On Stage Dayton Previews

Coming up in Dayton Theatre 5/3 – 5/12 (plus Season Announcements!)

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Welcome back friends! We've got just a couple things going on the next couple weeks, but we also have SEASON ANNOUNCEMENTS! So exciting! Closing This Weekend! 'Til Beth Do Us Part Brookville Community Theatre The Skinny: A comedy about love, marriage and trust. Dates: Running through Sunday, May 5th. Tickets: For tickets, please call the Brookville Flower Shop at (937) 833-3531. Opening This Weekend! The Late Edwina Black Troy Civic Theatre The Skinny: When a some-what unpopular woman dies, the community feeling is rather less of grief and more of relief. When an autopsy shows her … [Read more...]



Victoria Theatre Association and Human Race Theatre team up to present NEXT TO NORMAL

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Victoria Theatre Association presents NEXT TO NORMAL, a show considered to be the “rarest of Broadway species” (TimeOut New York). Produced by The Human Race Theatre Company, NEXT TO NORMAL appears on the Victoria Theatre stage May 7-19, 2013 as part of the Premier Health Broadway Series. Tickets are on sale now at the Ticket Center Stage Box Office, by phone at (937) 228-3630, toll-free (888) 228-3630 or online athttp://www.ticketcenterstage.com. “I am thrilled to be a part of this production” said Trisha Rapier who plays Diana, a mother who is coping with bipolar disorder. “NEXT … [Read more...]



Victoria Theatre Association Presents PSY + TICKET CONTEST

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The Victoria Theatre Association invites you to tumble down the dark corridors of the human psyche on April 12 and 13 when it presents PSY, a wild commingling of acrobatics and psychology by the same company that brought last season’s successful Traces. (NOTE: We’ll stop here and reiterate that this article is not about Psy, the Korean “Gangnam Style” superstar, nor will he be performing in Dayton this month.) Written and staged by Shana Carroll (who also staged the Cirque du Soleil performance at the 2012 Academy Awards), PSY features an 11-member cast displaying inspired acts … [Read more...]



Human Race Theatre Company Presents RACE + TICKET CONTEST

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The Human Race Theatre is taking its core mission—“to present universal themes that explore the human condition and startle us all into a renewed awareness of ourselves”—to heart with David Mamet’s Race. No stranger to divisive topics or candid conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Mamet (American Buffalo, Glengarry Glen Ross) takes on the explosive subject of race relations. When two cynical lawyers—one black and one white—prepare to defend a powerful white businessman accused of raping a young black woman, they must confront their own perceptions and prejudices. Legal … [Read more...]



Green Day’s American Idiot comes to Dayton + TICKET CONTEST

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The Victoria Theatre Association continues to expand its boundaries in bringing the best of Broadway to Dayton, and will provide a musical theatre experience of a different kind with Green Day's rock opera American Idiot, playing at the Victoria Theatre March 12 - 14. A story very much of this era, American Idiot is the tale of three young men who've been friends all their lives. The story finds them on the brink of adulthood, and soon they'll have to decide whether they'll strike out into the world to follow their hearts or take an easier path and remain in the comfort of the suburbs. The … [Read more...]



Family Matters – The Addams Family musical scares up laughs at the Schuster

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They say you can never go home again, but that’s not always true. From March 5 - 10, people in the Dayton area can return to one of everyone’s favorite childhood haunts, Addams Manor, as the hit Broadway musical The Addams Family takes up residence at the Schuster Center. And whether you grew up with their New Yorker cartoons, the original 1960s sitcom, the ‘90s films, or any of the various animated and live-action spinoffs over the decades, you know that once you’ve met these characters, they’re always a part of you. A beloved staple of American pop culture, the Addams Family … [Read more...]



Awesome Audra: A Chat with Audra McDonald

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Luminous soprano and Broadway sensation Audra McDonald, one of the finest actresses/vocalists of her generation, will be in concert Friday, March 1 in celebration of the Schuster Center’s 10th anniversary.  McDonald, 42, has received five Tony Awards for her outstanding work in “Carousel,” “Master Class,” “Ragtime,” “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Porgy and Bess.” She has also been nominated for her splendid performances in “Marie Christine” and “110 in the Shade,” and memorably appeared in Lincoln Center Theater’s production of “Henry IV” and the Public … [Read more...]



Watch Casablanca with Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra

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This Valentine's Day, the Dayton Philharmonic will offer a very special treat when it presents one of cinema's greatest love stories, Casablanca, with the orchestra playing the score live on stage at the Schuster Center at 8 p.m. "We've done shows like this before, where we've played the score live while a classic film showed," said Dayton Philharmonic conductor Neal Gittleman, "and when we were looking at options for this season, Casablanca came up. And here we have St. Valentine's Day. And while Casablanca doesn't have a happy ending, it's one of the great screen romances." A tragic, … [Read more...]



Free Spirits: From the Mountain Top to the Jazz Hall + TICKET CONTEST

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Every year, I become reinvigorated by the scope of Dr. Martin Luther King’s work. The profound nature of his spoken word and the intensity of his action bring clarity to what we as Americans can do to promote justice and engage peace. Dayton does a wonderful job with the holiday celebration! This year, Cityfolk is proud to be among the community organizations celebrating Black History Month and Dr. King’s legacy. In partnership with Sinclair Community College’s Theatre and Dance Department, Cityfolk’s Culture Builds Community program is proud to present FREE SPIRITS: From the … [Read more...]



‘War Horse’ headlines Victoria’s 2013-14 season

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The local premiere of the incredibly imaginative, superbly staged and wonderfully heartwarming World War 1 drama “War Horse,” winner of five 2011 Tony Awards including Best Play, opens and headlines the Victoria Theatre Association’s 2013-14 Premier Health Broadway Series, announced Feb. 7 at a grand unveiling ceremony in the Wintergarden of the Schuster Center. Slated for Oct. 22-27, the marvelous London import, an epic play-with-music based on the children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo adapted in 2011 into an Academy Award-nominated film by Steven Spielberg, marks the rare inclusion … [Read more...]