Now Playing Onstage in Columbus - Week of 11/04/2012

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KING LEAR
Roy Bowen Theatre
10/31-11/10/2012
A royal family gathers for Christmas. The father broadcasts his seasonal message: he's giving up work and dividing his kingdom. With this misjudged act the natural order is upturned and the scene is set for a story of family break-up, homelessness and heartbreak. In this new edited version, King Lear is brought vibrantly to life for schools, families and younger audiences. Stripped down to 75 minutes, the production is a thrilling and accessible introduction to one of the greatest plays ever written. Each public performance is followed by a 20 minute question and answer session with the actors. This event is possible as a result of the ongoing collaboration between The Ohio State University and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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KING LEAR
Roy Bowen Theatre
10/31-11/10/2012
A royal family gathers for Christmas. The father broadcasts his seasonal message: he's giving up work and dividing his kingdom. With this misjudged act the natural order is upturned and the scene is set for a story of family break-up, homelessness and heartbreak. In this new edited version, King Lear is brought vibrantly to life for schools, families and younger audiences. Stripped down to 75 minutes, the production is a thrilling and accessible introduction to one of the greatest plays ever written. Each public performance is followed by a 20 minute question and answer session with the actors. This event is possible as a result of the ongoing collaboration between The Ohio State University and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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NO DOGS ALLOWED!
Columbus Children's Theatre
11/1-11/11/2012
REGIONAL PREMIERE This is the story of Iris, a bright 8-year-old, who lives "in a place called the Bronx, in the Kingdom of 3rd Avenue... in the Land of New York City," with her family and her dog El Exigente. One bright day, the family decides to take a trip to the Enchanted State Park and Iris is determined to bring her beloved El Exigente, even though at the park there are 'no dogs allowed'. With a cast of unique, charming and wonderfully funny characters, No Dogs Allowed is a brilliant new musical adapted from Sonia Manzano's best-selling Children's book of the same name.
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THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
Thurber Theatre
11/7-11/11/2012
The Ohio State University Department of Theatre and School of Music team up to present The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a musical based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Written by Rupert Holmes, Drood was the first Broadway musical with multiple endings (determined by audience vote). Holmes received Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Original Score. The musical won five Tony Awards out of eleven nominations, including Best Musical. The story itself deals with John Jasper, a Jekyll-and-Hyde choirmaster who is quite madly in love with his music student, the fair Miss Rosa Bud. Now, Miss Bud is, in turn, engaged to Jasper's nephew, young Edwin Drood. Our title character disappears mysteriously one stormy Christmas Eve-but has Edwin Drood been murdered? And if so, then whodunnit? Musical numbers include The Wage of Sin, Perfect Strangers, Both Sides of the Coin, Don't Quit While You're Ahead and Moonfall. The giddy playfullness of this play-within-a-play draws the audience to vote on the solution as prelude to the most unusual and hilarious finale!
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CHICAGO
Shadowbox Live
9/9-11/11/2012
Shadowbox Live is heading back to roaring 20's with their latest musical, Chicago! Anything goes in The Windy City at the height of jazz and debauchery, even murder!
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THE HOMECOMING
The Columbus Civic Theater
10/18-11/11/2012
Nobel Prize Winner Harold Pinter's first important play is the winner of The 2012 Patron's Choice. Opening in London in June of 1965, and NYC in January of 1967, this play marks Pinter's entry into the mainstream of English/American theatre. Hailed by critics as "outrageous," yet "grotesquely funny," the play concerns Max and his three sons, who comprise a dysfunctional family unit.
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THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
Thurber Theatre
11/8-11/11/2012
The Ohio State University Department of Theatre and School of Music team up to present The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a musical based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Written by Rupert Holmes, Drood was the first Broadway musical with multiple endings (determined by audience vote). Holmes received Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Original Score. The musical won five Tony Awards out of eleven nominations, including Best Musical. The story itself deals with John Jasper, a Jekyll-and-Hyde choirmaster who is quite madly in love with his music student, the fair Miss Rosa Bud. Now, Miss Bud is, in turn, engaged to Jasper's nephew, young Edwin Drood. Our title character disappears mysteriously one stormy Christmas Eve-but has Edwin Drood been murdered? And if so, then whodunnit? Musical numbers include The Wage of Sin, Perfect Strangers, Both Sides of the Coin, Don't Quit While You're Ahead and Moonfall. The giddy playfullness of this play-within-a-play draws the audience to vote on the solution as prelude to the most unusual and hilarious finale!
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THE KING AND I
Mansfield Playhouse
11/2-11/11/2012
The 'G2K' Getting To Know Series: Uniquely adapted musicals specifically for youth performers. East versus West makes for a dramatic, richly textured and ultimately uplifting tale of enormous fascination. It is 1862 in Siam when an English widow, Anna Leonowens, and her young son arrive at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, having been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many children and wives. The King is largely considered to be a barbarian by those in the West and he seeks Anna's assistance in changing his image, if not his ways. With both keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values, Anna and the King grow to understand and, eventually, respect one another, in a truly unique love story. In this adaptation for pre-high school students, the content has been edited to better suit younger attention spans, but all the magic and beauty of the original are still in place. You and your students will be enchanted by the timeless story and the dazzling score, while at the same time learning about theater and its production. PLEASE NOTE: All schools wishing to peruse or perform a G2K musical should apply through theMusic by Rodgers, Richard; Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein IIFor more information on Mansfield Playhouse, click hereFor more information on The King and I, click here
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Jackson High School
11/9-11/11/2012
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, and a book by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. Based on the classic novel ?Le Fantôme de l?Opéra? by Gaston Leroux, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command. Its sensational score includes 'Think of Me,' 'Angel of Music,' 'Music of the Night,' 'All I Ask of You,' 'Masquerade' and the title song. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Charles Hart; Additional Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe; Book by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Richard Stilgoe; Based on `Le FantFor more information on Jackson High School, click hereFor more information on The Phantom of the Opera, click here
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FULL MOON
Shadowbox Live
9/20-11/17/2012
This fall, you won't just be howling at the moon, you'll be howling with laughter! Join Shadowbox Live for a brand new show, Full Moon! All new sketches and some of your favorite live rock 'n' roll tunes make up this 2 hour show filled with monsters, madness and mayhem!
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OKLAHOMA!
Loveland Stage Company
11/1-11/17/2012
The 'G2K' Getting To Know Series: Uniquely adapted musicals specifically for youth performers. Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA! In this adaptation for pre-high school students, the content has been edited to better suit younger attention spans, but all the elements that make this show a classic are still in place. You and your students will be enchanted by the timeless story and the dazzling score, while at the same time learning about theater and its production. PLEASE NOTE: All schools wishing to peruse or perform a G2K musical should apply through theMusic by Rodgers, Richard; Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Based on the play GREEN GROW THE LILACS by Lynn Riggs; Original Dances by Agnes De MilleFor more information on Loveland Stage Company, click hereFor more information on Oklahoma!, click here
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CHRISTMAS PAGEANT CRISIS
Mystery & Mayhem Dinner Theatre
11/6-12/27/2012
The Glad Tidings Players perform a Christmas Pageant every year. Their claim to fame, so to speak, derives from the same two performers playing the lead roles for the last ten years. This year marks a record-breaking accomplishment for the most consecutive years with the same leads. But problems abound this year. The angels are on strike; The Farmer who loans the animals sold his farm; the shepherds are allergic to hay; the stage manager is nuttier than a fruit cake; and the stable is condemned. Will the Glad Tidings Players present the Pageant and shine and bask in the glow of accomplishment, or will they have an epiphany as they mull over what to do next? You'll not want to miss this hilarious Holiday Who-done-it.
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