CMT Presents “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”
The Academy Award-winning team of Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz creates a lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story. Set in 15th century Paris, this powerful story focuses on Quasimodo, the misshapen but gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who is held captive in the bell tower by his devious caretaker. On the day of the Feast of Fools, Quasimodo manages to escape and join the boisterous crowd of revelers. He is treated cruelly by all except the beautiful and free-spirited gypsy, Esmeralda. During his one day “Out There,” Quasimodo must strive to find love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero.
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CINCINNATI MUSIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES HOME CAST
Cincinnati Music Theatre proudly announces the cast for its second Studio Series production of the year, Home.
The cast features Brian Anderson, Tim Belton, Ryan Bowron, Marypat Carletti, Ria Villaver Collins, Kat Glaser, Julia Hasl Miller and Michael Shawn Starks.
Home is an original cabaret production conceived and co-written by CMT board member Mark D. Motz and director Michele Mascari. Kathy Beiting and Mp Carletti will produce; Ron Attreau serves as musical director.
“I am so thrilled,” Mascari said after casting. “We had a wonderful turnout for auditions and had some difficult choices. I am grateful to our cast for saying yes. Now I look forward to getting to work with this group and building the show.”
Home features songs from musical theater, the American pop/rock songbook, movies, television and more to connect audiences with the many ways we look at home.
Home runs June 7, 8, 14 and 15 in the Fifth Third Bank Theater at the Aronoff Center. Tickets are $25, available at the link below.
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CMT Studio Series Announced
After two successful cabaret productions in the Aronoff Center’s Fifth Third Theatre in 2018, Cincinnati Music Theatre will produce two more black-box shows in 2019.
The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
Feb 8, 9, 15 & 16 2019
Aronoff Center – Fifth Third Bank Theater
The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is a musical about musicals! In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. The basic plot: June is an ingénue who can’t pay the rent and is threatened by her evil landlord. Will the handsome leading man come to the rescue? The variations are: a Rodgers & Hammerstein version, set in Kansas in August, complete with a dream ballet; a Sondheim version, featuring the landlord as a tortured artistic genius who slashes the throats of his tenants in revenge for not appreciating his work; a Jerry Herman version, as a splashy star vehicle; an Andrew Lloyd Webber version, a rock musical with themes borrowed from Puccini; and a Kander & Ebb version, set in a speakeasy in Chicago. The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is directed by Dennis Murphy.
Home
June 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2019
Aronoff Center – Fifth Third Bank Theater
Home explores many facets of the title location through song. Featuring 20-plus tunes from Broadway, movies, pop culture, and more, we welcome audiences into our home at the Fifth Third Bank Theatre for an evening of music. Home is more than just four walls and a street number, it’s a place imprinted on hearts and minds. We will look at home at different times in our lives and what home can mean. How it’s both welcoming and a place many want to escape. Home is sweet nostalgia. Home is painful. Home is a goal. Home is traditional. Home is unconventional. Home is a launching point. Home is an anchor. Home is what you make it, where you make it, when you make it. We’ll go from the places we grew up to the places we still seek. Conceived and written by CMT board member Mark D. Motz, Home will be directed by Michele Mascari.
