

‘Trapped In A Box’ wins League of Cincinnati Theatre Award for Outstanding Solo Performance
The 2012 Cincinnati Fringe is one for the record books. Attendance was up almost 7% with total attendance of nearly 7,700. As reported early, Saturday, June 2nd had the highest single day attendance in nine years of 1,100. From my experience, this year’s festival was also the best to date. Well-organized and well-run, this year’s festival chugged along like a well-oiled machine. Congratulations to everyone involved for a great job. Here is the list of LCT Awards announced las


‘Clybourne Park’ wins 2012 Tony Award for Best Play
by KENNETH JONES, Playbill.com Clybourne Park, the dark comedy about race and real estate, and Once, the Dublin-set musical that uses actor-musicians to tell its love story, were named Best Play and Best Musical, respectively, at the 2012 Tony Awards ceremony on June 10. The 66th annual awards that celebrate excellence in the Broadway theatre were held at the Beacon Theatre (technically not a Broadway house) on the Upper West Side. Revivals of Arthur Miller's Death of a Sales


Critic’s Pick! ‘Trapped In A Box’ (Recommended)
The box Audrey is trapped in is a theater box office, and she is the voice on the phone. Audrey’s calling is indeed the theater, but her goal is the stage itself, not selling tickets to the audience. I personally will never ever be rude on the phone again after listening to Audrey fend off idiots and their close cousins. This funny exercise in frustration was written by Casey Pilkenton, who also plays Audrey and recorded all the various voices of those who call. Kimberly Fait