Friday, September 30, 2016

THE WHIPPING MAN mesmerizes at none too fragile

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 THE WHIPPING MAN, which is now on stage at none too fragile theatre, is a tale set at the close of the Civil War in which Caleb DeLeon,...
Monday, September 26, 2016

“Wouldn’t it be loverly” if all theatre was as enchanting as GLT’s MY FAIR LADY

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MY FAIR LADY, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s award winning and universally praised musical, based on George Bernard Shaw’s play, P...
Saturday, September 24, 2016

LBJ historidrama compels at Cleveland Play House

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Our nation is in the midst of a national election, and local theatres have responded with a series of plays that examine various foibles a...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

JERSEY BOYS, “Oh, What a Night” at the State Theatre

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One of the big fears about touring Broadway big hit musicals that come back on the road for a return visit is that they will be short on ...
Monday, September 19, 2016

RUTHLESS!, farcical romp at Beck, fun, but . . .

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Adorable eight-year-old girls are supposed to play with dolls, be obsessed with the color pink, and gossip about their friends on a smart ...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

THE LAST FIVE YEARS has an endearing musical score and a wonderful cast

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As the lights come up on The Last Five Years, a musical by Jason Robert Brown, we find Catherine Hiatt (Neely Gevaart) sitting alone.  She...
Saturday, September 17, 2016

The Bloodless Jungle examines the underbelly of politics at Ensemble

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  Many people know Peter Lawson Jones as an attorney, business consultant and former Cuyahoga County Commissioner.  Some even know that h...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Cradle Will Rock, a product of the Federal Theatre Project, is next Musical Theatre Project staging

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In 1929 the country was plunged into a financial collapse.  The result was a diminishment of funds for not only food and housing, but the ...
Monday, September 05, 2016

Alan Wieder, former Clevelander authors an oral history about Studs Terkel

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Roy Berko Alan Wieder, Brush High School grad and former resident of South Euclid, is a renowned oral historian.  The author of such b...
Sunday, September 04, 2016

Funny, compelling THE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX opens new season @ Dobama

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Bathsheba Doran, author of The Mystery of Love and Sex now on stage at Dobama Theatre, stated of the script, “I had no plans for subje...
Monday, August 29, 2016

SELFIES AT THE CLOWN MOTEL confounds @ convergence continuum

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Christopher Johnston is the coordinator of “The Playwrights Gym at Dobama, co-founder of The Dark Room, a new works development workshop ...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

KINKY BOOTS gets better and better with each visit to the Connor Palace

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When KINKY BOOTS played Playhouse Square in April of 2015, while still running on Broadway, it was a really good performance.  The show ...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

The Scottish Play (Ma…th) holds forth at Ohio Shakespeare Festival

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Theater people are very superstitious.  A light is placed center stage in many theatres, appropriately called the “ghost light,” to ...
Saturday, August 20, 2016

Objectively/Reasonable (A Community response to the Shooting of Tamir Rice) is an emotional rollercoaster

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  On November 22, 2014, twelve-year-old Tamir Rice was shot at close range by police officer Timothy Loehmann outside the Cudell Recrea...
Sunday, August 14, 2016

Silk Road Ensemble enthralls capacity crowd at Blossom

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Culture matters! It was a soggy night at Blossom, but neither the rain nor the humidity dampened the enthusiasm of the crowd that filled ...
Monday, August 08, 2016

GLENGARRY GLENROSS doesn’t close the deal at Blank Canvas

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David Mamet, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of Glengarry Glen Ross, a play which is now on stage at Blank Canvas, ...