Friday, April 28, 2017

“Something Rotten!” is a must see musical farce at Connor Palace

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Theater history books refer to “The Black Crook,” which opened in 1866 in New York, as the first book musical.   According to “Something...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Superb “Hand To God,” demands attention with laughter and angst @ Dobama

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My summary review of Broadway’s “Hand to God” stated, “The production is well-conceived and performed and makes for a fascinating theatri...
Monday, April 24, 2017

“Freaky Friday A New Musical” Broadway-ready at the Cleveland Play House

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Many know Mary Rodgers as the daughter of Richard Rodgers the composer of such classic musicals as “Oklahoma” and “Carousel.”  Others are ...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Farcical “You Can’t Take It With You” delights @ Karamu

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During the late 1920s and into the 1940s, the United States went through the great depression. Unemployment in the U. S. rose to 25%.   Th...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

2017 Summer Cleveland Theater Calendar

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Though it seems like it will never be here, there will be summer and the Cleveland theater scene will heat up.  Here’s a list of some of...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Disturbing, funny “Between Riverside and Crazy” at the Cleveland Play House

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Pulitzer Prize Winner and Steinberg Distinguished Playwright, Stephen Adly Guirgis, whose script “Between Riverside and Crazy,” is now o...
Tuesday, April 04, 2017

2017 season is about to lift its curtains @ the Shaw Festival

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Those nice people from the North who are getting ready to create great theater are beaconing people from CLE to be their guests...
Sunday, April 02, 2017

A female “Hamlet” brings a twist to the play at Great Lakes Theater, well, almost . . .

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Prince Hamlet is depressed, disillusional, and maniacal.  Having been summoned home to Denmark from school in Germany to attend his fathe...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

“Harm’s Way” examines the underbelly of humanity at convergence continuum

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Cleveland is in the midst of “The Mac Wellman Homecoming Festival,” presented by Playwrights Local, in partnership with Cleveland State...
Saturday, March 25, 2017

A tale of disinterring bodies makes for wild night of Irish black comedy at none too fragile

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Last year none too fragile theatre produced Martin McDonagh’s “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” one episode of the Leenane trilogy.  The pr...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

Touring “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” less than it should be

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When the 2016-17 Key Bank Broadway series was announced, I was ecstatic.  Three of my favorite recent Broadway shows were liste...
Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Ensemble’s 2017 Colombi New Plays Festival features “Occupation Dad”

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Ensemble Theatre’s “Playwrights” was established in the early 1990’s by Don Bianchi, one of the founders of Dobama, and Park Goist, a pro...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

“Honey, Honey,” “Mamma Mia!” makes yet another stop at Connor Palace

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Yes, the jukebox musical “Mamma Mia!” is back in Cleveland.  And, as has consistently happened in the past, the audience was on its feet...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

“Floyd Collins” melodramatically spelunkers into eternal fame at Blank Canvas

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  “ Floyd Collins ,” now on stage at Blank Canvas Theatre, isn’t your typical musical.  There is no dancing, no show-stopper production n...