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2024 Overture Awards Finals Competition to Take Place in March

The Cincinnati Arts Association will present the 2024 Overture Awards Finals Competition. Learn more about the awards.

The 2022 Overture Awards High School Arts Competition Announces Winners

The Cincinnati Arts Association has announced the winners of its Overture Awards Competition, held on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater, and the winner of its Arts Educator Award for Excellence in Arts Instruction.

Premiere: WIE IM HIMMEL - Musical nach dem gleichnamigen Film

WIE IM HIMMEL (DEUTSCHSPRACHIGE ERSTAUFFÜHRUNG) MUSICAL NACH DEM GLEICHNAMIGEN FILM

Cincinnati Arts Association's 2021 Overture Awards Announces Winners

The Cincinnati Arts Association has announced the winners of its Overture Awards Competition.  Due to the impact of the pandemic, all three rounds of the competition were held virtually, culminating in an online announcement and celebration ceremony on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 7:00 PM. 

BWW Feature: MUSICAL QUARANTINE DIARIES at AUSTRIA - 11 April

60 Young Artists Have Been Nominated for 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts

National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) today announced the nominees for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, one of the nation's highest honors for high school students who exemplify academic and artistic excellence. YoungArts is the sole nominating agency for this high honor and the 60 candidates, representing 16 states and nine artistic disciplines, are all YoungArts Winners. The students have been nominated to the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program for their artistic achievement on the heels of the organization's annual signature program, National YoungArts Week, which concluded in Miami on January 12.

SISTER ACT Ein himmlisches Musical - 3 September, Musiktheaterwerkstatt

wir laden Sie herzlich zu unserer ersten Musicalpremiere in der Spielzeit 2019/2020 a??Sister Acta?oe am 7. September 2019 im Großen Saal des Musiktheaters ein. Wieder einmal ist es dem Landestheater Linz gelungen, sich die Rechte für ein Hit-Musical zu sichern, das bisher ausschließlich in kommerziellen Produktionen zu sehen war. Alan Menken (Die Schöne und das Biest, Aladdin, Rapunzel a?" neu verföhnt) schrieb die mitreißende Musik für die Musicalversion der bekannten Filmkomödie mit Whoopie Goldberg, Regie führt Andreas Gergen (Besuch der alten Dame, I Am From Austria) und es choreografiert Kim Duddy (The Wiz).

Arts Management Veteran Marcus L. Overton Passes Away At Age 75

Marcus L. Overton, a passionate and colorful 54-year veteran of the performing arts management world as well as an actor, director, writer, teacher, scholar, linguist and Emmy-award winning radio and TV host, died at age 75 on June 9 in San Diego after a long battle with kidney failure. He is survived by his husband Raymond A. Fluta. Overton left instructions that his ashes were to be taken to Paris, a city he visited yearly, and scattered on the graves of Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Marcel Proust and Francois Poulenc.

CAA Announces 2019 Overture Awards Winners

The Cincinnati Arts Association announces the winners of its Overture Awards Competition, held on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater, and the winner of its Arts Educator Award for Excellence in Arts Instruction. The competition awarded $4,000 to six area students for education and training, with 18 runners-up each winning $1,000, while the Arts Educator Award winner received $2,500 and two finalists were awarded $500 each.

Overture Awards Finals Competition And Awards Ceremony Announced At Aronoff

The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is proud to present the 2019 Overture Awards Finals Competition. The Overture Awards provides $4,000 to six area high school students for education and training expenses, with eighteen finalists each winning $1,000. The program also provides a $2,500 Arts Educator Award for Excellence in Arts Instruction.

Photo Flash: First Look at Kerry Ellis in the UK Tour of Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Kerry Ellis stars as Gwendolen, her first non-singing role, in the 2018 UK tour of Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford, Courtyard Theatre Hereford, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Belfast Grand Opera House, Theatre Royal Bath and Manchester Opera House.

Photo Flash: Kerry Ellis Stars in the UK National Tour of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Kerry Ellis will star as Gwendolen, her first non-singing role, in the 2018 UK tour of Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford, Courtyard Theatre Hereford, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Belfast Grand Opera House, Theatre Royal Bath and Manchester Opera House. Hannah Louise Howell will play Gwendolen at all other venues. They will be joined by Geoff Aymer, Louise Coulthard, Thomas Howes, Peter Sandys-Clarke and Simon Shackleton, playing Chasuble, Cecily, Algernon, Jack and Lane/Merriman respectively.

Kerry Ellis To Star In THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Tour

Kerry Ellis will star as Gwendolen, her first non-singing role, in the 2018 UK tour of Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford, Courtyard Theatre Hereford, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Belfast Grand Opera House, Theatre Royal Bath and Manchester Opera House. Hannah Louise Howell will play Gwendolen at all other venues. They will be joined by Geoff Aymer, Louise Coulthard, Thomas Howes, Peter Sandys-Clarke and Simon Shackleton, playing Chasuble, Cecily, Algernon, Jack and Lane/Merriman respectively.

CAA Announces 2017 Overture Award Scholarship Winners

The Cincinnati Arts Association is pleased to announce the winners of its Overture Awards Competition, held on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater, and the winner of its Arts Educator Award for Excellence in Arts Instruction. The competition awarded $4,000 to six area students for education and training, with 18 runners-up each winning $1,000, while the Arts Educator Award winner received $2,500 and two finalists were awarded $500 each.

The Overture Awards Finals Competition and Awards Ceremony Comes to Aronoff Center

The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is proud to present the 2017 Overture Awards Finals Competition. The Overture Awards provides $4,000 to six area high school students for education and training expenses, with eighteen finalists each winning $1,000. The program also provides a $2,500 Arts Educator Award for Excellence in Arts Instruction.

Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City Announce Cast for LONGER! LOUDER! WAGNER!

Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City are thrilled to announce the cast and creative team for their upcoming collaboration. 

Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City Announce Cast for LONGER! LOUDER! WAGNER!

Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City are thrilled to announce the cast and creative team for their upcoming collaboration. 

Lyric Opera of Chicago & The Second City to Partner for LONGER! LOUDER! WAGNER! This Fall

Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City have announced an all new collaboration with the fall premiere of Longer! Louder! Wagner!, an all new and hilarious comedy inspired by Ring composer Richard Wagner.

2016 Overture Awards Winners Announced!

The Cincinnati Arts Association is pleased to announce the winners of its Overture Awards Competition, held on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater, and the winner of its new Arts Educator Award for Excellence in Arts Instruction. The competition awarded $4,000 to six area students for education and training, with 18 runners-up each winning $1,000, while the Arts Educator Award winner received $2,500 and two finalists were awarded $500 each.

Kyle Dean Massey, Jenni Barber & More Set for Lexington Theatre Company's 'Concert With The Stars'

The Lexington Theatre Company is in final preparations for its second 'Concert With The Stars,' January 16, 2016, at 8:00pm at The Lexington Opera House. This year's line-up of stars includes Jenni Barber (Wicked, Annie, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Stephen R. Buntrock (A Little Night Music, Oklahoma, Beauty & The Beast), Erin Dilly (A Christmas Story, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Tony nominee for Chittty Chitty Bang Bang) and Kyle Dean Massey (Pippin, Next to Normal, Wicked, ABC's 'Nashville'), alongside collegiate and local talent - illustrating the mission of this new professional theatre company in Lexington, Kentucky. 'Concert With the Stars' is sponsored by KentuckyOne Health.