The Second City to Return to Columbus in November
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 20, 2023
The Second City, Chicago's legendary sketch and improv comedy theater will return to Columbus for a show at the Davidson Theatre on Friday, November 17, at 8 pm.
Justin Hayward To Play The Southern Theatre in October
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 12, 2023
Justin Hayward, best known as the singer, guitarist, and songwriter for British rock act the Moody Blues, will perform live in concert at the Southern Theatre on Friday, Oct. 20. Hayward's solo acoustic shows feature songs from The Moody Blues catalog as well as from his solo career.
Albuquerque Little Theatre Unwraps Their 88th Season With THE FULL MONTY
by BWW
News Desk - May 25, 2018
Six unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York are miserable. They have no cash and no prospects. Meanwhile, they catch their wives and other women going crazy over male strippers. The six men then set out to make some quick cash showing off their 'real man' bodies by becoming a team of male strippers. As the guys work through their fears, self-consciousness and anxieties, they find strength as a group and overcome their inner demons. The Full Monty is an uplifting, crowd-pleasing romp that leaves little to the imagination! THE FULL MONTY is bares it all with a cast full of Albuquerque locals! Matt Campbell will be playing Jerry, Brandon McDaniel is Dave, John Shelton is Harold, Austin Embree is Malcolm, Nicholas Laemmer as Ethan, and Hasani Olujimi is Noah (Horse). Also joining the cast is Sara Bracamonte, Christy Burbank, Amy Carter, Spencer Christian, Teresa Jones, Thane Kenny, Stephanie Larragoite, Caleb Ramsell, Augustus Roe, Akiko Stacy, Alexandra Uranga, and Michael Weppler.
Albuquerque Little Theatre Unwraps Their 88th Season With THE FULL MONTY
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 23, 2018
Six unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York are miserable. They have no cash and no prospects. Meanwhile, they catch their wives and other women going crazy over male strippers. The six men then set out to make some quick cash showing off their 'real man' bodies by becoming a team of male strippers. As the guys work through their fears, self-consciousness and anxieties, they find strength as a group and overcome their inner demons. The Full Monty is an uplifting, crowd-pleasing romp that leaves little to the imagination! THE FULL MONTY is bares it all with a cast full of Albuquerque locals! Matt Campbell will be playing Jerry, Brandon McDaniel is Dave, John Shelton is Harold, Austin Embree is Malcolm, Nicholas Laemmer as Ethan, and Hasani Olujimi is Noah (Horse). Also joining the cast is Sara Bracamonte, Christy Burbank, Amy Carter, Spencer Christian, Teresa Jones, Thane Kenny, Stephanie Larragoite, Caleb Ramsell, Augustus Roe, Akiko Stacy, Alexandra Uranga, and Michael Weppler.
ANNIE to Warm Hearts at Albuquerque Little Theatre
by Julie Musbach - Oct 17, 2017
Based on Little Orphan Annie, the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, ANNIE has become a worldwide sensation. Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, the beloved show features a wonderful score written by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, including the Broadway smash hit, Tomorrow .
SOUTH PACIFIC Comes to Alt Stage, Today
by BWW
News Desk - Mar 10, 2017
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel 'Tales of the South Pacific' by James Michener, this epic musical romance centers on a group of American sailors and Navy nurses stationed in the South Pacific during World War II. Arkansas native Nellie Forbush befriends and quickly falls for Emile de Becque, a French expatriate and plantation owner, and Lt. Joe Cable finds himself in a passionate affair with Liat, the young daughter of Bloody Mary, the local grass-skirt peddler. As the war against Japan escalates, reality sets in for both Forbush and Cable, who struggle to reconcile their unconventional love affairs with their long-held prejudices and insecurities.
SOUTH PACIFIC Comes to Alt Stage, 3/10
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 24, 2017
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel 'Tales of the South Pacific' by James Michener, this epic musical romance centers on a group of American sailors and Navy nurses stationed in the South Pacific during World War II. Arkansas native Nellie Forbush befriends and quickly falls for Emile de Becque, a French expatriate and plantation owner, and Lt. Joe Cable finds himself in a passionate affair with Liat, the young daughter of Bloody Mary, the local grass-skirt peddler. As the war against Japan escalates, reality sets in for both Forbush and Cable, who struggle to reconcile their unconventional love affairs with their long-held prejudices and insecurities.
Opera Columbus to Present LA TRAVIATA, 6/1-5
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 27, 2016
CSO Music Director Rossen Milanov will make his Opera Columbus debut directing the Columbus Symphony and Opera Columbus Chorus in Verdi's immensely popular work, La Traviata (The Fallen Woman). Directed by Mary Birnbaum, Associate Director of the Juilliard School's Artist Diploma in Opera Studies Program, this contemporary production will utilize enhanced lighting techniques to set the scene in modern-day Paris where Violetta Valery (soprano Andrea Shokery) boldly lives the convention-free lifestyle of an in-demand, affluent courtesan until she unexpectedly experiences what can ultimately dismantle it all-true love.