CenterPoint’s 9 TO 5 is relevant for women today
CENTERVILLE — 9 to 5 is a musical that debuted on Broadway in 2009 and is based upon the 1980’s movie of the same name. Music and lyrics are by…
Strangers, suicide, and success in AN INSPECTOR CALLS
CENTERVILLE — As I sat in my seat, the audience members and I were anxiously waiting for the lights to dim for the beginning of a piece of theatre that…
History comes alive in CenterPoint’s 1776
CENTERVILLE — A musical that so often gets poor reviews for being too tedious has become an exciting live history course on the beginning of American independence in 1776 at…
Feel empowered with CenterPoint’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS
CENTERVILLE — Every once and a while, there comes a piece of theatre that is poignant and comedic at the same time. When that show is found, you can’t help…
Anything can happen in CenterPoint’s MARY POPPINS
CENTERVILLE — A classic adaptation from the silver screen in 1964, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins debuted on Broadway in 2004. Not only does the stage adaptation include a…
Wait until CURTAINS has dropped the curtain
CENTERVILLE — Curtains is a fun show about a musical within a musical. The audience finds itself in the theatre watching the closing scene of the fictional play Robbin’ Hood…
UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE in 2015
At the end of every year at UTBA we collect our members’ thoughts on the excellent shows they have seen that year. And for the fifth year in a row,…
Hey! Unto you is staged THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER at CenterPoint
CENTERVILLE — There is something unavoidably self-referential about The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Watching a community theatre production of a play about producing a play that involves herding large numbers…
AIDA in Centerville is elaborate & lively
CENTERVILLE — The production of Aida at Centerpoint Legacy Theatre in Centerville is a refreshing delight, with plenty of heart and enough surprises to keep me on the edge of…
A fragile, but not broken, GLASS MENAGERIE in Centerville
CENTERVILLE — The distinctive American voice of Tennessee Williams was first heard on the stage seven decades ago. In that time, the eccentric playwright has been known for his tragic…