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The Boy Band Diaries – Our 10th Anniversary Spectacular – Sep 13, 2025
The Boy Band Diaries – NO PROMISES Tenth Anniversary Spectacular
feat. The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Boogie Band
Saturday, September 13, 2025, 8:00pm
Reserved Seating – $36 – $46 – Purchase Tickets Here
Two-time “Best of Cincinnati” winners NO PROMISES Vocal Band celebrate their tenth anniversary and a century of male tight harmony singing in a concert featuring the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra Boogie Band and more than a dozen past NO PROMISES singers in the beautifully restored Art Deco splendor of Oakley’s 20th Century Theater. Originating from a 2021 mini-tour collaboration between NO PROMISES and the KSO, Boy Band Diaries includes favorites by early recording groups The Ink Spots and the Hi Los, Motown groups including The Temptations and The Jackson Five, classic pop and rock groups like the Eagles and Crosby, Stills & Nash; and, of course, 90s boy bands including Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees and *NSYNC.
The group’s core lineup is anchored by two original NO PROMISES members: Broadway veteran (MARY POPPINS, A CHORUS LINE) and clinical psychologist Dr. David Baum, and Northern Kentucky University voice instructor and Director of Cincinnati’s Memorial Hall Joshua Steele. It also includes noted former restauranteur and international barbershop quartet champion Nat Comisar, Cincinnati’s St. Xavier High School choral director Joey Pace, Xavier University Bellarmine Chapel associate music director Chancellor Waye, therapist and multi-instrumentalist Kaeden Kass and WLWT Executive Producer Buck Hinman. Full individual bios available here.
Joining the performance are twelve former NO PROMISES members and guest artists from the group’s decade of music making:
- Noah Berry (New York, NY) – Professional actor and multi-instrumentalist; national tours of SPAMALOT and BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY; noah-berry.com
- Matt Croy (Findlay, OH) – Property manager and longtime a cappella singer
- Jeff Grooms (Cold Spring, KY) – Longtime May Festival Chorus singer, founding member of NO PROMISES
- Charlie Harper (Cincinnati) – Screen and stage actor, IT professional, founding NO PROMISES member
- Ken Holdt (Cincinnati) – Director of Sycamore High School choirs, Director of Worship & Music at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
- Kyle Karnes (New York, NY) – Web studio owner and longtime a cappella singer
- Deondra Means (Cincinnati) – Beloved actor and playwright, arts educator at Ensemble Theater Cincinnati
- Paul Phillips (Phoenix, AZ) – IT professional and avid vocalist
- Michael Robertson (Columbus, OH) – School district administrator, former choir director and multi-instrumentalist
- Ryan Strand (Cincinnati) – Broadway veteran, national tours of JERSEY BOYS and ALTAR BOYZ; Senior Director of Marketing for ArtsWave
- Corey Tucker (Cincinnati) – In-demand Greater Cincinnati singer-songwriter and worship leader, whose vocals have been described as “smooth, rich, classic and soulful;” iamcoreytucker.com
- Schyler Vargas (Chicago, IL) – Professional opera singer with credits at Houston Grand Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis and The Glimmerglass Festival; dubbed “superb” by the New York Stage Review and a “powerful baritone” by the Washington Post; schylervargas.com