BWW Reviews: Actors' Theatre of Columbus- Shakespeare at Schiller Gets Warm Reception Despite Chilly Evening
(5/24/2013) - Actors' Theater of Columbus opened its 32nd summer season with its Annual Opening Night Tent Dinner last night in the Schiller Park amphitheater. Despite the uncooperative weather canceling the performance of "King Arthur and the Sword of Britain", the crowd was abuzz with excitement over this season's line-up of free summer theater productions in the park.
WICKED Returns to the Ohio Theatre, 6/5-23
(5/22/2013) - After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2007 and 2010, WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return to Columbus' Ohio Theatre June 5-23. Tickets for the return engagement are on sale now.
ELMO MAKES MUSIC Comes to Columbus, 6/15
(5/20/2013) - Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, and all their Sesame Street friends are taking to the stage to share their love of music in Sesame Street Live's Elmo Makes Music. Jenny, an enthusiastic new music teacher, arrives on Sesame Street only to discover that her instruments are missing. Jenny's new Muppet friends quickly come to the rescue and discover 'instruments' they never knew existed-rubber duckies, trash can lids, and even cookie jars. Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and friends teach children that everyone can make and enjoy beautiful music together.
Roharik Productions Presents Columbus Creative Industry Mixer Today
(5/18/2013) - The Columbus Creative Industry Mixer is Central Ohio's largest creative networking event, bringing together the who's-who of the creative arena on one highly anticipated night. Roharik Productions, commercial photography and video production studio, is hosting the 5th annual Mixer today, May 18th at 9PM.
MadLab Theatre Hosts 3 IN 30: FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS, Beg. Tonight
(5/17/2013) - MadLab will present 3 in 30: First World Problems, the latest in the long running 3in30 series, featuring 3 plays, Camelot Broken, by Brendan Michna, The Egg Play, by Katie Toomey, and Not Quite Wide Enough, by Nikki Smith at 10:00pm tonight, May 17th and Saturday May 18th at MadLab Theatre & Gallery, 227 N. 3rd St., Columbus.
The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Return to Columbus with HMS PINAFORE
(5/14/2013) - Opera Columbus concludes their 2012-13 season with the presentation of The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) in HMS Pinafore. Ride a wave of music and laughter as romantic sailors, sisters, cousins, and aunts sing and dance their way across the deck of the fanciful British naval vessel with the improbable name. The very proper Captain Corcoran and ridiculously pompous Sir Joseph Porter preside, the villainous Dick Deadeye speaks the ugly truth, and Little Buttercup reveals the outrageous mistake that allows true love to overcome the problems of class distinction.
400 Columbus School Kids Take Over the Capitol Theatre Stage for MOVING LIVES!, 5/14 & 17
(5/10/2013) - The 10th anniversary of Momentum: Excellence at the Speed of Dance, a year-long in-school program that uses dance to teach elementary students self-discipline and teamwork, and engages children to think creatively, will be celebrated with performances of "Moving Lives! A Year in the Life of a Momentum Dancer," Tuesday, May 14th and Friday, May 17th at The Capitol Theatre in the Riffe Center (77 South High Street). There are two hour-long performances each day, the first at 10:30 a.m. followed by a performance at 1 p.m. THE PERFORMANCES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Tickets are available on a first come first serve basis on the day of the show.
Shadowbox Live's BACK TO THE GARDEN Returns to the Columbus Commons, 5/26
(5/9/2013) - For the fourth year in a row, Shadowbox Live, in partnership with the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation, brings its original smash hit musical documentary, Back to the Garden to the Columbus Commons for a free performance for the whole community on Sunday, May 26th at 8:30 PM.
MadLab Theatre to Host 3 IN 30: FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS, 5/17-18
(5/5/2013) - MadLab will present 3 in 30: First World Problems, the latest in the long running 3in30 series, featuring 3 plays, Camelot Broken, by Brendan Michna, The Egg Play, by Katie Toomey, and Not Quite Wide Enough, by Nikki Smith at 10:00pm on Friday May 17th and Saturday May 18th at MadLab Theatre & Gallery, 227 N. 3rd St., Columbus.