When my husband and I go to concerts or any performance, of course we look around for anyone we know. With amazing regularity, we spot a woman with a familiar head of long gray-red hair, wearing colorful glasses and a flowy dress, using a cane or maybe a rolling walker. Yep, there’s Amy, we’ve said for years, always with amused pleasure at her sheer omnipresence at the cultural events of the city.
No surprise here. “Hamilton,” Lin Manuel Miranda’s edgy, hip-hop-infused bio-musical of one of our Founding Fathers, was as immense a hit during its first visit to Cincinnati as it had been on Broadway.
It was inevitable that one day Bridget Leak would direct a show for D. Lynn Meyers and her Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati.
How does one fill up that extra week before the Super Bowl? A little art, some film shorts, a bit of operetta, ballet, jazz or theater…? We set the buffet; your job is to choose. (Go Bengals!) Last chance… Cincinnati…
“Bla, bla, bla..”. I type the preceding each week as a placeholder until inspiration finally strikes and I can fill in this intro. It seems especially appropriate in these deepest depths of winter, so here are a few excuses to take your vaccinated/masked self out for some much-needed distraction/insiration.
The Christmas season is all about family and tradition, so what a nice time for a homecoming appearance. As your usual fearless cultural tour guide, Thom Mariner, soaks up tropical sunshine this week, I’m happy to step in to help you sort through the offerings on tap this week. As you’d expect for mid-December, there’s plenty to choose from. And I mean “plenty” in the “there certainly are plenty of cookies around this time of year” sense. Here are some of the tastiest options.
Cincinnati’s major performing arts organizations and venues have banded together to craft a coordinated policy regarding COVID-19.
Know Theatre of Cincinnati has announced its 2021-22 season themed as “Myth Breakers and Story Makers.”
As we try to figure out with whom and how many it’s safe to share our turkey this year, here are upcoming events to help clear your mind.
