Shadowbox Live

Back to the Garden Returns to the Columbus Commons for One Night Only

shadowboxlive — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:46:09 +0000

For the fourth year in a row, Shadowbox Live, in partnership with the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation, brings its original smash hit musical documentary, Back to the Garden to the Columbus Commons for a free performance for the whole community on Sunday, May 26th at 8:30 PM. “We’re so pleased the community has latched on [...]

STEM Students Ready to Rock the ‘Box!

shadowboxlive — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:50:23 +0000

Shadowbox Live and STEM high school students are making final preparations for Monday evening’s performance of STEM Rocks the ‘Box, at The Shadowbox Live building, 503 S. Front Street at 7 PM. After only two weeks of rehearsal time, 35 students from local STEM schools Metro High School, Columbus Africentric, Linden McKinley and West High [...]

Shadowbox Academy Accepting Applications for Summer Boot Camp

shadowboxlive — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:58:06 +0000

Plans are in full swing for The Shadowbox Academy’s Summer Boot Camp, a three-week arts intensive program for high school and early college students ages 15-21. Your child’s chance to be a part of this one of kind opportunity is rapidly approaching, with auditions being held on April 13th and May 18th at The Shadowbox [...]

Underland Hits Goal on Kickstarter!

shadowboxlive — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:54:46 +0000

On January 29^th, with a whole three days left in the fundraising push, Shadowbox Live’s next original musical Underland blew past its fundraising goal on Kickstarter.com! Shadowbox Live turned to Kickstarter.com on Wedensday, January 16, setting a target of raising $16,500 for Underland in a little over two weeks on the popular “all or nothing” fundraising site. As of Wednesday afternoon, donors have pledged $17,333 in support of what is now a highly anticipated production.

Shadowbox Live Plans New Musical, and Needs Your Help!

shadowboxlive — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:36:25 +0000

In recent years, Shadowbox Live has produced an array of award winning original musicals: 2008’s Tabloid, the widely popular Back to the Garden from 2009, and last year’s groundbreaking Burlesque de Voyage. This spring, Shadowbox Live is proud to announce another original premier, the musical Underland! And for the first time ever, audiences have an opportunity to have a direct hand in taking the production to the next level by supporting Underland on the website, Kickstarter.

Creative partnerships help groups thrive in leaner times

shadowboxlive — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:57:11 +0000

Michael Grossberg, The Columbus Dispatch

“We can’t continue to do business as usual if we’re going to survive,” said Stev Guyer, president of Shadowbox Live. “If arts groups continue to each live within their own divided houses, we will fall.”

It’s Gonna Be Dirty, Sexy and Funny at Shadowbox Live

shadowboxlive — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:14:41 +0000

On October 30th, it’s getting even dirtier, sexier, and funnier than usual at the Shadowbox Live building, 503 S. Front Street. Making a special stand-up appearance is the man Joan Rivers calls “The Second Funniest Woman in comedy”: Tony Tripoli! In addition to writing for Joan Rivers, Tripoli has appeared on hit TV shows such [...]

Opera Columbus Announces OPERA CABERET Collaboration with Shadowbox Live

shadowboxlive — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:19:49 +0000

By BWW News Desk, BroadwayWorld.com Opera Columbus and Shadowbox Live have collaborated to create Opera Cabaret, an innovative, new program designed to take opera out of a traditional theatre setting and transform it into an immersive, interactive, and highly accessible experience in a casual environment. Opera Cabaret is designed to appeal to audiences aged 21-40, [...]

Review: Burlesque de Voyage at Shadowbox Live

shadowboxlive — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:35:48 +0000

Jackie Mantey, Columbus Alive

"Surprisingly, the best part about Shadowbox Live's new show, "Burlesque de Voyage," is not the scenes in which beautiful women dance in their lacy black underwear. The real panty-dropper is the delivery of the show's awesomely written, gratuitous sex puns."

Burlesque reborn on Wednesdays, Thursdays

shadowboxlive — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:36:51 +0000

Richard Ades, The Other Paper

"To borrow a comparison from the burlesque era, it’s like a box of Cracker Jack that’s filled with stale candy and a really big, nifty prize."

Review: Burlesque de Voyage

shadowboxlive — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:56:16 +0000

Rick Brown, NakedSunfish.com

"This is a great show that will keep getting better. It is unlike any other show, musicals included, that I have seen the troupe perform. Burlesque de Voyage is a well crafted tribute; entertaining, sexy and funny."

Show expands Shadowbox’s impressive repertoire

shadowboxlive — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:51:35 +0000

Margaret Quamme, The Columbus Dispatch

"Shadowbox Live’s dazzling new show, Burlesque de Voyage, takes the company’s familiar ingredients and transforms them into an elegantly structured new piece that works on level after level. "

Theatre Review: Burlesque de Voyage

shadowboxlive — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:54:58 +0000

Halie Williams, Columbus Underground

"...scenes were thoroughly entertaining and the show balanced between slightly humorous, dramatic and also seductive. However, this is unlike any show Shadowbox Live has done before. "

Shadowbox Live Hit Musical to the Columbus Commons This Summer

shadowboxlive — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:38:26 +0000

Shadowbox Live’s original musical documentary about the Woodstock Festival, Back to the Garden was the troupe’s most popular musical to date. It was extended multiple times, running for an entire year and touching thousands of people with its message of peace and love. A special one night, outdoor performance brought 3500 people to Schiller Park [...]

‘Reefer Madness’ by Shadowbox Live

shadowboxlive — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:33:14 +0000

Dwayne Steward, Queer Corner

"The Shadowbox Live cast nails the musical’s over-the-top innuendo and period attitudes. Barrow and Horton are a perfect duo and the leading couple."

High School Students Rocked the House at Shadowbox Live!

shadowboxlive — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:19:27 +0000

For the last four years, Shadowbox Live has been dedicated to supplementing the curriculum of local public high school students with a healthy dose of arts education . . . Shadowbox Live-style! This past Monday night, 35 area students showed off what they’d learned in the fourth installment of STEM Rocks the ‘Box! “This year [...]

Getting Addicted is Easy at Shadowbox Live’s REEFER MADNESS

shadowboxlive — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:23:33 +0000

Lisa Norris, BroadwayWorld.com

"Shadowbox has an insanely good ensemble who continue to amaze me as they not only wait tables pre-show, but are so phenomenally talented that they are truly addictive. If you have not taken in a Shadowbox Live show, REEFER MADNESS is a wonderful way to get hooked."

NakedSunfish: Reefer Madness

shadowboxlive — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:20:28 +0000

Rick Brown, NakedSunfish.com

"Shadowbox Live’s Reefer Madness is a splendid showcase. The troupe really knows how to command the stage in ensemble. This performance is a sum of all its parts. Ms. Psenicka’s choreography and staging, Kaitlin Descutner’s costume design, the music, the actors, everyone behind the scenes, fueled by Julie Klein’s lovably childlike smart-ass direction … "

Campy musical has a pot-centered plot

shadowboxlive — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:06:04 +0000

Richard Ades, The Other Paper

"If there’s any justice in the world, Reefer Madness will pull in three times as many viewers as recent local productions of Evil Dead: The Musical. The spoof of the classic anti-drug film is at least three times as funny and tuneful as that inexplicably popular gorefest."

Review: Reefer Madness at Shadowbox Live

shadowboxlive — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:02:06 +0000

Todd LaPlace, Columbus Alive

"Goofy, lighthearted and completely off-kilter, “Reefer Madness” has all the makings of a smash hit for Shadowbox Live."