‘Next to Normal’ at Victoria Theatre By Jacqui Theobald Photo: “Next to Normal” at Victoria Theatre; [clockwise from top left] Emily Price, Jon Hacker, Trisha Rapier and Jamie Cordes; photo credit: Scott J Kimmins “Next to Normal” – a rock opera with a plot and a social conscience – is now playing at the Victoria Theatre […]
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Out-of-this-world music
Jupiter String Quartet at Dayton Art Institute By Joe Aiello Photo: The Jupiter String Quartet will perform at the Dayton Art Institue on Saturday, May 11 Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Among other things, that means there is no place it can go to hide. Just like chamber musicians; especially those who […]
Jazz blues in the city of funk
Wade Baker at Jazz Central and Tumbleweed By Benjamin Smith photo: Wade Baker bridges the gap between jazz and blues on May 2 and 3; photo credit: jcaptures.com On April 28, 1960, jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan recorded a seminal four-track album entitled Leeway. Not only did this record earn contemporary critical acclaim, but decades after its […]
Northern exposure
Toledo Symphony brings Classical Thunder to Greenville By Joe Aiello Photo: The Toledo Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jeffrey Pollock will present their Classical Thunder program in Greenville on Saturday, April 27 On Saturday, April 27 at 8 p.m. in St. Clair Memorial Hall, 215 W. Fourth St. in Greenville, Resident Conductor Jeffrey Pollock and the Toledo Symphony […]
The DNA of contemporary dance
DCDC2 presents ‘The Ways of Humanity’ By Arnecia Patterson Photo: DCDC2 presents “The Ways of Humanity” program on Sunday April, 28 at UD’s Boll Theatre; photo credit: William H. Crenshaw The word humanity conjures a variety of images and thoughts depending on the forum where the discussion takes place. On Sunday, April 28 at 4 p.m. […]
On Stage
Many choices – Plays that move By Jacqui Theobald Photo: Matt Lindsay and Chuck Larkowski in “Retreat from Moscow” at Dayton Playhouse Dayton. Photo credit: Jennifer Taylor Clarke Dayton has so many theatrical openings in early April that we would have to divide into very small pieces to go to all the opening nights. The good news […]
The odyssey of Chick Corea
Iconic jazz pianist visits University of Miami-Middletown By Khalid Moss Photo: Legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea will perform solo at Miami Middletown on Sunday, April 21 When a young artist emerged on the New York jazz scene in the early ‘60s, you could listen to the vinyl records he recorded monthly, and in most cases even […]
‘PSY’-fly theatre
Frontier psychiatrists get it all out on the table By Jennifer Hanauer Lumpkin Photo: Canadian troupe 7 Fingers presents “PSY” at the Victoria Theatre April 12 & 13; photo credit: Peggy Faye Les 7 Doigts de la Main (7 Fingers), the indie-circus company that brought you “Traces,” is back in Dayton with “PSY,” an airing out […]
The sounds of a master
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra presents the works of Beethoven By Joe Aiello Photo: Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra will be joined by guest pianist Norman Krieger on Saturday, April 13 Here’s some really new math: 4 concert programs + 3 concert series = X. Solve for X. It is helpful if you know going in that two concert programs […]
We all have prejudices
“Race” at the Human Race Loft Theatre By Jacqui Theobald Photo: [l to r] Alan Bomar Jones and Richard B. Watson in “Race” at the Loft Theatre April 9-21; photo credit: Scott J. Kimmins If you can leave the Human Race Loft Theatre with your assumptions and your vanities intact, you may be in denial. David […]
