Most stories about John Morris Russell spend lots of time discussing his showmanship, his brash, cheerleader-ish onstage persona as conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – the guy one of his former colleagues described as “a wind-up toy” that never runs down. But this is a story about a more contemplative JMR, as he has become known over his 20 years in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra organization.
D. Lynn Meyers has been the driving force behind Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati since the 1990s. The significance of her contributions to the region’s arts community is the focus of this David Lyman profile.
Music, whether consumed, performed or taught, is a highly personal activity. It’s about making a connection. But when a public health crisis made face-to-face sharing dangerous. digital video provided an easy-to-use – and often free – alternative.
What could be more grand than to spend a warm summer evening in the Taft Museum’s oh-so-tasteful rear garden sharing a sumptuous dinner, good music and perhaps even some dancing? What was the worst that could happen? A thunderstorm? A cold snap? How about a pandemic? No one had planned for that.
It’s tempting to call Brett Stover a whiz kid. I realize that may seem a curious choice of words to describe a man of 56. But if you’ve ever met Stover, you know what I mean. There is nothing about him that remotely jibes with his age. Nothing, that is, other than the smarts that he brings to the table.
Cincinnati Ballet opens its production of the 19th Century warhorse at Music Hall February 13. And it will be gorgeous, I’m sure. But why not one of the many other fine works that fill the ballet repertory?
Year in and year out, “Nutcracker” has been the reliable cash cow that bankrolled the rest of the Cincinnati Ballet season. And year in and year out, Frisch’s has been there, too, supporting the existing production even as it set aside money for the next production. This is how that relationship came about…
Cincinnati Opera’s annual gala is always one of the season’s must-attend events. These are folks who stage grand opera, after all. You can count on a spectacle. But this year’s gala is likely to be splashier than most – and…
The first in a series about women in 20th-century Cincinnati, possessed with chutzpah and vision, who profoundly enriched our lives and our communities.
Each year, it’s harder to select five must-see shows for our September issue. Should I go for sass (Broadway in Cincinnati’s “Mean Girls”) or class (CincyShakes’ “Titus Andronicus”)? Or maybe the totally unpredictable (“The Kaplan New Works Series” by Cincy…
