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When dazzling Broadway diva Kristin Chenoweth became ill and canceled her appearance with the Cincinnati Pops on Wednesday, the orchestra had barely two days to find a replacement.
They found two, Megan Hilty and Julia Murney - two big talents with big voices to match.
"Irving Berlin's White Christmas" has become a holiday tradition for Kerry O'Malley, who's in her fifth year of playing Betty Haynes in the movie-to-stage musical.
Megan Hilty and Julia Murney, who have played the signature roles of Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, in the Broadway hit musical will step in to sing "Wicked Divas," a program of Broadway …
Erich Kunzel, 74, Cincinnati's music man for more than 44 years, has died.
Stafford Arima, who steered popular Playhouse in the Park musicals "Ace" and "Altar Boyz" (which he directed in its Off-Broadway debut) returns to town to sample Stephen Sondheim in the two-…
The cast of "Emma" got a standing ovation for walking onstage with flashlights Sunday afternoon for a "concert" version of the Jane Austen-inspired musical that is the Marx Theatre opener.
As a staple of easy-listening FM radio, Vanessa Williams' "Save the Best for Last" might be the soundtrack to an elevator ride, or a wait in line at the bank.
Choreographer molds the moves of merry murderesses in 'Chicago'
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is announcing a 2014-15 season filled with comedy and music, and looking to attract a culturally diverse, multigenerational audience.
You've got to love The Clifton Players and its partner group Untethered Theater. And it's not just because of The Clifton Players' new show called 'The Irish Curse,' about a support group fo…
This season, its 20th anniversary year, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is 'completing the canon' by producing all 38 of William Shakespeare's plays.
You've got to love the Clifton Players and its partner group Untethered Theater. And it's not just because of the show called 'The Irish Curse,' about a support group for Irish-American men …
'Les Misérables' is one of those wonderfully sprawling stories that 19th century literature seemed to embrace so passionately.
New this week Almost Maine, 2 p.m. Sunday, Brookwood Retirement Community, 12100 Reed Hartman Highway, Sycamore Township. Play by John Cariani comprised of nine complete tales.
It was 18 months in preparation, calls for huge forces and features the unusual sounds of countertenors and cowbells.
'Evita,' the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical version of Argentine first lady Eva Perón's life, has been bouncing around in one form or another since it debuted in London in 1978.
CCM's Studio Opera production assembled a cast that was musically gifted and also able to navigate a wacky world with fine comic timing in 'L'Etoile' ('The Star').
For most of us, the words spoken in the final moments of 'Hamlet' are almost a throwaway: 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead,' says a character known only as the first ambassador.
Cincinnati native James Levine will resume a full schedule of six productions at the Metropolitan Opera next season, conducting on opening night for the first time since 2010 following his r…
Rosemary Prinz was a hot, young daytime soap star in the early days of the genre, when a half-hour show was performed live and broadcast immediately in the Eastern and Central time zones.
Something intriguing has happened to ballet during the past 10 to 15 years.