Monday, May 26, 2014

"Voodoo MacBeth" misses its performance mark at Ensemble

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During the great depression of the 1930s the U. S. government attempted to stir up the economy by creating various works projects.  One of...

"We've come a long way baby,"--no, not quite...ANCESTRA @ CPT

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Watching Cleveland Public Theatre’s ANCESTRA is both an enlightening and a depressing experience.  Depressing in that the play adds yet an...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre Program's Ciara Renée makes it big on Broadway

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On April 1, Ciara Renée strutted on stage at the Music Box Theatre on West 45th Street as The Leading Player in PIPPIN.  She became one of...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Cleveland area summer theatre and dance 2014 calendar

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The Cleveland area has a full schedule of summer theatre entertainment.   Here are some of the upcoming stagings: THEATRE OFFERINGS PO...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

"The Bridges of Madison County," well conceived musical that deserved a better fate on Broadway

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Some musicals are filled with flash, glitter, large production numbers and massive choruses.  “The Bridges of Madison County” is not one o...
Monday, May 12, 2014

"Bathroom Humor" flushes as Blank Canvas

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Before the lights went up on Blank Canvas’s production of “Bathroom Humor,” the couple sitting to my right and I carried on an animated co...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

A magnificant Audra McDonald channels Billie Holiday in Broadway's "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill"

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What could be better than having Audra McDonald singing for an hour and-a-half?  How about McDonald channeling the singing style and inter...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Reuben Silver, the crown prince of Cleveland theatre, remembered

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The State Theatre marquee lights were dimmed on Saturday evening, May 10, from 8 to 8:15 in memory of Reuben Silver, who died on Thursday,...
Saturday, May 03, 2014

"Kin" is a special experiece at Dobama

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Every once in a while a play comes along that, without histrionics, searching for laughs or mystery plot twists, resonates with the human ...
Thursday, May 01, 2014

"Murder Ballad" continues high quality collaboratin between BW & PhSquare

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PlayhouseSquare and Baldwin Wallace’s renowned music theatre program and the school’s arts management program, have come together for seve...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

"Beyond the Horizon," seldom seen classic at Ensemble

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Each year, Ensemble Theatre selects a classic play to be part of their season offerings.  Last year it was “The Iceman Cometh,” which was ...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Compelling, humorous "Informed Consent" enlightens at Cleveland Play House

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If you were carrying a genetic factor that, in the future, doomed you with Alzheimer’s, cancer, or some other disease, even if science did...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

"American Idiot" rocks the Palace, but the hallow book thwarts over-all effect

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In 1968 “Hair,” dubbed the American Tribal Love-Rock musical, exploded on Broadway.  It shocked the nation, but gave an accurate picture o...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

THE DROWNING GIRLS @ Cleveland Public Theatre

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Hint:   Don’t read the program notes before “The Drowning Girls” at Cleveland Public Theatre A person’s identity is based on the cu...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

The Musical Theater Project presents "Deconstructing Kurt Weill"

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The wording on the gravestone of Kurt Weill comes from the song “A Bird of Passage” from his musical, “Lost in the Stars.”  It reads:  “Th...
Tuesday, April 08, 2014

"As You Like It"-- comedic farce delights at Great Lakes Theater

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What do the phrases, “all the world’s a stage” and “too much of a good thing” have in common?  They are both quotes from Shakespeare’s pas...