CCM Announces 2018-19 Mainstage Series of Acting, Dance, Musical Theatre and Opera
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March 21, 2018
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) will present eight masterworks spanning the spectrum of the theatre arts during its
2018-19 Mainstage Series of Acting, Dance, Musical Theatre and Opera
. Running from
October 2018
through
April 2019
, these productions will showcase the phenomenal talent and polished professionalism of CCMs young performers, designers and media artists.
This seasons Mainstage Series includes classic and contemporary musicals with Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows and Jo Swerlings Guys and Dolls and Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz and Peter Parnells The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the best of comedic and dramatic acting with Nikolai Gogols The Government Inspector and Timberlake Wertenbakers Our Countrys Good, great operas from master composers with Benjamin Brittens The Turn of the Screw and W.A. Mozarts La Clemenza di Tito, and innovative dance programs that include a mixed repertoire concert of Birthday Variations and a fully-staged story ballet production of Prokofievs Cinderella.
The complete
2018-19 Mainstage Series lineup is listed below. Additional information is available at Cincinnati.com. Titles and dates are subject
to change rights pending. For the most current calendar of events, please
visit us online at ccm.uc.edu.
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THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the
original by Nikolai Gogol
Richard E. Hess, director
When the
locals in a small Russian hamlet learn that an undercover government inspector
is coming for a surprise visit, a case of mistaken identity sends the whole
village spiraling into a world of panic and greed. Part farce, part slapstick
and wholly entertaining, this timely and spirited adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's
classic play exposes the corruption of a provincial town with biting hilarity.
Performance
Dates: Oct. 3
(preview), Oct. 4-7, 2018
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
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GUYS AND DOLLS
Book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Based on The Idyll of Sarah Brown and characters by Damon Runyon
Diane Lala, director and choreographer
Roger Grodsky, musical director
Set in
Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is the perfect
musical comedy. Nathan Detroit is a gambler trying to find the cash to set up
the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck. Meanwhile,
his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they've been
engaged for 14 years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler Sky Masterson for the
dough, and Sky ends up chasing straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown as a
result. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the
cafés of Havana, Cuba and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually
everyone ends up right where they belong.
Performance
Dates: Oct. 19 and
21, Oct. 26-27, 2018
Note: A special gala performance of Guys and Dolls will be presented on
Saturday, Oct. 20, in honor of CCM Musical Theatres 50th anniversary;
special pricing applies.
Location:
Corbett Auditorium
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THE TURN OF THE SCREW
Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after a story by Henry James
Aik Khai Pung, conductor
Vince DeGeorge,
director
Based on
Henry James classic ghost-story novella, Brittens compelling chamber opera
presents the story of a governess charged with the care of two orphaned
children at their absentee uncles country estate, where the ghosts of a former
valet and his lover haunt the grounds. With a blend of 12-tone techniques,
arresting motifs and stirring lyricism, the action moves with incredible
fluidity, creating a chilling tale of sexual repression and the corruption of
innocence. For mature audiences.
Performance Dates: Nov. 15-18, 2018
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
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BIRTHDAY VARIATIONS
Jiang Qi, director
CCM Dance
showcases an array of classic and contemporary works restaged and choreographed
by CCM Dance faculty members. The thrilling highlight of the evening is Birthday Variations, originally
choreographed by Gerald Arpino, former Artistic Director of the Joffrey Ballet,
to music by Giuseppe Verdi. Birthday
Variations is presented by arrangement with the Gerald Arpino and Robert
Joffrey Foundation.
Performance
Dates: Dec. 6-9,
2018
Location:
Patricia Corbett
Theater
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OUR COUNTRYS GOOD
By Timberlake Wertenbaker
Based on the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally
Susan Felder, director
Set in Botany Bay in 1789, Our
Countrys Good is a darkly comedic tale based on the true story of
Australias first theatrical performance. A marine lieutenant decides to put on
a play to celebrate the kings birthday. He casts the play with convicts who
populate an Australian prison camp. Few of them can read, let alone act, and
the play is produced against a background of food shortages and barbaric prison
punishments. Our Countrys Good is as
an inspiring tribute to the transforming power of drama. For mature audiences.
Performance
Dates: Feb. 13
(preview), Feb. 14-17, 2019
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Book by Peter Parnell
Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney film
Originally developed by Disney Theatrical Productions
Aubrey Berg, director
Stephen Goers, musical director
Katie Johannigman, choreographer
Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney
animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre
Dame begins as bells sound through the famed cathedral in fifteenth-century
Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer, observes all of Paris reveling in
the Feast of Fools, but he is held captive by his devious caretaker, the
archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo. He escapes for the day and joins the boisterous
crowd, only to be treated cruelly by all but the beautiful gypsy, Esmeralda.
Quasimodo isnt the only one captivated by her free spirit, though the
handsome Captain Phoebus and Frollo are equally enthralled. As the three vie
for her attention, Frollo embarks on a mission to destroy the gypsies and its
up to Quasimodo to save them all. Parental discretion is advised. Victor Hugos novel contains mature
themes and situations, which may be distressing for young viewers.
Performance
Dates: March 7-10, 2019
Location: Corbett Auditorium
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LA CLEMENZA DI TITO
(THE CLEMENCY OF TITUS)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Caterino Mazzolà
Jiannan Cheng, conductor
Robin Guarino, director
Mozarts
last opera seria displays some of his most memorable and marvelous arias! The
story centers on Roman emperor Titus (Tito) who must choose a wife, but is
unable to find a suitable match. In his search for an empress, Tito narrowly
avoids an assassination plot instigated by his best friend Sesto and the former
emperors daughter, Vitellia, who wants the throne for herself. Caught between
his duty and his heart, the emperor must choose whether to rule with mercy or
with an iron fist.
Performance
Dates: April 12-14,
2019
Location:
Corbett Auditorium
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CINDERELLA
Deirdre Carberry and Michael Tevlin, co-directors
Celebrate
springs arrival with a fully staged fairytale ballet. A poor girl wishes to
escape the authoritarian rule of her evil stepmother and stepsisters, so her
fairy godmother gives her a ticket to the ball! The girl meets Prince Charming
and they fall in love, but she vanishes when the clock strikes midnight. Set to
music by Sergei Prokofiev, Cinderella
is known for its jubilant melodies, lush scenery and graceful retelling of the
timeless romance by Charles Perrault.
Performance
Dates: April 26-28,
2019
Location:
Patricia Corbett
Theater
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Mainstage Series Subscriptions
The 2018-19
CCM Mainstage Series of Acting, Musical Theatre, Opera and Dance productions
includes subscription packages for combinations of Eight Shows, Six Shows, Four Shows or Three Shows. Newly streamlined subscription packages make this
process easier than ever before. Simply choose your shows and select whether
you want seats in Section A (the
best views) or Section B (the lowest
prices)!
Renewal subscriptions
are on sale now with packages ranging in price from $78-$176. Subscribers to
CCM's 2017-18 Mainstage Series can receive priority access to seating by
renewing their subscriptions by May 1, 2018.
Subscription
packages for new subscribers go on sale May
2, 2018, with packages ranging in price from $81-$192.
Single
tickets go on sale beginning Sept. 10,
2018, but subscribing is the only way to guarantee your seats and your
savings for CCMs Mainstage Series!
To order
subscriptions, contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 or boxoff@uc.edu.
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CCM
Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Mainstage
Season Production Sponsor: Macys
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