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Encore Theater Company impressively produces a compelling, passionate production of composer Duncan Sheik and lyricist-librettist Steven Sater’s 2007 Tony Award-winning pop/rock musical “Spring Awakening,” a riveting coming-of-age account based on Frank Wedekind’s controversial, banned 1891 play of the same name. Presented at Courtyard Crossing with a refreshing intimacy rivaling its off-Broadway debut, “Spring Awakening”… (continue…)
The Dayton Theatre Guild will hold open auditions for Going to St. Ives by Lee Blessing (A Walk in the Woods, Independence) on Monday and Tuesday, February 13 and 14, at 7:00 p.m. It is directed by Greg Smith and produced by Barbara Jorgensen. Production dates for Going to St. Ives are March 16 –… (continue…)
The Dayton Playhouse YouTheatre is offering audition workshops for children and teens on Saturday, February 18. The workshops are aimed at helping children and teens prepare for theatre auditions, including auditions for The Sound of Music, which will open at the Playhouse in May. Jennifer Lockwood, director of the recent Dayton Playhouse production of Scrooge,… (continue…)
The Romance Series, at Victoria Theatre from February 9 – 12, 2012, will feature three ballets in one amazing night. Red Roses, Between Heaven and Earth and The Butterfly Suite. WIN FREE TICKETS
The hilarious musical comedy, “Nunsense” will open Friday, February 3, at the Dayton Playhouse and will run through February 19. The play is published by Samuel French, with book, music and lyrics by Dan Goggin. “Nunsense” will be directed by well-known, local director, Greg Smith. Nancy Perrin is musical director for the production with Kristin… (continue…)
THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES comes to life on the Victoria Theatre stage and features hilarious adventures of well-known characters from tales such as Jack and the Beanstalk, Chicken Little, Princess and the Pea, Little Red Riding Hood and many more.
Wright State University impressively embraces the visceral power of Jonathan Larson’s 1996 Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical “Rent.” Director and Dayton native Scott Hunt, a member of the Broadway and national touring company of “Rent,” primarily gives this sung-through, AIDS-era retelling of Puccini’s “La Boheme” a gritty aggression absent in recent local productions. In… (continue…)
The didactic, thought-provoking perspectives of indomitable Russian-American abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko (1903-1970) are the lifeblood of John Logan’s compelling drama “Red,” the recipient of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play methodically directed by Richard E. Hess in its splendid local premiere courtesy of the Human Race Theatre Company. A luminous force among his… (continue…)
“Jersey Boys,” which captured the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical and remains one of the most popular jukebox musicals on the Great White Way, enjoyably depicts the triumphs and pitfalls of legendary 1960s hitmakers The Four Seasons.
On Thursday, February 9 at 8 pm in the Schuster Center, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra will present The Music of Pink Floyd with Windborne, the second concert in the DPO’s Rockin’ Orchestra Series.
