Cincinnati Theatre Newsroom

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra President and CEO Jonathan Martin plans to retire on February 16, 2025, following a seven-year tenure helming the organization. Learn more.

Beck Center for the Arts has announced the December production, Channeling Grimm, by Tracy Wells. This fun fairy-tale themed play brings The Grimm Brothers from the page to the stage.

The Carnegie and University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music join forces this November for Jen Silverman’s WITCH. Check out photos from the production.

Voting is now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

It takes a theatrical village to create a show like A CHRISTMAS CAROL! Watch the video of the production team of A Christmas Carol at Cincinatti Playhouse in the Park assemble the set, then experience holiday magic like never before.

The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati has announced a second, transformative gift of $500,000 from the Farmer Family Foundation to benefit TCT’s campaign to revitalize Cincinnati’s Emery Theater and make it the company’s permanent MainStage home.

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati's 24-25 MainStage Season at the Taft Theatre will continue with Santa Claus: The Musical. This is the company's last season at the Taft Theatre before opening the reimagined Emery Theater in October 2025.

Julianne Akins Smith has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Cincinnati May Festival, Vocal Arts Ensemble, and Cincinnati Boychoir.

Rutka is a new musical that adapts the diary entries of a young Jewish girl's final months before being killed in 1943 in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Featuring an original indie-rock musical score, Rutka finds the balance of telling a nuanced account of her adolescent experiences while growing up in a time of terror and isolation.

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati will host its 13th annual Meals 4 Monologues auditions. Actors from throughout the nation are invited to a general audition call, and are encouraged to make a donation to Cincinnati’s Freestore Foodbank. 

Children’s Theatre Company has released first look photos of its return engagement of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Opening night is Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 7pm.

Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling Olivier and Tony Award®-winning stage adaption of LIFE OF PI embarks on another exciting adventure when it launches its North American Tour in Baltimore, Maryland in December 2024 at the Hippodrome Theatre. Cincinnati is one of 22 cities on the tour where theatregoers can experience this extraordinary show. 

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Awards. Don't miss Thursday's October 31st deadline!

Actors Collaborative Toledo presents John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, November 15-17, 2024, in the Chapel Theatre at Trinity Episcopal Church.

Get a firstt look at RUTKA, a new indie-rock musical adapted from Rutka’s Notebook: A Voice from the Holocaust, making its world premiere at Ohio's Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

Single tickets for the national tour of COME FROM AWAY at the Aranoff Center will go on sale Friday, October 25 at 10:00 AM. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Carnegie and University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) are joining forces this November for Jen Silverman's WITCH.

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Awards. Don't miss next week's October 31st deadline!

Broadway in Cincinnati has announced that single tickets for & Juliet will go on sale Friday, October 18 at 10:00 AM.

There are just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Explore the upcoming BLINK events at the Aronoff Center and Music Hall, featuring a range of performances and installations. Discover how these venues will be transformed for this year's festival.

Cincinnati Opera has announced the election of officers for its board of trustees for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, as well as the addition of nine trustees and two Cincinnati Opera Board Associates.

RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles will take you on an electrifying journey through the eras with Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour as well as all of your other Beatles’ favorites!

The Know Theatre of Cincinnati will present an unforgettable weekend of spooky entertainment featuring the award-winning dark musical comedy Edgar Allan by the Coldharts on Friday, October 25th, and the Know Theatre Halloween Party & Improv Jam on Saturday, October 26th.

90.9 WGUC will broadcast Cincinnati Opera’s 2024 Summer Festival on Sunday evenings in November, featuring performances from the renowned festival. Learn more about the festival and see how to tune in!