‘THE COMEDY OF ERRORS’ played for laughs at GLTF ‘THE COMEDY OF ERRORS,’ now on stage in repertory at the Great Lakes Theatre Festival, is t...

Fourth Wall’s ‘OPTIMUS PRIME FOR PRESIDENT’ a winner! On the surface, ‘OPTIMUS PRIME FOR PRESIDENT,’ by Clevelander Margi Herwald Zitelli, ...

‘THE APERTURE’ doesn’t live up to its hype at CPT Area theatres seem to be on a “let’s do plays by the same author” kick. Cleveland Public...

'AUTOBAHN' an interesting trip at CWRU MFA Neil LaBute, the author of ‘AUTOBAHN,’ which is now being staged by Case Western Reserve’...

Two appealing theatre experiences for the price of one at Dobama When Dobama Theatre decided to produce Adam Bock’s short script ‘THE RECEPT...

‘FARNSWORTH INVENTION’ is fascinating “history” lesson at Beck If you believe ‘THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION,’ now being staged at Beck, some hi...

Dear Roy, I just wanted to thank you so much for the workshop you gave to our Play House College students. They really enjoyed it. It was w...

‘MILITANT LANGUAGE’—a script which asks more questions than it answers ‘MILITANT LANGUAGE: A PLAY IN THE SAND,’ is in a unique production c...

‘CRIME AND PUNISHMENT,’ deep, dark and impressive at CPH It’s a pretty mind-blowing task to perceive that Fydor Dostoevsky’s ‘CRIME AND PUNI...

Explosive, compelling ‘SPRING AWAKENING’ rocks The Palace ‘SPRING AWAKENING,’ which is now appearing on the Palace Theatre stage as part of...

Quirky ‘GREY GARDENS’ makes for interesting viewing at Beck Don’t go to ‘GREY GARDENS’ at Beck Center thinking that you are going to see a t...

JCC’s ‘CLEVELAND HEIGHTS’ off the mark! At intermission, and following the opening night performance of the Jewish Community Center’s ‘CLEV...

‘CRAVE’ a mind stretching experience at Theatre Ninjas Sara Kane, the author of ‘CRAVE,’ now being staged by Theater Ninjas, was a very trou...

Hello, Roy... Sorry this is a little overdue, but I just wanted to thank you for recognizing my work in Between Life and Death and for honor...

BALLET HISPANICO, MERCE CUNNINGHAM One of the problems in having touring dance companies come into the Cleveland area is that they perform o...

Folino and Garrigan make SWEENEY TODD an audience pleaser Martin Friedman, Lakeland Civic Theater’s director of ‘SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARB...

Verb Ballets back on pointe! Coming dance attractions. During most of the past seven years, Verb Ballets was one of the most exciting danc...

CPH’S ‘MAHALIA’ not only entertaining, but an important history lesson ‘’MAHALIA: A GOSPEL MUSICAL,’ which is now in production at the Clev...

'HAIRSPRAY’ STILL FUN AT PALACE One of the fears of seeing a touring show of a production which is being showcased again after a couple ...

THE SHAW FESTIVAL…GREAT THEATRE, GREAT SETTING, GREAT GET-AWAY Spring is almost here. Summer will eventually come. The dollar exchange rat...

Bang & Clatter’s ‘BLASTED’ not for everyone! Bang & Clatter, Cleveland’s Public Square Theatre, is noted for going outside the box i...

‘MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM’ doesn’t hit all the right notes at Beck A woman sitting next to me at the opening night of Beck Center’s ‘MA RAIN...

Area dance presentations: Merce Cunningham, Verb Ballets, Ballet Hispanico, Arts patrons will be happy to know that dance returns to the are...

Bouncy, spirited, charming ‘I LOVE YOU BECAUSE’ delights on 14th Street Most productions presented as part of the Key Bank Broadway Series a...

Must see, compelling, disturbing ‘BLACKBIRD’ at Dobama Participating in the life changing experiences of the characters in Dobama’s ‘BLACKBI...