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.
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.
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.
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'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.