One of the purposes of theater is to educate.  Another is to get the audience involved psychologically in the process.  The ultimate end ...

When Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s name appeared on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ballot, there were many who thought, Sister who?  Little did ...

From the moment patrons entered the lobby of the Ohio Theatre, they knew they were in for a “different” evening of dance.  The Tri-C Jaz...

  An unnamed woman (Anjanette Hall), in an Air Force jump suit, confidently stalks the stage telling us, with eyes flashing and int...

On February 23, the Broadway previews for Tony’s Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, “Angels in America:  A Gay Fantasia On National Theme...

George and Ira Gershwin penned some of the best popular songs of the 1900s and many film hits including the Academy Award winning, “They C...

THEATER AND DANCE PREVIEW—January 2018—Cleveland Roy Berko January in Cleveland is cold!  There are usually a limited number of theat...

Say the words “magician” or “illusionist” and the names usually conjured are David Copperfield, Harry Houdini, Uri Geller, Doug Henning,...

Roy Berko (Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle) Greater Cleveland is blessed with a vital theater sce...

Yes, Holly (Beth Wood) and Jolly (Liz Conway) are back again.  This time in Cleveland Public Theatre’s world premiere of” The Loush Sister...

Early this year U. S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, with the backing of President Trump, rescinded the mandate of the “National Commiss...

Last year, within a short time after getting off the plane in Havana, it became apparent that the Cuban people adore art, music, bright c...

 “Urinetown:  The Musical” opened on Broadway in 2001, but its path from lyricist Greg Kotis traveling Europe, encountering a pay toilet, ...