'FULLY MONTY' full of fun at the Palace I was fortunate enough on opening night of ‘THE FULL MONTY, now on stage at the Palace Theat...

'La Cage Aux Folles' fun at Beck, but... “Is the biblical condemnation of homosexuality a rigid commandment broken at dire risk to t...

‘IN THE BLOOD’ awesome at Dobama The average theatre-goer has probably never heard the name Suzan-Lori Parks. It does not flow out of the m...

‘ARMS AND THE MAN' marches to victory “Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born i...

'TARTUFFE' entertains audience, but... Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) was born in Paris on January 15, 1622. As a young boy, he...

‘THE CHOSEN’ well-done and thought provoking When on July 23, 2002 Chaim Potok died, the English speaking world lost one of the few voices w...

'THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD' tedious at Dobama It is reported that when Joyce Casey, the Artistic Director of Dobama Theatre, read the scr...

'JEKYLL AND HYDE' disappoints at CPH Robert Lewis Stevenson’s ‘THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE’ was published in 1886. ...

Wonderful, wonderful dance program by Groundworks David Shimotakahara is not only a brilliant choreographer and dancer, but selects other da...

‘42ND STREET’ DANCES DELIGHTFULLY INTO THE PALACE As one of the key songs of the show, ‘42ND STREET’ states, “Come along and listen to the l...

Roy: Last Friday after the show, my wife and I were wondering out loud for some time what we thought of JEFFERY. I think your review hits th...

The Wild Plum Theatre Comany Emerges Theatre companies come into being to satisfy a need. The local theatre scene has such companies. Kar...

" RAGTIME ' at Cassidy --the first national non-professional production On January 18, 1998 ‘RA GTIME’ o pened on Broadway. Stephe...

'SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION' fine at Charenton In 1967 Harvard Social Psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment that illus...

Ohio Ballet celebrates the magic of dance One of the cues to how effective a performance has been is to listen to the audience “buzz” as the...

Crumbs won't fill you up at CPH A review of ‘CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY,’ as produced in another city, stated that the production’s “e...

SAFMOD EXCITES AT CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE The dance scene in Cleveland, in spite of the departure of Cleveland-San Jose Ballet, is very he...

‘ANYTHING GOES’ delights at Great Lakes Take a typical 1930’s musical full of obvious plot twists and extended slapstick gags and give it a ...

‘THE MALE INTELLECT: AN OXYMORON’ delights at the Hanna When ‘THE MALE INTELLECT: AN OXYMORON’ ran in Cleveland several years ago I referre...

‘LATE NIGHT CA TECHISM’ d elights at Hanna When you go see ‘LATE NIGHT CATECH ISM’ at th e Hanna Theatre, and you should, there are a few “r...

Barbara Jordan shortchanged at Ensemble The late Barbara Jordan is one of my heros. If not for her illness and premature death, she may hav...

NOISE, FUNK dazzles and sizzles at State If you didn’t get to see BRING IN ‘DA NOISE, BRING IN ‘DA FUNK in its short four day visit to Cleve...

'CHERRY DOCS' examines hate at the Halle The lights come up on a representation of the scales of justice. Each side of the scale lo...

TIMES THEATRE TRIBUTES--2002 Greater Cleveland is blessed with a vital theatre scene. Unfortunately, the local performers, directors and t...

Lorain County's Ohio Dance Theatre at CPH Denise Gula is a fascinating woman. She is not only a creative choreographer, but, fighting a...