know Theatre right now. A year ago the stage adaptation of the 1988 action film — set during the holiday season — by A. J. Baldwin and Alexx Rouse became the company’s second most attended production. It’s back for 2025 with a script that’s a bit sharper —
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Cincinnati’s favorite storytelling event is returning for its fifth iteration. Three nationally recognized storytellers will take center stage next week in a new festival venue: historic Over-the-Rhine’s Know Theatre. Bil Lepp, Charlotte Blake Alston, and Paul Strickland will delight audiences young and old over three days of live storytelling once again. The festival’s first events,
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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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