Mar 29 Arts and Culture Louisville Students Stage Script Readings About School Shootings Commonwealth Theatre Center students staged a reading of a new collection of short plays — each written in response to a different school shooting in the United States. By Ashlie Stevens Mar 29 Arts and Culture Louisville Students Stage Script Readings About School Shootings Ashlie Stevens
Mar 17 Arts and Culture Review: Poignant ‘God Said This’ Points Us To Look For What’s Unsaid In Daily Life The story is about a family fulfilling a schedule to be at the hospital bedside of the family matriarch, as she undergoes chemotherapy for an aggressive cancer. By Elizabeth Kramer Mar 17 Arts and Culture ‘God Said This’ Points Us To Look For What's Unsaid In Daily Life Elizabeth Kramer
Feb 5 Arts and Culture Review: For Yamato Drummers Of Japan, Drumming Is Full-Body Art The current tour of the Yamato Drummers of Japan swept into the Brown Theatre on Saturday. with an eight-member ensemble. By Kathi E.B. Ellis Feb 5 Arts and Culture Review: For Yamato Drummers Of Japan, Drumming Is Full-Body Art Kathi E.B. Ellis
Feb 1 Five Things Five Things: Magic And The Sunny Side Of The Bay With Brett Schneider This week’s guest is a performer who specializes in hiding what he’s actually doing onstage -- and directing your attention elsewhere. By Tara Anderson Feb 1 Five Things Five Things: Magic And The Sunny Side Of The Bay With Brett Schneider Tara Anderson
Jan 28 Arts and Culture Commonwealth Theatre Company Tackles Refugee Crisis In ‘Trojan Women’ “There’s just nothing we could do right now that could be more relevant to me than this play,” says director Hallie Dizdarevic. By Ashlie Stevens Jan 28 Arts and Culture Commonwealth Theatre Company Tackles Refugee Crisis In 'Trojan Women' Ashlie Stevens
Jan 25 Arts and Culture Review: ‘Chicago’ Spectacle Still Resonates In Today’s America Before Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” hit Broadway, no show seemed more staunchly American than “Chicago.” It opened Tuesday at the Kentucky Center. By Elizabeth Kramer Jan 25 Arts and Culture Review: 'Chicago' Spectacle Still Resonates In Today's America Elizabeth Kramer
Jan 7 Arts and Culture Bunbury Theatre Collaborates On Jewish ‘Identity Theatre’ Project Louisville’s Bunbury Theatre Company and the Chicago-based Shpiel Performing Identity have teamed up to explore Jewish and other ethnic identities in Louisville. By Ashlie Stevens Jan 7 Arts and Culture Bunbury Theatre Collaborates On Jewish 'Identity Theatre' Project Ashlie Stevens
Nov 6 Arts and Culture Kentucky Shakespeare Announces Winter Library Tour Kentucky Shakespeare and the Louisville Free Public Library are partnering to bring Shakespeare to all 18 area public libraries. By Ashlie Stevens Nov 6 Arts and Culture Kentucky Shakespeare Announces Winter Library Tour Ashlie Stevens
Jul 31 Arts and Culture Kentucky Shakespeare Serves 100,000 This Season Over the past four years attendance for the annual summer series has skyrocketed, and this year the company posted record-breaking numbers. By Ashlie Stevens Jul 31 Arts and Culture Kentucky Shakespeare Serves 100,000 This Season Ashlie Stevens
Jun 16 Arts and Culture Et Tu, Louisville Dramatists? The Trickle Down Of ‘Caesar’ And Trump Could collective outrage about a modern-day “Caesar” tamp down speech or discourage artistic choices that verge on the political? By Ashlie Stevens Jun 16 Arts and Culture Et Tu, Louisville Dramatists? The Trickle Down Of 'Caesar' And Trump Ashlie Stevens
Jun 2 Arts and Culture 1 Part Improv + 1 Part Shakespeare = Late Night Shakes It starts with a three-word prompt: an occupation, a gerund (quick grammar refresher: that’s an action verb that ends in "i-n-g") and a world city. By Ashlie Stevens Jun 2 Arts and Culture 1 Part Improv + 1 Part Shakespeare = Late Night Shakes Ashlie Stevens
May 31 Arts and Culture Here’s The New Look Of Kentucky Shakespeare Matt Wallace leaps onto the Kentucky Shakespeare stage and lands on a patch of Astroturf. He gestures toward the tree line of Central Park. By Ashlie Stevens May 31 Arts and Culture Here's The New Look Of Kentucky Shakespeare Ashlie Stevens
May 3 Arts and Culture Audio Postcard: What Shakespeare Means To Commonwealth Theatre Center This month, Commonwealth Theatre Center will become the first youth acting company in the country to complete the full canon of Shakespeare's plays. By Ashlie Stevens May 3 Arts and Culture Listen: What Shakespeare Means To Commonwealth Theatre Center Ashlie Stevens
Apr 9 Arts and Culture Review: Dark And Unsettling, ‘Recent Alien Abductions’ Is Worth It It's ultimately a very human story about what happens when you can no longer recognize your family as fellow humans. By Tara Anderson Apr 9 Arts and Culture Review: Dark And Unsettling,'Recent Alien Abductions' Is Worth It Tara Anderson
Apr 7 Arts and Culture Review: ‘AIRNESS’ Finds The Sublime In The Ridiculous Drunken nerds who can't play actual music, pretending to be rock stars, jumping all over a tiny stage in the back of some grimy bar? By Tara Anderson Apr 7 Arts and Culture Review: 'AIRNESS' Finds The Sublime In The Ridiculous Tara Anderson