Thursday, November 01, 2018

Touring LES MIZ Les Okay at the Connor Palace

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From the very first time I saw “Les Miserables,” shortly after its opening in London, to the New York production, and through the various ...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Compelling “Sweat” tells an emotional tale of the fall of the American working middle class and its effect on the nation

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Lynn Nottage, who has been called “as fine a playwright as America has,” started to craft “ Sweat ,” which is now getting a produc...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

“Everything is Okay” focuses the spotlight on Millennials @ Cleveland Public Theatre

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American Musical Theater has transitioned from the follies and vaudeville days of the early to-mid-1900s to its Golde...

“East of Eden” finds a clear direction at Ensemble

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John Steinbeck is one of America’s great authors.  His realistic and imaginative writings, which contain a strong social perception, are d...
Sunday, October 28, 2018

Shallow script hampers “This Much at convergence continuum 


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Clyde Simon, the Artistic Director of convergence continuum, often referred to as con-con, knows his potential audience well.  His tiny Tr...
Friday, October 26, 2018

Dobama’s “John,” too much to do about nothing

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Annie Baker is the author of “The Flick,” which had an award-winning production at Dobama last March (e.g., Cleveland Critics Circle and B...
Sunday, October 14, 2018

Superb “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” @ Beck Center

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Edward Albee, author of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” now in production at Beck Center for the Arts, is one of the best known Theatre ...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

Less than clever “Cannibal! The Musical” raw @ Blank Canvas

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As Blank Canvas’s program notes states, “Before South Park.  Before “The Book of Mormon.  There was “ Cannibal! The Musical !”  Yes, Trey ...
Monday, October 08, 2018

Beautifully crafted “Pride and Prejudice” at Great Lakes Theater

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Great Lakes Theater has found a perfect combination of scripts to start its 57th season.  The fun, escapist juke box musical, “Mamma Mia!,...
Sunday, October 07, 2018

Hello Dolly @ Connor Palace (Key Bank Broadway Series)

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“It Only Takes a Moment” to know that “Hello Dolly,” Betty Buckley and the audience are having a musical theater love affair Roy Berko...
Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Finely built “Fences” @ Karamu

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 August Wilson is considered one of the most prolific sources for documenting the twentieth century African-American experience.  His te...
Monday, October 01, 2018

GLT’s “Mamma Mia” leaves audience singing & dancing in the aisles

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“ Mamma Mia! ,” now on stage at Great Lakes Theatre, as has been the case on Broadway and in its many local tour stops, is a thoroughly ...
Sunday, September 30, 2018

Captivating, topical must see “Freak Storm” at none too fragile

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Little did none too fragile’s Artistic Director, Sean Derry know that the day Matt Pelfrey’s play “Freak Storm” opened at his theatre, ...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Quality performances make “Plath & Orion” interesting evening @ Cesear’s Forum

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Cesar’s Forum, which might be thought of as the little theater company “that could and can,” is at it again. The organization, which i...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

“The Woman in Black” less than it could be at the Cleveland Play House

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Susan Hill, author of the book The Woman in Black, the source of the play of the same name now being staged at the Cleveland Play House, r...