The seven-time Tony-winning hit, "The Wiz," is back with a brand new tour the first in 40 years! The soul, gospel, funk, and R&B-fused reimagining of Frank L. Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" is taking to the road on the second leg of its tour in a brand new production directed by Schele Williams, presenting William F. Brown and Charlie Smalls' vibrant musical for the 21st century. With additional material by Amber Ruffin and choreography by Jaquel Knight, join Dorothy, Toto, Tinman, Scarecrow, and Lion as they boogie down the Yellow Brick Road in search of heart, knowledge, courage, and home!

Still going strong after two incredible decades, this Tony Award-winning extravaganza will delight, enthral and bring out your inner cub. Based on the 1994 Disney movie, The Lion King incorporates several changes and additions to the storyline as compared to the film, making for a whole new experience, suitable for everyone in the family. Touring across the country, don't miss your chance to see this Disney masterpiece!

Richard Strauss's fierce heroine Salome is presented by the Cincinnati Opera in this extraordinary production at the Springer Auditorium. Starring Kathryn Lewek as the titular Princess, and conducted by Robert Spano, Salome is a debauched carnival of high drama, knife-edge tension and intensity that culminates in one of opera's most famous dances.

First premiered in Paris in 1875, George Bizet's Carmen has come to be regarded as one of the artform's greatest achievements. The ultimate tale of the femme fatale and how her ruthless behaviour leads those around her astray, Ramon Tebar conducts this Paul Curran-directed production featuring a stellar cast including J'Nai Bridges as the titular Carmen!

There was a time when we all wished to be stolen by a goblin king wearing impossibly tight trousers, and this year that opportunity has finally come! David Bowie will appear once more on the silver screen, backed by a live band as he serenades you about the babe with the power and magic dances, accompanied by a host of Jim Henson's Creature Shop puppets. Don't forget to practice juggling those iconic crystal balls, you don't want to let the Goblin King down as Labryinth in Concert comes to a city near you!

The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company are bringing Charles Fuller's extraordinary Pulitzer Prize-winning drama to life at the Otto M Budig Theater next February. Focusing on a brutal murder on a segregated Army base during the Second World War, A Soldier's Play is a searing exploration of the insidious nature of racism and prejudice.