Monday, April 29, 2019

The horrors of addiction showcased in “Water by the Spoonful” at Ensemble

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Chemical addiction is the “compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (such as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol).”   In those wi...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

Relationships, mourning and life as we live it examined in “This” at Dobama

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Social scientists explain that, when relationships are formed, the resulting “group” follows rules that emerge or were implanted on the...
Friday, April 26, 2019

The musical drama, “A Bronx Tale,” relates an impressive tale of loyalty, neighborhood and family

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Calogero Lorenzo “Chazz” Palminteri is a Bronx guy through and through.  He lives and breathes New York Yankee pinstripes, is addicted to ...
Sunday, April 21, 2019

A visit to Broadway with the BWU senior class with some time for reviewing

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OnStage’s 2018-2019 rankings of musical theater programs ranked Cleveland suburban Baldwin Wallace University' as number 1 in the nati...

MEAN GIRLS, a musical for youth of the 2019s

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In 1958 there was BYE BYE BIRDIE.  1960 brought HAIR.  1971 showcased GREASE.   1980 gave us CARRIE.  Then in 1990 there was 13 (MUSICAL...

FIDLER AFN DAKH ongefelt mit Yiddisha traditsye un veytik (FIDDLER ON THE ROOF filled with Jewish tradition and pain)

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Solomon Rabinovich was a leading Yiddish author and playwright from Ukraine. At the age of fifteen he adopted the pseudonym “Sholem Alei...
Saturday, April 20, 2019

Exquisite, delightful, MY FAIR LADY captivates at Lincoln Center

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What do Rogers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Frank Loesser and Cole Porter all have in common?  Yes, they are all composers of American ...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is a farcical delight! (Broadway)

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In 1923 there was THE TORCHBEARERS.   In 1982 the stage was filled with hysterical disasters during NOISES OFF...
Friday, April 12, 2019

“Art” examines the value of friendship and esthetics @ Blank Canvas

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What is art?  What is friendship?  What is the value of a piece of art?  What is the value of friendship?  These are just some of the ques...
Monday, April 08, 2019

“Gloria” -- excellent script gets less than desired production @ Cleveland Public Theatre

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Braden Jacobs-Jenkins won the 2014 Obie for Best New American Play for his plays “Appropriate” and “An Octoroon.”  The latter received a C...
Sunday, April 07, 2019

Well-conceived “The End of the Tour” introduces CLE to Seat of the Pants Productions

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Since 2012, Seat of the Pants, self-referred to as a “band of storytellers,” has been traversing the countryside in various locations ar...
Friday, April 05, 2019

Overly long, poorly conceived “The Pride” on stage at convergence continuum 


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convergence continuum recently staged “Rapture, Blister, Burn,” a very well written clearly staged show, that highlighted the author’s i...
Monday, April 01, 2019

“The Taming of the Shrew” is a farcical, thought-provoking delight at Great Lakes Theater

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Most of Shakespeare’s plays were written to be performed in the Globe Theatre.  That performance space, a thrust stage, with a great numbe...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

“Tiny Houses” gets built saying a lot about life and needs at Cleveland Play House

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In 1906, San Francisco had an intense earthquake and resulting fires.  Little did my newly immigrant grandfather know that when he went to...