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Everyone put on their best 1920s attire and raised funds for The Wagnalls Memorial Foundation's Historic Building Fund with an evening of live piano music, drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and an exciting interactive theater experience! The event was held on Saturday, Aug 21st, 2021 at Wagnalls Memorial, 150 E. Columbus, St., Lithopolis, OH 43136. For more information on upcoming performances, visit: https://wagnallsfoundation.org/wagnalls-community-theater/

This thrilling and heartwarming coming-of-age story follows the strong-willed Moana as she sets sail across the Pacific to save her village and discover the truth about her heritage. Moana and the legendary demigod Maui embark on an epic journey of self-discovery and camaraderie as both learn to harness the power that lies within. With empowering messages of bravery and selflessness, Moana JR. is sure to bring out the hero within each of us. Performances run August 20, 21, and 22, 2021 at 2151 W. Fair Ave., Lancaster, OH 43130. For more information visit: https://www.riseupartsalliance.org

District West transforms to NYC and you’ll go on a journey of how the West Family became as Virginia West presents “A WEST FAMILY STORY!” a celebration of Broadway! Guest performers will come on different nights. This night included Amber Knicole of Mojoflo. Come sing along to your favorite show tunes with this incredibly talented and fabulous cast! Performances run August 13th thru the 27th, 2021 at District West, 145 North 5th St., Columbus, OH. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: www.Districtwest614.eventbrite.com

CATCO held a their 2021-22 Season Announcement Reception and announced they will resume theatre productions in its theatres this fall and produce six shows - four for adults and two for young audiences - for the 2021-22 season. For more information, visit catco.org.

“Radium Girls” is based on the true story of female factory workers who painted watch dials with self-luminous paint in the 1920’s. At the time, newly-discovered radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous glow-in-the-dark watches all the rage—-until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. The play follows the efforts of Grace Fryer, a factory worker who fights for her day in court. Performances run July 29th thru the 31st at 7:00 pm and July 31st at 2:30 pm, 2021 at Jeanne B McCoy Center for the Arts, 100 West Dublin-Granville Rd., New Albany, OH 43054. To purchase tickets, visit: https://my.cbusarts.com/events/2352

Pickerington Community Theatre had a night of cabaret-style outdoor performance to celebrate the return of live theater. Performers included: Rachel Lorenz, Lindsay Weiser, Victoria Morejon, Katelyn Cordell, Marquan Denby, Ella Drake, Shelly Riggs, Courtney Werner, Corrine Gorgas, Sam Myers, Jaxon Newsome, Samuel Jeffries, Elizabeth West, Veronica Tuttle, Ashton Leyland, Malena Dewhurst, Ashley Robbe, Carli Werner, Mercedes Seaman, Tori Daniels, Jill Henwood, Tuttle-Berstein Family, Takafumi Uzawa, Charlotte Emigh, Maryn Hoyt, and Nora West. PCT is excited to announce audition information for its Fall 2021 production of 12 Angry Jurors! Auditions will be held at Epiphany Lutheran Church (268 Hill Road North, Pickerington, Ohio 43147) on Friday, July 30 and Saturday, July 31, 2021. More information about the audition and upcoming shows can be found on their website: http://pickeringtoncommunitytheatre.org/

This show has everything, campy dialogue, a loosely told story line that suspends disbelief, hysterical parodies, popular songs sung live by drag queens, a drummer who also happens to be Gretta’s father (Jeffrey Jones), a fabulous guitarist who sells sheet music on the side, a rocking violinist (Nic Lacy), amateur video work (maybe that kind?), and so much more! All served with a strong cocktail, only at District West. Performances run July 23rd thru the 25th, 2021 at District West, 145 North 5th St., Columbus, OH. Tables available at districtwest614.eventbrite.com (Or donttellgretta.com will link you there, just click “Olympics” in the drop down menu) Walk ins are available at some shows.

The winner of the 2018 Emanuel Fried Award for Outstanding New Play, SONS & LOVERS by Donna Hoke is an engaging comedy about Ellen, a middle-aged woman at a crossroads in her life. Ellen knows the score – her son is gay, and her husband is cheating – but it’s so much easier to pretend than to talk about it. It takes fantasy, farce, and one fabulous mother and son discover just how makeover before the truth flies free, much they have in common, and Ellen realizes the reality she’s been avoiding most is her own. Performances run July 22th thru the 31st, 2021 at the Abbey Theater of Dublin, 5600 Post Road, Dublin, OH 43017. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: https://www.evolutiontheatre.org/

“Friends Celebrating the Music of Broadway,” A Decade of Song and Celebration! ONE DAY ONLY! So many surprises in our jammed packed production. Tickets: Sunday, July 25, 2 PM & 7 PM, $20, No in person sales at OUL. Limited online tickets available now: https://commerce.cashnet.com/oul-theatre

Get ready to be transported back to the 1920s. Come see the amazing show Ain't Misbehavin. Ain't Misbehavin' is one of the most popular, well-crafted revues of all time and winner of the 1978 Tony Award for Best Musical. Although not quite a biography, Ain't Misbehavin' evokes the delightful humor and infectious energy of this American original as a versatile cast struts, strums and sings the songs that Fat’s Waller made famous in a career that ranged from uptown clubs to downtown Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood and concert stages in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Performances run July 16th and 17th, 2021, 7:00 pm at District West, 145 North 5th St., Columbus, OH. Both performances are sold out but a few tickets will be available first come first serve at the door.

The Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Org (BRAVO) has been serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual communities since 1996. A Night of Broadway is a comedy cabaret titled Laughing in the Faces of Hate & Violence. Local performers are presenting the cabaret as a fundraiser for BRAVO. Performances are July 9th and 10th, 2021 at by District West, 145 N 5th St, Columbus, OH 43215. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: https://tinyurl.com/253fm74z. If you can’t make it, but want to donate visit http://bravo.equitashealth.org.

Set in the Renaissance, this toe tapping, hilariously clever musical-comedy tells the story of Nick and Nigel Bottom, two struggling playwrights trying to compete with rock star of the times, William Shakespeare for the hearts and minds of theatre-goers. After all, the play's the thing! Consulting with a local soothsayer, the Nick Bottom learns that the future of theater will be something called a musical, and sets out to produce the very first one. Hijinks and hilarity ensue. Performances run July 9th thru the 11th, 2021 at Hilliard Davidson High School, 5100 Davidson Rd., Hilliard, OH 43026. For tickets and more information visit: http://www.hilliardartscouncil.org/. Streaming access for July 10 thru the 18th can be purchased at: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/55046

A tuneful, heartwarming story, it is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. Julie Andrews plays the role of Maria, the tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home. Performances run July 10th thru the 18th, 2021 at The Memorial Theatre at the Knox Memorial, 112 East High Street, Mount Vernon, OH. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: https://www.mtvarts.com/

The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh come to life in this inspiring story of a brother’s unflagging devotion and financial support. Distilled from more than 500 letters exchanged between Vincent Van Gogh and his brother, Theo. Nimoy’s play honors the legacy of one of the most celebrated artists of the 19th century. Theo defends, justifies, and vindicates his brother’s life and work in this inspiring story of a sibling’s unfailing support and empathy. Written by Leonard Nimoy and Directed by Michael Herring, and Theo/Vincent is performed by Stefan Langer. In-person audiences for all shows, live-streamed July 8th. Performances run July 8th through the 25th, 2021 at Red Herring, 3723 S. High St. Columbus, Ohio. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: https://www.redherringtheater.org/

Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. Performances are June 25th thru July 2nd at FIVE14 Church, 5477 N. Hamilton Rd., Columbus, Ohio. For tickets visit: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/53003

'Don't Tell Gretta' is Ohio's only live piano drag show. It performs on Sundays at District West located in Downtown Columbus for live music, sketch comedy, and an all-around hysterical good time. Special guests, stiff drinks, and most importantly Gretta on the keys. End your weekend on a high note.. Performance was at District West in Columbus, Ohio on June 13th, 2021. For information about upcoming shows, visit: https://donttellgretta.com/

Features a series of vignettes that deals with the lives of two eponymous immortal vampire lesbians, a creature known as The Succubus who is also known as La Condessa or Magda Legerdemaine, and the virgin-turned-vampire who becomes known as Madelaine Astarte and Madelaine Andrews. The two are locked in eternal, if comic, antagonism after surviving the downfall of the mythical Biblical city in question. Particular conflict occurs when both women arrive in 1920s/1930s Broadway and Hollywood and masquerade as silent film stars. A final scene in Las Vegas in the 1980s sees them finally reach a truce. Performances run June 17th thru the 26th, 2020 at MadLab, 227 N. 3rd St., Columbus, OH 43215. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: http://evolutiontheatre.org/

Mortimer Brewster is living a happy life! He has a steady job at a prominent New York newspaper, he’s just become engaged, and he gets to visit his sweet spinster aunts to announce the engagement. Mortimer always knew that his family had a bit of a mad gene -- his brother believes himself to be Teddy Roosevelt and his great-grandfather used to scalp Indians for pleasure -- but his world is turned upside down when he realizes that his dear aunts have been poisoning lonely old men for years! When Mortimer’s maniacal brother, Jonathan. (who strangely now resembles Boris Karloff) returns on the night that the aunts were planning to bury the newest victim, Mortimer must rally to help his aunts and protect his fiancé -- all while trying to keep his own sanity as well. An uproarious farce on plays involving murder, Arsenic and Old Lace has become a favorite amongst regional theatres throughout America. Performances are Streaming Live & in-person Live from June 11th thru 13th and Streaming on Demand June 18th thru 20th at the Columbus Dance Theatre, 592 E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43215. For tickets or more information, visit: https://pacecolumbus.com/

Nat Paradis is a Red Sox-loving part-time dad who manages Paradis's Last Convenient Store, the last convenient place to get gas - or anything - before the Canadian border to the north and the North Maine Woods to the west. When an old flame returns to town, Nat gets a chance to rekindle a romance he gave up on years ago. But sparks fly as he's forced to choose between new love and old. Last Gas takes a hilarious and heartbreakingly hard look at love lost and found, and at what it means to 'get back to happy.' Performances run June 11th thru the 27th, 2021 at Curtain Players, 5691 Harlem Road, Galena, Ohio 43021. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: http://curtainplayers.org

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is a play written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield. It parodies the plays of William Shakespeare with all of them being performed in comically shortened or merged form by only three actors. Performances are live Stream May 21st and 22nd or in person May 21 thru the 23rd at the Hilliard Civic and Cultural Arts Center, 5425 Center St, Hilliard, OH, 43026. For In person tickets: https://bit.ly/HACshakespeareInPerson Live stream tickets: https://bit.ly/HACshakespeareLiveStream