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Review: HOT STUFF at SBX Theatre
by Paul Batterson - Jan 21, 2025

To understand Shadowbox Live’s latest offering, HOT STUFF, you need to go back to Thanksgiving or, more precisely, the day after Thanksgiving. On Nov. 24 this year, families offered up the traditional fare of turkey or ham, mashed potatoes, and Aunt Clara’s green bean casserole. The day after Thanksgiving, though, you get to pick through the best parts of the meal, feast on your favorites, and leave the green bean casserole in the fridge.
Review: SLEEPY HOLLOW at Shadowbox Live
by Paul Batterson - Oct 24, 2024

What did our critic think of SLEEPY HOLLOW at Shadowbox Live?
Interview: Katy Psenicka of SLEEPY HOLLOW at Shadowbox Live!
by Paul Batterson - Sep 23, 2024

Growing up, Katy Psenicka admits she didn’t listen to the radio the way her peers did. While her friends were jamming to country and western, pop music, or rock classics, the chief choreographer for Shadowbox Live! heard the notes but saw movement.
Review: WILD THINGS at Shadowbox Live
by Paul Batterson - Aug 20, 2024

While not all the sketches are home runs, most offer a solid chuckle to nearly everyone. It may not be an event you can feel comfortable taking your grandparents to, but maybe you could bring a drunk Aunt Martha and Uncle Bill this time around.
Review: EVOLUTIONARIES at Shadowbox Live
by Paul Batterson - Jun 19, 2024

Under the direction of Julie Klein, the theater troupe weaves together the divergent catalogue of the two icons with a variety of singers and styles, multimedia presentations, and the storytelling of Michelle Daniels.
Review: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS at Shadowbox Live
by Paul Batterson - Apr 20, 2024

The Shadowbox motto is to do to sketch comedy what Second City does for improv. To do that, it uses a simple formula: crisp writing and solid acting produce big laughs.
Review: THE DREAM AND BEYOND at ShadowBox Live
by Paul Batterson - Jan 31, 2024

Shadowbox Live reached deep into their skill sets to celebrate the 11 leaders’ achievements through art, words, dance and song while educating the audience on their significance.  
Review: PILLOW TALK Finds Soft Spot Among the Shadowbox Live Crowd
by Paul Batterson - Jan 9, 2024

Produced and directed by Julie Klein, PILLOW TALK provides a collection of Shadowbox Live’s best skits of the past year, hits the right notes for a variety of patrons. the two-act mixture of rock and roll and comedy opened Jan. 5 and runs through April 13 at the troupe’s stage at 503 S. Front Street in downtown Columbus.
Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards; KINKY BOOTS Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Nov 20, 2023

The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 20th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
BWW Reviews: Shadowbox Live Presents Crazy Diamond of Pink Floyd's Music
by Paul Batterson - May 18, 2015

When Ashley Pearce interviewed to become a part of the Shadowbox Live theatre troupe, one of the questions she was asked was what her favorite rock group?
BWW Reviews: 'Look on the Bright Side' with Shadowbox Live's SPAMALOT
by Lisa Norris - Sep 9, 2013

The hardest working theater troupe in Central Ohio is currently delivering its Stev Guyer-ized version of "Monty Python's Spamalot." The 2005 musical by Eric Idle and John Du Prez was "lovingly ripped off" from the motion picture 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail," and while audience members will appreciate some uniquely Shadowbox additions and a bit of Central Ohio humor (notably, among others, Gym Ganahl as "Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Show"), Python fans will find this version to be of the goofy, flamboyant, and totally inane flavor expected.
BWW Reviews: Getting Addicted is Easy at Shadowbox Live's REEFER MADNESS, Sundays Now through July 8, 2012
by Lisa Norris - Apr 30, 2012

Shadowbox Live presented the completely campy REEFER MADNESS again last night, and in Julie Klein's warped little director's brain, it was pure "mockumentary" delight. REEFER MADNESS is a wacky musical adaptation of the 1936 exploitive propaganda film by the same name that became a cult classic.
Shadowbox Live Presents REEFER MADNESS, Opening 4/22
by Harmony Wheeler - Apr 13, 2012

Shadowbox Live presents the musical Reefer Madness, opening April 22nd at The Shadowbox Live Building.
Photo Flash: Shadowbox Presents SPRING FLING Beginning 3/25
by Jeff Dennhardt - Mar 20, 2010

Next up at Shadowbox: it's Spring Fling, opening March 25 and running though June 5 at the sketch comedy and rock ‘n' roll club at the Easton Town Center. Spring Fling fuses the rebellious and the ridiculous into one fun-lovin', fast-paced show featuring brand new sketch comedy and live rock ‘n' roll.
Shadowbox Presents WOODSTOCK: Back to the Garden 9/20 At The Easton Town Center
by BWW News Desk - Sep 20, 2009

Shadowbox is gearing up to debut its new, original musical documentary, Woodstock: Back to the Garden, opening Sunday, September 20th at the Easton Town Center.
Shadowbox Presents WOODSTOCK: Back to the Garden 9/20 At The Easton Town Center
by BWW News Desk - Sep 20, 2009

Shadowbox is gearing up to debut its new, original musical documentary, Woodstock: Back to the Garden, opening Sunday, September 20th at the Easton Town Center.
Photo Flash: Shadowbox Set To Debut Its New, Original Musical Documentary, WOODSTOCK: BACK TO THE GARDEN, Opening 9/20
by Reynard Loki - Sep 17, 2009

Shadowbox is gearing up to debut its new, original musical documentary, Woodstock: Back to the Garden, opening Sunday, September 20th at the Easton Town Center.
Shadowbox Presents WOODSTOCK: Back to the Garden 9/20 At The Easton Town Center
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 8, 2009

Shadowbox is gearing up to debut its new, original musical documentary, Woodstock: Back to the Garden, opening Sunday, September 20th at the Easton Town Center.
Shadowbox Presents WOODSTOCK: Back to the Garden 9/20 At The Easton Town Center
by Gabrielle Sierra - Aug 28, 2009

Shadowbox is gearing up to debut its new, original musical documentary, Woodstock: Back to the Garden, opening Sunday, September 20th at the Easton Town Center.
Shadowbox's BORN TO BE WILD Opens 3/26 At Easton Town Center
by BWW News Desk - Mar 26, 2009

Get your motor runnin' this Spring with Shadowbox's Born to be Wild, opening March 26, 2009 at their sketch comedy and rock ?n roll club at the Easton Town Center. This brand-new theme celebrates the unrelenting human spirit and our desire to work hard, play hard, and rock hard.

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