Go to the theatre--a list of late winter theatre offerings
Here’s a partial list of what’s on the boards for March and April in some of the Cleveland area theatres.
Blank Canvas Theatre
1305 West 78th Street (78th Street Studios)
March 16th- April 1st (Friday-Sunday performances)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The classic tale of George and Lennie, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression.
For information and tickets: www.blankcanvastheatre.com
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Actor’s Summit
Tickets” 330-374-7568
103 High Street, Sixth Floor, Akron
A GIRL’S GUIDE TO COFFEE
February 23-March 11
Cleveland Playwright Eric Coble’s take on a barista whose creations elevate the humble bean to unknown heights.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
March 29-April 22
Oscar Wilde’s laugh filled comedy of manners that gave the world malapropisms and what it’s like to form an alliance with a handbag.
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convergence-continuum
The Liminis 2438 Scranton Rd. Cleveland
For tickets: 216-687-0074
THE HYACINTH MACAW
March 16-April 17
Mac Wellman’s portrait of America adrift. A sinister stranger announces what could be the play’s credo: “What’s real has no name. None. Whatever!”
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ENSEMBLE THEATRE
2843 Washington Blvd, Cleveland Heights
Tickets: 216-321-2930 or www.ensemble-theatre.org
DESTROYING THE NIGHT by Sasha Thackaberry
March 9, 15, 24, 30 @8 18@2 APRIL 1 @4
A modern reinvention of the myth of Persephone.
DANCING WITH N.E.D.—Tyler Whidden
March 8, 17, 23, 29 @ 8 March 11@2 April 1 @ 7
Claire has big plans for her 55th birthday, if only Peter would stop being a party pooper.
GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL—Cindy Dettelbach
March 10, 16, 22 and 31 @8 March 25@2 April 1 @ 2
It’s the early ‘60s, an idyllic time to be a co-ed on the campus of a prestigious college. For roommates Sally and Nan ambition, creativity and a professional tryst signals the end of innocence.
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CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE
Tickets: (216) 241 6000 www.clevelandplayhouse.com
RADIO GOLF
February 10-March 4—Allen Theatre
August Wilson’s last play investigates how a successful and idealistic entrepreneur aspires to become a city’s first black mayor. It’s the final chapter in his unprecedented 10-play cycle chronicling African-American life in the 20th century.
RED
March 16-April 8—Allen Theatre
Master American painter Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art; but, when his young assistant gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the possibility that his crowning achievement could also be his undoing.
The Winter's Tale
March 7-17--Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre @The Allen Theatre
(A production of the CWRU/CPH MFA program)
William Shakespeare ’s epic in which King Leontes is consumed with jealousy, believing his pregnant wife Hermione has been having an affair with his childhood friend King Polixenes. He orders one be poisoned, another imprisoned and the baby exiled. What will become of the child as her true origins are revealed?
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PLAYHOUSE SQUARE
Tickets: (216) 241-6000 or www.playhousesquare.org
MEMPHIS
February 28 - March 11, 2012 --Palace Theatre
From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes a hot new Broadway musical that bursts off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
April 10-22—April 10-22—Palace Theatre
The weird and wonderful family leaps off the TV screen and printed page and comes to devilish life in song and dance.
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GREAT LAKES THEATRE
HANNA THEATRE
Tickets: 216-241-6000 or www.greatlakestheater.org
THE MOUSETRAP
March 9-25
Agatha Christie’s murder mystery masterpiece which examines what happens when a group of strangers is stranded in a guest house during a snowstorm and discovers that a murderer is in their midst. Whodunnit?
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DOBAMA
Ticket: 216-932-33906 or www.dobama.org
MIDDLETOWN
February 24-March 18
MIDDLETOWN is Will Eno’s moving and funny new play exploring the universe of a small American town.
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BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Tickets: www.beckcenter.org or call216-521-2540 X10
VELOCITY OF AUMUMN
March 23-April 29 (no performances on April 6-8)
The grand dame of Cleveland theatre, Dorothy Silver, portrays Lillian, an elderly woman with a wicked sense of humor, in this regional premiere of Eric Coble’s new script.
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Cleveland Public Theatre
Tickets: 216-631-2727 or www.cptonline.org
Antebellum by Robert O’Hara
February 23 - March 10
Two stories merge as a love affair between two men, one Jewish and the other African-American, bridges time, space and gender.
Darwinii: The Comeuppance of Man by Glen Berger
March 1 - March 17
Back by popular demand! Cristobal confesses to stealing the original manuscripts of Charles Darwin from rare book libraries around the world.
Poor Little Lulu conceived & directed by Matthew Earnest
March 8 - March 24
Chronicles the exploits of Lulu - a sexual outlaw in a society riven by lust and greed - who is tossed like a frisbee from man to man.
Rusted Heart Broadcast conceived and Directed by Raymond Bobgan
March 22 - March 24
This work-in-progress is about staying awake, surviving the apocalypse and championing one's own home.
Opera Per Tutti
March 23 - March 25
Cleveland's newest professional opera company is continuing its mission of "opera for all."
