Columbus Civic Theater

We went to see a Christmas carol. I don’t know much about theater but we had a great time. It was affordable and the set and costumes were simple and allowed me and my young daughter to focus on the story.

Don’t judge this little theater by its outside because it was charming. We saw «A Christmas Carol» and it was a really good production. The actors did an excellent job! They had such good diction, I didn’t miss a word! The theater only sits about 50 people and the seats large and comfortable. They served us free hot chocolate and cookies too. I’m definitely going to try to see another play and you should go too!

Yep, still a blight. Trash in the parking lot — the same broken pallets stacked up against the building.
How difficult is it to get a pickup truck out there to take your crap to a dumpster?

For all of my years I have lived within a ten minute drive of where the Columbus Civic Theater is located. I can’t remember all the businesses that have been in that one location, and in that one modest building. There have been many.
I like to find live, wholesome entertainment not located on the beaten path. For example; I have seen ballerina Marta Beckett perform on stage in the California ghost town of Death Valley Junction. Look that one up on the Net. And now I have been to the Columbus Civic Theater.
Partly because of the building’s simple exterior, I stepped into the theater half expecting steel, folding chairs for patrons, and Home Depot-​purchased flood lights for stage illumination. But every one of the 49 seats were fixed, padded, and comfortable, and the lights looked like actual overhead, stage lights. The stage, and the props on it, were nothing fancy, but there’s really no way these things could have been much better. Everything looked surprisingly professional.
The play I saw was Drama At Inish a comedy. I thought the performances were very good but for people who are entertained by TV and high tech movies, a small stage play is something of an acquired taste. There are no car chases, or physical chases of any kind, there are no explosions. It is all dialogue and behavioral nuances. Personally, I found the play entertaining, but not hugely funny. Drama At Inish is an Irish play that was both written, and set in 1933. I think some of the humor was lost in the cultural translation, not to mention the 80 years of social change that has gone on. Still, it comes through; the play’s whimsical premise of stage plays negatively influencing the local unsophisticated, naïve townfolk.
The evening was very much an enjoyable experience. The Columbus Civic Theater is a positive, worthwhile enterprise, and I really hope it gets its hooks into the community and becomes a fixture in the area for a long time to come.

My husband and I spent the weekend in Columbus to celebrate our anniversary. We usually go to the Lacomedia Dinner Theatre in Dayton but we opted for something different. It was different than I anticipated. It was quite small. In fact we passed it up twice looking for it. We loved the performance! The actors were all wonderful! The advantage of it being small is that everything was up close and you could hear everything so well. It was our first experience watching a Shakespeare play (twelfth night) so I’m glad we could hear it because It was hard enough to understand. But the acting was so good I think I would have enjoyed it had it been in a foreign language, which I guess it sort of was since I really don’t understand Shakespeare. We enjoyed ourselves very much!!! I would love to come back som

I’m a bit biased – I’ve been in two productions here – but when I’ve attended as an audience member, I have a great time. The seats are movie theater seats, so they are very comfortable. Coffee, tea, and water, along with light refreshments, are available at intermission. The theater is handicapped accessible.
The Civic is devoted to doing important works of world theater. Every year contains a Shakespeare production in the summer, and a musical revue, along with a mix of comedies and dramas throughout the year. There is always something onstage! If you’re a fan of live theater, I highly recommend you check out their current offerings.

I can’t for the life of me figure out who Richard below thinks I am, but I am not currently nor have I ever been a performer (unless you count me rockin’ the clarinet in high school band). I also am wondering why, in my alleged attempts to RUIN your business with a «poor» review, would I give you three stars rather than one? Must be part of my crazy, diabolical master plan, I guess. Not to mention, it would be pretty hard to be working for a competing theater seeing as I haven’t been unfortunate enough to have lived in Ohio for over a year and a half.
Anyways, let me reiterate to angry Richard, who has been unable to take constructive criticism about the temperature being too low (read the review above mine to see I’m not the only one with that complaint!), that a three-​star review is not bad!
Further, I’m not married, didn’t arrive in an expensive car (unless you are impressed by a 5 year old Nissan — ooooh!), and I was with a group of 3 other people.
Get your facts straight instead of attacking an honest and non-​ranting 3 star review!
PS please send me a link to my supposed performances at a competing theater so I can add my new-​found talents to my resume!