Columbus Theatre Takes Center Stage

There is no doubt that the age of the internet has presented new challenges for the performing arts. The digital world, with all of its quick-jump editing and highly compressed, rapidly changing forms of storytelling, does little to nurture the aesthetics of, let alone the attention span required for, longer forms of narrative.

But thespians of Central Ohio seem to have plenty of energy and ideas to bring out new audiences and demonstrate the reasons the ancient art form of live theatre has always endured. Look through the event listings for any given weekend and you’ll find that the current theatrical landscape of Columbus is gifted with a concentration of small and mid-sized companies, older and newer, that have passionate and diverse missions.

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