Regional artist Michelle Droll, creator of Landslide: Between a Rock and a Place, builds environmentally friendly landscapes out of recycled materials.
Stage notes: ‘Color Purple’ comes to E.J. Thomas
Washington, D.C., native Ashley Ware has landed exactly where she wanted to be — playing Celie in The Color Purple, The Musical about Love.
Theater review: ‘And Then There Were None’ at Coach House
Director Nancy Cates and her cast of 11 are having great fun enacting murders nightly with Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None at Coach House Theatre.
Review: ‘New Look’ exhibit features Dior influence, but almost none of the real thing
The Massillon Museum’s current exhibit, Another Look at the New Look, purports to be an examination of the work of French couturier Christian Dior.
2012 Ohio fair schedule
Ohio State Fair, Columbus, July 25-Aug. 5. Paulding County Fair, Paulding, June 11-16. Pickaway County Fair, Circleville, June 16-23. Putnam County Fair, Ottawa, June 18-23. Marion County Fair, Marion, July 2-7. Harrison County Fair, Cadiz, July 3-7. Trumbull County Fair, Cortland, July 3-8. Clinton County Fair, Wilmington, July 8-14. Lawrence County Fair, Proctorville, July 7-14.…
Art notes: Akron Art Museum marks 90th anniversary
On Wednesday, the Akron Art Museum reaches its 90th anniversary, and Mayor Donald L. Plusquellic has proclaimed February to be Akron Art Museum Month.
Stage Notes: Dance company brings dreamlike work to Ohio
Avshalom Pollak says it’s difficult to define dance, in particular the off-kilter work Oyster, a signature work of the Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company.
Theater review: ‘Bully’ showcases actor’s talents
Bully: An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt is a tour de force for actor Neil Thackaberry, who sweeps the audience along through this historic figure’s adventures in a one-man show at Actors’ Summit. From his opening moments dramatizing one of Roosevelt’s vigorous walking expeditions, to his enactment of Roosevelt’s twilight years as the former president dreams…
Theater review: ‘Bully’ showcases actor’s talents
Bully: An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt is a tour de force for actor Neil Thackaberry, who sweeps the audience along through this historic figure’s adventures in a one-man show at Actors’ Summit. From his opening moments dramatizing one of Roosevelt’s vigorous walking expeditions, to his enactment of Roosevelt’s twilight years as the former president dreams…
Details: ‘Bully, An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt’
Details Play: Bully, An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt When: Through Feb. 5, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays Where: Actors’ Summit, Greystone Hall, 103 S. High St., Akron Onstage: Neil Thackaberry Offstage: Jerome Alden, playwright; Peter Voinovich, director; Anna Bose, stage manager; Rory Wohl, set design; MaryJo Alexander, costumes/props; Kevin Rutan, lighting; Daniel Taylor, sound;…
Details: ‘Bully, An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt’
Details Play: Bully, An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt When: Through Feb. 5, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays Where: Actors’ Summit, Greystone Hall, 103 S. High St., Akron Onstage: Neil Thackaberry Offstage: Jerome Alden, playwright; Peter Voinovich, director; Anna Bose, stage manager; Rory Wohl, set design; MaryJo Alexander, costumes/props; Kevin Rutan, lighting; Daniel Taylor, sound;…
Art review: ‘Unmonumental Landscape’ at Summit Artspace
Stage notes: Akron Symphony showcases local soloists
The Akron Symphony Orchestra will celebrate its own and go a step further with its concert World Class Begins at Home at 8 p.m. Saturday. The concert will not only showcase soloists Jody Guinn on harp, Cynthia Warren on English horn, Scott Johnston on trumpet, Zachary Collins on viola and Michael DeBruyn on cello, but…
Theater review: Sins of parents at forefront of ‘Yellowman’
Playwright Dael Orlandersmith’s words create mesmerizing poetry in the drama Yellowman at Weathervane, where actors Nichole Strong and Marc Jackson deftly bring to life a world of terrible brutality punctuated by grace notes of beauty.
Details: ‘Yellowman’
Details Drama: Yellowman When: Continuing through Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays Where: Weathervane Community Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron Onstage: Nichole Strong, Marc Jackson Offstage: Dael Orlandersmith, playwright; Jennifer Kay Jeter, director/sound designer; Danielle Terlonge, stage manager; Ryan Durfee, lighting; Todd Dieringer, props; Jasen…