Saturday, July 30, 2016

FOOTLOOSE leaves them on their feet, yelling and applauding at Porthouse

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The 1984 movie Footloose became a cult movie among teens and young twenties, not only because it showcased a rebel with a cause standing ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Nicely conceived A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE pleases at The Shaw

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Oscar Wilde is one of Britain’s best known turn of the century authors.  He is the writer of the theater masterpiece, The Importance of B...

ALICE IN WONDERLAND, a visual must-see delight at The Shaw

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There have been straight plays, movies, television shows, and of course books. Now there is a musical version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice i...

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION misses the mark at The Shaw

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At the start of The Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession we are told that we are in the London [England] New Lyric Club.  It is Sunday, 5 Jan...
Monday, July 25, 2016

Shaw’s Uncle Vanya, an example of realistic theater at its finest

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European theater in the mid-1800s centered on escapist comedies, entertainment for the upper classes.  Little which appeared on stage ce...

Engaged, a Victorian farce, is escapist delight at The Shaw

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W. S. Gilbert is best known as the “word man” of the Gilbert and Sullivan duo who wrote such delightful comic operas as Pirates of Penzanc...
Sunday, July 24, 2016

Thought-provoking THE ADVENTURES OF A BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD compels at Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw’s views on religion may be summarized by his statement, “People believe anything that amuses them, gratifies them,...

Clevelander’s invade Canada for the Shaw Festival—2016

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Walking down Queen Street, the main shopping boulevard in beautiful Niagara-on-the Lake, during the third week of July, was like being in...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Impressive Assassins @ Near West Theatre

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“There’s Another National Anthem, folks. For those who never win . . . for the ones who might have been.”  A line from a Trump election a...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

Harbor attempts to examine “what’s a family” at convergence continuum

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What happens when a happily married gay couple’s home is invaded by one of the duo’s pot-headed, manipulating sister, with her...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Billy Elliot sings and dances its way onto the @ Beck Center stage

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The year is 1984.   Margaret Thatcher, the first woman British Prime Minister, declared war on the coal labor unions, closed 20 mines an...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash jukebox musical, delights at Porthouse

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Roy Berko (Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle) Johnny Cash, “The Man in Black,” was noted as a somber ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Beck Center does national search for their Billy

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The multi-award winning Billy Elliot The Musical tells the historically tale of a community in strife caused by a miners’ strike in County...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Sister Act delights as the opening show of the 2016 Porthouse season

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What happens when a new musical opens at the prestigious Pasadena Playhouse in California and becomes the highest grossing show ever at th...

Reimagined Phantom of the Opera impressive at the State Theatre, but . .

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It’s been seen by over 140-million people in 30 countries and 151 cities.  It’s been translated into 14 languages.  It’s Broadway’s longes...