Every once in a while we meet a very special person. My life has been made better by having known Marji Dodril. Marji was a woman of beau...

Cespedes pulls off another coup with 'FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE' Musical reviews are hard to make into good theatre. They are a bunch of ...

Kalliope Stage, the North Coast's new musical theatre It’s always a dangerous undertaking to start a new theatre. It is even more tenuo...

QUICK COMINGS AND GOINGS: VERB BALLET, INLET DANCE, ANTAEUS DANCE, ABT One of the problems with short run productions is that before the wo...

Miss Gulch attempts to bribe a critic! Halfway through his one-person performance of ‘MISS GULCH RETURNS!’ Nick Vannello was explaining to t...

NUNSENSE less than hysterical If those who attended ‘NUNSENSE, the 20th ANNIVERSARY ALL-STAR TOUR’ were expecting a hysterically delightful ...

Script overshadows production at Karamu For many years Karamu Performing Arts Center was a crown jewel in the Cleveland theatre scene. This...

Cleveland Play House drops its ‘UNDERPANTS’ Steve Martin is one of the crown-princes of off-the-wall comedy. He leaves no schtick unturned ...

High quality acting in Dobama's ‘AMY’S VIEW’ It is somewhat ironic that the weekend before the vote on whether Cuyahoga County should fu...

DAME EDNA DELIGHTS AT THE PALACE Cleveland audiences are noted for giving standing ovations to theatrical presentations. Never, however, ha...

‘VINCENT IN BRIXTON’ is a fine production at CPH The legend of Vincent van Gogh lives on through his paintings, those swirling, thickly pigm...

Ohio Ballet presents full evening of well choreographed dancing Dance is composed of four elements: choreography, movement, music and messag...

Classic ‘OF MICE AND MEN’ gets fine production at Beck John Steinbeck is one of America’s greatest writers. His works have received numerou...

‘UNCLE TOM’S CABIN’ in provocative production at CPT Many plays and books have evoked controversy and incited change. Probably no volume ou...

Uninspiring 'SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER' dances way into the Palace What do the theatre musicals ‘FAME,’ ‘SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS...

Script and directing miss mark in 'THE DINNER PARTY' at CPH Neil Simon is the undisputed master of modern American theatrical comedy...

‘PRIVATE LIVES’ delights at Great Lakes Playwright Noel Coward is the crown prince of Restoration comedy, in which the battle of the sexes i...

I really respect your write ups, love to read them, and I know the whole place would be thrilled to have you come. Stacy Burris President GL...

'RAISED IN CAPTIVITY' disappoints at Dobama I was among the original group of local thespians who left Euclid Little Theatre and fol...

Tony Award winning 'URINETOWN THE MUSICAL' at Palace When it opened on-Broadway ‘URINETOWN THE MUSICAL’ was billed as a “simple stor...

TIMES THEATRE TRIBUTES--2003 Greater Cleveland is blessed with a vital theatre scene. It is the purpose of the TIMES THEATRE TRIBUTES to re...

Dear Roy, I am truly honored to have been listed in the TIMES THEATRE TRIBUTES--2003! Your review of VE Day had already been laminated and ...

Roy, Once again, thank you for your kind attention and for recognizing so many talented people in Northeast Ohio. Of course I appreciate yo...

Why for art though Cleveland Play House?--Revisited! A short time ago I wrote a commentary entitled, “Why for art thou Cleveland Play House?...

‘STARLIGHT EXPRESS’ falls of its tracks at the State As I approached a friend at intermission of ‘STARLIGHT EXPRESS’ he said, “So what’s th...