How good is the production of WICKED which is now appearing at the State Theatre?  In 2009 when I took my then 14-year old grandson, known...

One of the major questions musicologists have asked for years is why the brilliant Ludwig van Beethoven devoted four years of his life to ...

SPAMALOT:  silly fun at Beck You know you aren’t in for the typical Broadway musical, when, at the start of SPAMALOT, now on stage at...

BLUE MAN GROUP nothing but fun, fun and more fun at the Palace Roy Berko (Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland...

Preservation Hall Band jazzes up Blossom New Orleans’ Preservation Hall is a small weathered music venue in the heart of the F...

Mesmerizing SPRING AWAKENING at Beck On the way out of SPRING AWAKENING at Beck Center, my 16-year old grandson, known as the kid reviewer, ...

JERSEY BOYS back at the State…Again, ”Oh What a Night”! 
There is a special aura about New Jersey, excuse me, “Nujoisy.” “De joisy fowks” t...

CHICAGO jazzes it up at Porthouse In a good production, CHICAGO, the musical, sizzles with creative dancing exciting music and fun character...

STOMP lives up to its reputation as the Most Unique Theatre Experience How is it possible to take a bunch of broomsticks, pots and pans, gar...

SHREK THE MUSICAL delights at Palace Ian, my 11 year old grandson, one of the kid reviewers who I take to shows which are billed as tween an...

RENT compels at Baldwin Wallace Baldwin Wallace College is doing an American first. For the very first time in history, RENT and LA BOHEME ...

Must see BEYOND BELIEF at Kennedys-Down-Under Intriguing, fascinating, fun, confounding, involving and surprising are just some of the words...

Second coming of ALTAR BOYZ not as uplifting as possible “The Altar Boyz” are in the house.” A countdown leading up to the “final” appearan...

BILLY ELLIOT; A MEANINGFUL STORY AND A PRODUCTION THAT MEETS THE CHALLENGE When Elton John saw the movie BILLY ELLIOT at the 2000 Cannes Fi...

BLUE MEN GROUP delights and teaches at the Palace Is it possible to spend 90 minutes at the theatre, not hear a single word spoken, and be t...

Farcical THE 39 STEPS delights at the Cleveland Play House THE 39 STEPS, now on stage at the Cleveland Play House, is best known as a 1935 B...

‘GREASE’ ends its tour at the Palace ‘GREASE,’ a version of which is now playing at the Palace Theatre, is the consummate 1950s rock and rol...

CORBIAN, A GLOW IN THE DARK ADVENTURE’ ‘CORBAN, A GLOW IN THE DARK ADVENTURE’ was presented as part of Playhouse Square’s International Chil...

Everyone’s a winner at Beck’s Spelling Bee How do you spell “f-u-n,” “c-h-a-r-m-i-n-g,” and “a-u-d-i-e-n-c-e p-l-e-a-s-i-n-g?” Easy, ‘THE 2...

Alex Berko, the kid reviewer, to appear with Verb Ballets playing one of his compositions Many of you know Alex Berko as the “kid reviewer” ...