CLEVELAND
PLAY HOUSE
216-241-6000
or go to www.clevelandplayhouse.com
March 22-April 14
GOOD PEOPLE
Margie Walsh, in this funny
2011 Tony nominee, wants to escape from Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a
night on the town means a few rounds of bingo and lots of beer. She may have found her exit route when
an old flame, now a big success, comes back.
April 19-May 12
RICH GIRL
A take on THE HEIRESS, this
comedy about women and their relationships finds a sheltered girl falling in
love with a starving artist, but her mother doesn’t approve.
DOBAMA
216-932-3396
or dobama.org
APRIL 19-MAY
19
THE LYONS
An
irreverent comedy concerns an
indomitable matriarch of a dysfunctional family at a major crossroads. Her
husband is dying, her son is in a dubious relationship, her daughter is barely
holding it together. And worst of all, Rita can’t figure out how to redesign
her living room!
PLAYHOUSESQUARE
APRIL 2-4
FELA (@ The Palace)
The Bill J. Jones dance, theater,
music spectacle, that explores the extravagant world of Afrobeat legend.
April 9-21
WAR HORSE (@ The Palace)
The amazingly staged World War I
story of a horse, a boy and the meaning of loyalty. A must see experience!
The puppetry and special effects are breathtaking.
June 18-July
7
THE BOOK OF
MORMAN (@ The Palace)
The winner of nine Tony Awards, it is
a religious satirical musical about two Mormon missionaries sent to a remote
village in Uganda where a brutal warlord is threatening the population.
Beck Center
216-521-2540
or http://www.beckcenter.org
March
1-April 21
NEXT TO
NORMAL
The Tony
Award-winning pop rock musical that examines a suburban family dealing with the
traumatic effects of mental illness.
March
22-April 21
THE HOUSE OF
BLUE LEAVES
John Guare’s
Drama Critics’ and Obie Award winning play about an aspiring songwriter who
wants to escape the life he despises and pursue a musical career.
May 31-July
7
THE PITMEN
PAINTERS
Written by
the author of BILLY ELLIOT, this is the true story of a group of miners in
Northern England who, in 1934, began experimenting with painting, and become
art-world sensations.
Actor’s Summit
330-374-7568
or go to www.actorssummit.org
February
21-March 17
FREUD’S LAST
SESSION
Investigates
a fictional London meeting, on the day England enters WWII, between Sigmund
Freud, the father of psychoanalysis and C.S. Lewis, the author of THE
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, which cleverly probes God, love, sex, and the meaning of
life!
April 4-21
MOTHERHOOD
OUT LOUD
In 19 monologues and
short scenes by 14 authors, Motherhood Out Loud progresses in
step from childbirth through babyhood and toddlerhood, on to empty-nesting and
even great-grandmotherhood.
May 16-June
2
MANNING UP
A comedy
probing male bonding which finds two men preparing for a manimar (seminar),
while fearing that they are becoming too sensitive as they practice their tales
of manliness.
CLEVELAND
PUBLIC THEATRE
216-631-2727
or go on line to www.cptonline.org
March
21-April 6
NICK
& JEREMY
Reveals
secrets of the universe by way of conspiracy theories, group hypnosis, coin
flips, narcotic cocktails, idealistic propaganda, cynical detachment, desperate
hope, and puppets.
March
21-April 6
STRUCK
The moving
tale of one woman’s journey into her own mind and its recovery after a stroke.
May 2-May 18
TENDER
NAPALM
A
portrait of passion, destruction and examination of how love leaves a person
shipwrecked, deeply burned and unquenchable.
May
9-25
THERE
IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS
After
engaging in an extreme display of public affection on the lawn of a college
campus, two professors must apologize or justify their behavior to students and
the college administration.
May
23-June 8
RUSTED
HEART BROADCAST
After
a pandemic destroys most human life on the planet, one group of Clevelanders
look for a way to stay alive.
ENSEMBLE
THEATRE
216-321-2930
or http://www.ensemble-theatre.com
April 19-May
12
THE ICEMAN
COMETH
Eugene
O’Neill’s monumental morbidly funny drama about the homecoming for Hickey, a
charismatic traveling salesman, put on by a group of drunks and dreamers.
GREAT LAKES
THEATRE
http://www.greatlakestheater.org
or 216-241-6000
March
29-April 14
MUCH ADO
ABOUT NOTHING
Shakespeare’s
comic battle of wits and wills which centers on a scorching exchange of
insults, and an attempt to save true love.
May
1-19
GUYS
AND DOLLS
The American classic musical, based on the “New Yawk”
stories of Damon Runyon, with a score by Frank Loesser, that concerns gamblers,
the Salvation Army, showgirls, and lots of toe-tapping fun and romance.
(Produced by Great Lakes Theatre as part of the Key Bank Broadway series)
none-to-fragile
www.nonetoofragile.com
or 330-671-4563
April 12-May 11
WHITE PEOPLE
A controversial dark comedy
which asks the question, “What does it mean to be a white American?”
convergence continuum
convergence-continuum.org
or 216-687-0074
March 22-April 20
SORDID LIVES
When Peggy, a good
Christian woman, hits her head on the sink and bleeds to death after tripping
over her lover’s wooden leg in a motel room, chaos erupts in Winters, Texas.
March 22-April 20
THRILL ME: THE LEOPOLD AND LOEB STORY
A two-character musical
drama that recounts the chilling true story of the legendary duo who committed
one of the most infamous and heinous crimes of the twentieth century.
May 3-May 18
WORKING
A new
musical version of a play that explores the humanity of 26 people from all
walks of life.
CAESER’S
FORUM
April 5-May
4
PERHAPS
PERICLES (at Kennedy’s Down Under/PlayhouseSquare)
A play, attributed to Shakespeare,
which centers on the role of family in society, individual identity and epic
storytelling.
To see a composite of the reviews of members of the Cleveland
Critics Circle, go to www.clevelandtheaterreviews.com
