After unsuccessfully entering the Wicked lottery in March 2014, 14-year-old Mikayla Renfrow was on her way out of the Aronoff Center when a man stopped her and her father to ask if she had won a ticket to the show. Luck was on her side, as the man happened to be a donor and asked... Continue Reading →
The 5-1-3 with AIN’T TOO PROUD’s Andrew Volzer
Here at Broadway in Cincinnati, there’s nothing we love more than when folks with Queen City connections return to perform on the Aronoff stage. When we have locals coming to town, we like to ask them a few questions we call “The 5-1-3.” Meet Andrew Volzer from Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of... Continue Reading →
Broadway in Cincinnati offers free Broadway online workshops
Broadway in Cincinnati is proud to announce that we are partnering with a new program to give greater Cincinnati area teachers free access to AT THIS STAGE, a series of online workshops featuring subject experts from Broadway and beyond. As part of our commitment to theatre arts education, we are making this available to teachers... Continue Reading →
CCM Grad Noah Ricketts on Starring in FROZEN on Broadway
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) grad Noah Ricketts is currently starring as Kristoff in Disney’s FROZEN on Broadway. Kathrine Nero caught up with him recently in New York. Kathrine Nero: Tell us about your time in Cincinnati. Noah Ricketts: It was the best time ever. I started in 2010. I did the four-year... Continue Reading →
The iconic fashion of PRETTY WOMAN
Pretty Woman Costume Designer Gregg Barnes sat down with Kathrine Nero in New York City to talk about designing the clothes for this unforgettable story. Kathrine Nero: There are some iconic moments in Pretty Woman. Will we recognize some of these looks? Gregg Barnes: When something comes along like Pretty Woman and the audience has... Continue Reading →
Sergio Trujillo Pays Homage to the Temptations Through Dance
Kathrine Nero recently sat down with Sergio Trujillo, the Tony-winning choreographer of AIN’T TOO PROUD, to discuss his approach to crafting the Temptations’ signature moves. Kathrine Nero: Sergio, tell us about your career and how you got to Broadway. Sergio Trujillo: Oh, my goodness, wow, okay. Do you have enough time? I’m originally from Cali,... Continue Reading →
Backcombing HAIRSPRAY with Jack O’Brien
By Jack O’Brien Eighteen years ago, HAIRSPRAY bowed for the first time on Broadway, earning a New York Times rave that called it “deliriously tuneful…as sweet as a show can be." The original creative team was led by director Jack O’Brien and included choreography by Jerry Mitchell, set design by David Rockwell, costumes by William Ivey... Continue Reading →
A New Way of Looking at TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
The Broadway adaptation’s writer Aaron Sorkin talks about updating and paying homage to Harper Lee’s American classic today. (Excerpted from Simms, David. “A New Way of Looking at To Kill a Mockingbird.” The Atlantic, December 17, 2019) The first line of Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird is one of quiet confusion. “Something didn’t... Continue Reading →
Waiting Is Wanting: Why the Town of Bet Hatikva Feels Like an Entire World
A discussion with Tony Award-winning director David Cromer about The Band’s Visit, the winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical that tells the story of a group of Egyptian musicians who end up in an unexpected place in Israel. "IT IS NOT A WORK PUNCTUATED WITH ROWDY CHEERS AND FOOT-STOMPING OVATIONS. THE BAND’S VISIT... Continue Reading →
Warmth and Humor Pervade Touring Production of FROZEN the Musical
by Malina Saval, Variety In 2013, Disney’s Frozen hit screens like a 100 mile-per-hour snowball, sparking a pop cultural phenomenon in which little girls and boys pranced about dressed in Anna and Elsa and Olaf costumes while belting aloud “Let It Go,” Elsa’s feminist anthemic response to the ice powers that rendered her a societal... Continue Reading →