http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Our arts critics share impressions, analysis, news and reviews of theater, music, dance and visual arts events happening in Dayton, Ohio and the greater Miami Valley. We'll give you our call, you give us yours. en-us tmorris@coxohio.com 2009-11-20T17:01:55-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/20/oac_leader_gets_national_post.html Ohio Arts Council Executive Director Julie S. Henahan has been elected to the board of directors of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. She is one of five new members appointed for three-year terms beginning in 2010. The NASAA... 15795003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Arts News 2009-11-20T17:01:55-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/18/young_actor_to_be_seen_in_priv.html Joey Luthman, 12, who got his start in Dayton area theater and has racked up roles in more than two dozen independent films, will appear in the Thursday, Nov. 19, episode of the television series “Private Practice” (10 p.m. ABC).... 15762203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Theater 2009-11-18T18:01:52-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/18/new_lebanon_actor_stars_on_bro.html New Lebanon native Todd Gearhart, who made his Broadway in October as a cast member of the revival of the musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” played the show’s leading male role during performances on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 17 and 18.... 15753603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Theater 2009-11-18T10:30:56-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/17/bio_series_to_feature_zapp_and.html The 1980s Dayton soul/’funk band Zapp and Roger will be featured at 8 p.m. Nov. 22 in the biographical series “Unsung” on the cable/satellite television network TV One (TMC channel 217). The series about musicians, singers and groups that fell... 15745003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Music - Popular 2009-11-17T15:41:33-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/13/dayton_scores_state_arts_honor.html Two male-female duos from the Dayton area have been chosen winners of Ohio’s 2010 Governor’s Awards for the Arts. Human Race Theatre Company leaders Kevin Moore and Marsha Hanna of Dayton were named in the arts administrator category. Jim and... 15691403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Arts News 2009-11-13T11:28:18-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/11/play_depicts_jesus_apostles_as.html “Hair” with nude hippies is one thing. Jesus and the disciples as homosexuals is another. That’s the next attraction at the Dayton Playhouse, where the Terrence McNally play “Corpus Christi” opens Friday, Nov. 13. The drama depicts Jesus (named Joshua)... 15662103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Theater 2009-11-11T10:53:00-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/11/new_moon_ticket_sales_in_orbit.html Shane Wright was a concession stand clerk the last time a midnight showing sold out at Showcase Huber Heights. “It was Star Wars II” (2002), Wright said. Now the theater’s manager, he reported on Tuesday, Nov. 11, that the 12:01... 15652703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Film 2009-11-11T06:59:51-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/06/win_tickets_to_the_nutcracker.html Children can win free tickets to the Dayton Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ by entering a coloring contest. Dayton Ballet and WHIO-TV are sponsoring the Sugar Plum Fairy Coloring Contest in conjunction with Dayton Ballet’s The Nutcracker which returns to the Benjamin... 15594503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Dance 2009-11-06T18:01:10-04:00 kmargolis@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/05/air_force_band_to_play_for_vet.html The U.S. Air Force Band of Flight will present a “War in Remembrance” concert Nov. 6 and 7 in honor of Veterans Day. The performances will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Modern Flight Gallery of the National Museum of... 15564203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Events 2009-11-05T13:22:56-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/04/200_kids_sought_for_oz_musical.html Youth tryouts for roles as munchkins and flying monkeys in local performances of a touring production of “Oz: The Musical” will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, and 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel,... 15549103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Theater 2009-11-04T15:09:04-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/04/cedar_point_seeks_talent_at_ws_1.html Talent scouts from Cedar Point amusement park will seek entertainers and technicians during auditions from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Wright State University. Location is Room T251 in the Creative Arts Center. Singers, dancers, musicians, stage... 15548503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Theater 2009-11-04T14:51:21-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/02/kings_island_wants_entertainer.html You won’t have to ride a roller coaster to land a job at Kings Island next season. You will have to audition. Tryouts and interviews for prospective singers, dancers, entertainers, costumed Peanuts characters, costumers, sound operators, lighting operators and stage... 15509903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Dance 2009-11-02T15:38:37-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/11/02/keith_urban_coming_to_country.html Keith Urban is the first artist to commit to perform at Country Concert at Hickory Hill Lakes in July 2010. Urban will play in a Saturday night slot, designated for the headliners of the concert. The rest of the lineup... 15504603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Music - Country 2009-11-02T11:10:09-04:00 kmargolis@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/10/30/ballet_offers_sobering_hallowe.html There’s nothing pink about the Dayton Ballet’s program “Tales from the Shadows.” Dark as a raven’s feathers is more like it. The double dance-drama premiere that opened the company’s 72nd season Thursday, Oct. 29, took inspiration from literature — stories... 15473403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Dance 2009-10-30T12:01:44-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/entries/2009/10/30/wicked_tickets_do_brisk_busine.html The Victoria Theatre Association did well over a half-million dollars in business Friday, Oct. 30, on the first day of ticket sales for the local premiere of the musical “Wicked.” As of mid-afternoon, $425,000 worth of tickets had been sold... 15471603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/artsandentertainment/ Theater 2009-10-30T09:10:33-04:00 tmorris@coxohio.com