5/20/08
Last Comic Standing
The sixth season of Last Comic Standing – hosted by Bill Bellamy (Def Comedy Jam, Any Given Sunday) – will air this summer on NBC, beginning Thursday, May 22. The Last Comic Standing Live Tour will feature the finalists from the popular series. For the first time ever on the series, a parade of NBC comedy stars from past and present hit shows will join Last Comic Standing as talent scouts this season.
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3/26/08
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Join the celebration as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America’s cultural ambassador to the world, marks its 50thchanged forever the perception of American dance; today the legacy continues with Judith Jamison’s remarkable vision and the extraordinary artistry of the Company’s dancers. Beauty, spirit, hope and passion know no bounds. That is the power of Ailey. At both Cincinnati performances, the program will feature: Love Stories, Solo, Vespers, and audience-favorite, Revelations.
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3/5/08
Ring of Fire
The music of the Man in Black ignites the stage in the new Broadway musical Ring of Fire, featuring 38 signature songs from the legendary Johnny Cash. Stories of passion, redemption, humor and salvation set the stage ablaze in this musical celebration of the world's most favorite rebel. Hits include “Walk the Line,” “Hurt,” “Jackson,” “I’ve Been Everywhere,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “A Boy Named Sue,” and the title track “Ring of Fire.” With smashing medleys and a hearty bounce in its guitar-driven step, this shindig will have you stompin’ your feet and shoutin’ for more!
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2/28/08
Golden Dragon Acrobats
For more than twenty-seven centuries, Chinese acrobats have been thrilling audiences, making it the longest-running folk art form in history. In China, acrobats are revered much the same way prima ballerinas and opera singers are in the West. The performers of the Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of this honored tradition, mixing award-winning acrobatics, awesome strength, and traditional dance to present a show of breathtaking skill and spellbinding beauty. Their feats of physical daring and grace, enhanced by elaborate traditional costumes in brilliant colors and a combination of ancient and contemporary music and theatrical techniques, continue to enthrall audiences of all ages.
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2/15/08
One Night of Queen
When Scotland’s Gary Mullen won the British television show Stars In Their Eyes Grand Final in 2000 as Freddie Mercury, he began a fantastic journey which has so far taken him to virtually every theatre and concert hall in the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Holland and New Zealand. His sold-out shows, together with his band “The Works,” are receiving rave reviews from audiences of all ages. Now Gary and the boys continue their amazing adventure with their first U.S. tour, featuring rebel-rousing renditions of Queen’s greatest hits, such as “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Are the Champions,” “Somebody to Love,” and “Another One Bites the Dust.” THIS SHOW WILL ROCK YOU ….GUARANTEED!
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2/14/08
Moby Dick Rehearsed
Go from page to stage as the Cincinnati Arts Association presents The Acting Company's acclaimed production of Moby Dick Rehearsed, Orson Welles' stage adaptation of the classic novel by Herman Melville on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at the Aronoff Center's intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater. The Acting Company, based in New York City, has been honored with the Obie Award, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Citibank's Excellence in Education Award, two Audelco Awards and a TONY® Honor for Excellence in Theater.
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2/5/08
Arthur Live!
Based on Marc Brown's books and Emmy-Award winning PBS series this all new ARTHUR comes to life on the stage! Enjoy the family fun, as everyone's favorite aardvark and his friends all hit the stage in this delightful musical adventure. The show features the lovable, intrepid Arthur, his feisty sister DW, his good buddies Buster and Brain, his nemesis Francine - and introduces the warm, wise and wacky Tooth Fairy. Through Arthur's adventures, he discovers and shares the importance of teamwork, learning, and the joys of just being a kid. This interactive show will keep the whole family thoroughly engaged.
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2/5/08
RAIN: The Beatles Experience
EXPERIENCE WHAT BEATLEMANIA WAS ALL ABOUT! FROM ED SULLIVAN TO ABBEY ROAD! - They look like them and they sound just like them! "The next best thing to seeing The Beatles," raves the Denver Post. All the music and vocals are performed totally live! RAIN covers the Fab Four from the earliest beginnings through the psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience, including a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s that lights up video screens and live cameras that zoom in for close-ups. "Uncanny! RAIN are a quartet of fine musicians in their own right…as The Beatles, they triumph!" cheers The Boston Herald. "An adoring Valentine to The Beatles," declares the Washington Post. Sing along with your family and friends to such Beatlemaniac favorites as "Let It Be," "Hey Jude," "My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Come Together" and "Can't Buy Me Love.
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1/18/08
Defending the Caveman
Defending the Caveman, the longest running solo play in Broadway history, is now a worldwide, rock-solid tour-de-force. This blockbuster has won the hearts of millions in more than 15 different languages. Defending the Caveman - written by Rob Becker and starring Vince Valentine - plays the Aronoff Center's intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater from Friday, February 22 through Sunday, February 24 as part of the Cincinnati Arts Association's 2007-08 "We Will Rock You" Season.
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1/3/08
Tiempo Libre
Audiences will dance the night away to the joyful sounds of one of the hottest Latin bands in the world today - the two-time Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre - when the band makes their first stop in Cincinnati on Friday, February 8th at the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall.
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11/1/07
Backstage Treasures…and More!"
Online Auction 2007
At 8:00AM on Thursday, November 1, 2007, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) raises the curtain on it's 4th annual Backstage Treasures…and More!, - an online auction that supports CAA's arts education programs. CAA is once again partnering with cMarket, Inc. - the leading online auction platform for nonprofit and school fundraising - to bring Backstage Treasures… to its bidders and donors.
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10/30/07
Kenny G Holiday Tour
The world's most renowned soprano saxophone stylist - who also happens to be the biggest-selling instrumental musician and biggest-selling jazz musician of the modern era - treats Cincinnati to an unforgettable holiday concert on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. at Cincinnati's Music Hall.
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10/30/07
Moby Dick Rehearsed Performance Rescheduled
Due to a routing conflict, the national tour of The Acting Company presents MOBY DICK REHEARSED has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 8:00 PM. Please update all calendar listings.
Originally scheduled for Monday, March 17, 2008, the production will be presented at the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater as part of the Cincinnati Arts Association's 2007-08 Season.
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10/2/07
Enjoy the Arts 20 20 Festival
20/20/20 - Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Broadway in Cincinnati at the 20-20 Festival
We'll be going "behind the scenes" with stories from the Broadway shows that we've presented during the past 20 years
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10/1/07
Emerging Arts Leaders Creative Conversations
Cincinnati Arts Association has partnered with Americans for the Arts to host an Emerging Arts Leaders Creative Conversation, which brings together local emerging arts leaders to discuss challenges specific to their age group and experience, and issues regarding the arts in their communities.
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9/9/07
Rain - The Beatles Experience on CBS Sunday Morning Show
RAIN - The Beatles Experience, the internationally-acclaimed U.S. Beatles concert, will be featured on CBS SUNDAY MORNING this Sunday, September 9 at 9:00 AM EDT
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9/8/07
A Family Arts Celebration
Findlay Market has partnered with the Arts Education Directors of Greater Cincinnati (AEDGC) to
present A Family Arts Celebration
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8/30/07
2007/08 CAA Presenting Season Announcement
WE WILL ROCK YOU! An Eclectic and Electric Mix of Music, Theatre, Dance and Family Fun
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7/10/07
Aronoff Cener and Music Hall Job Fair
Who says work can't be fun? Be a part of the cast of customer service professionals at the Tri-state's premiere arts venues - the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall.
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5/23/07
Dancing for the Stars Winner
In a toe-to-toe, near tie finish, Hamilton County Coroner Dr. O'dell Owens tangoed ahead of Local 12's Sasha Rionda before more than 225 dance lovers to be voted Cincinnati's best celebrity dancer at Cincinnati Arts Association's (CAA) first Dancing for the Stars.
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