It's taken more than 15 years for the theater to rebuild from its high of 20,142 in the 1983-84 season. There are a lot of personal bests to celebrate the season. Ensemble is giddy with its highest numbers ever at 1,350 subscribers. The closest they've ever come previously was 1,100 five years ago. Cincinnati Shakespeare is expecting to reach the 1,000 mark by the end of this season.
Attendance is through the roof for everybody.
Playhouse has extended Sanders Family Christmas through Jan. 9, making the nine-week run its longest ever. In order to accommodate all its theatergoers, Playhouse added two preview performances for Shelterhouse shows at the beginning of the season. Now it's adding a 7 p.m. preview for all remaining Marx Theatre shows, starting Jan. 16 with Last Night of Ballyhoo. Cincinnati Shakespeare sold out eight of its final 10 performances of Waiting for Godot in November and is enjoying full houses for The Comedy of Errors with several sold-out performances. The one series whose numbers are down is the Broadway Series.