On Oct. 10, after a $51.5 million renovation, The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) will officially open the 1,500-seat theater as the home of its mainstage productions. According to TCT’s promotional materials, it will be the “most technologically advanced proscenium-style theatre in the United States.”
When Cervilio Amador arrived in Cincinnati in 2004, he was just 20 years old. He couldn’t speak English. Months earlier, he had defected while on a U.S. tour with the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Within a decade, he was living a life he had never imagined for himself.
For more than a half-century, Kronos has been relentless in pursuit of its mission, commissioning more than 1,000 new works, and recording so many that the group has become a staple of classical music radio. Kronos has collaborated with hundreds of performers, including David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails.
Have you ever heard a recording of a classically trained singer performing popular music? Sometimes they work. But often, the results are somewhere between awkward and painful. So how does a singer Find the sweet spot between singing and acting?
It’s been an invigorating season for Cincinnati’s professional theaters. Several world premieres. A handful of memorable classics. And lots and lots of plays and musicals never seen before on local stages. But it seems as if they’ve saved the most intriguing for last.
Artist and gallery owner Paul Kroner and I were more than 15 minutes into our conversation before we touched on anything remotely dealing with the aesthetics of art. Rather, we chatted about things like climate change. And environmental sustainability. And building community. And the current political climate.
That tt stern-enzi would become an influential cog in Cincinnati’s cultural brain trust was something he had never envisioned. Indeed, when he graduated from the Wharton School of Business, most people thought he would make his mark in investment banking.
Last April, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra introduced Cristian Măcelaru as its 14th music director. After the announcement, Cristi, as he is widely known, conducted a round of well-received interviews and charmed nearly everyone he met. But after that oh-so-glorious introduction, Măcelaru disappeared.
Three weeks after she presented the Know Theatre board with a proposed lineup of shows, the theater announced a five-production season. And the holiday centerpiece was as unexpected, as you might expect from The Know: “‘Die Hard’ is a Christmas Movie.”
“With Music Hall, you’re not just dealing with a uniform surface with a mural painted on it,” said animator Chaske Haverkos, one of four artists creating five-minute installations for the 140-year-old building’s expansive façade. “You have to engage with it in a completely different way. It’s all about the architecture.”
