REALLY BIG SHOW Opens at MUSE/IQUE This Month
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 2, 2024
MUSE/IQUE’s next show in their 2024 season, themed Make Some Noise: Music and Stories of American Defiance and Hope, is Really Big Show: How Ed Sullivan Changed America Every Sunday Night.
Interview: THE MANAGER's Kevin Bailey Effortlessly Managing His Multiple Roles
by Gil Kaan
- Nov 7, 2023
The musical workshop of The Manager world premieres at The Bourbon Room November 13th and 14th. The real-life story of the six degrees of separation between Elvis, Colonel Tom Parker, Ricky Nelson and Louis Jay Pearlman is told through the original songs by Ben Susskind. Steve Josephson directs the cast of Kevin Baily, Ted Barton, Steve Josephson, Payson Lewis, Douglas Nottage, Marguerite MacIntyre, Jesse Corbin, Travis Nesbitt, Jesse JP Johnson, Christopher Messin, Cecily Gish and Melanie Au-Yeung. Kevin, who wears two hats in this production as producer and as Colonel Parker, managed to carve out some time to answer a few of my queries between his producing and rehearsing obligations for The Manager and his current stint as John Boehner role in 44.
Elvis With An Alternate Focus Proves Popular In New And Future Cinema
by Michael Major
- Nov 2, 2023
Elvis with an Alternate Focus Proves Popular in New and Future Cinema. Sophia Coppola's 'Priscilla' and Rikki Lee Travolta's 'The Elvis Conspiracy' are captivating audiences with their unique takes on the iconic singer's life. Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' also showcases the rising popularity of alternate history films.
Review: ELVIS-A MUSICAL REVIEW at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
by Rich Mehrenberg
- Jun 1, 2023
Elvis-A Musical Revolution is not among the better musical theater bio-shows. Jersey Boys, Get on your Feet, and Buddy-the Buddy Holly Story are all significantly better. Ironically, it is not even the best Elvis bio-musical. Check out Million Dollar Quartet instead.
Cincinnati Arts Association's DANCING FOR THE STARS 2023 Fundraiser Announces Winners
by Blair Ingenthron
- Apr 30, 2023
Britton Spitler as Brock Leah Spears (Project Manager – ADM) and dance pro Amanda Barraza (Independent Dance Instructor) received a nearly perfect score of 29, taking first place at the Cincinnati Arts Association's fifteenth annual Dancing for the Stars on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at the Music Hall Ballroom.
THE ELVIS CONSPIRACY Wins 9th Best Screenplay Award
by Michael Major
- Mar 23, 2023
Chicago-based entertainment personality Rikki Lee Travolta has earned top honors for Best Feature Script in the Gangtok International Film Festival for his original thriller screenplay The Elvis Conspiracy. In film, he has worked with such artists as Ron Howard, Chase Masterson, Peter Mayhew, and Scout Taylor-Compton.
DANCING WITH THE STARS 2023 Comes To Music Hall Ballroom, April 22
by A.A. Cristi
- Mar 6, 2023
Who will be voted Cincinnati's best celebrity dancer? Which stars have the right moves to rule the dance floor? Find out on Saturday, April 22, 2023 when the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) celebrates season fifteen of its annual fundraiser Dancing for the Stars at the Music Hall Ballroom to benefit CAA's Overture Awards (the nation's largest locally run high school arts scholarship competition) and arts education programs.
High Moon Releases Cult Singer-Songwriter Laurie Styvers' First-Ever Anthology
by Michael Major
- Feb 17, 2023
Produced by Murphy (known for his landmark work with Gerry Rafferty, Richard and Linda Thompson, Van Morrison, and more), Styvers’ Hush recordings revealed her as an exceptional songstress with a humble and captivating vocal presence, redolent of such iconic artists as Carole King, Karen Carpenter, and Judee Sill.
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