Sunday, May 26, 2019

Elton John and Tim Rice’s epic AIDA entertains at Karamu

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Originally planned to be a Disney animated movie, as a follow-up to Elton John and Tim Rice’s mega-hit, “The Lion King,” the stage musical...

Relevant topic probed in STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT at convergence continuum 


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Apartheid was a political and social system in South Africa that existed from 1948 and until 1994, when a new constitution was ratified ...
Sunday, May 19, 2019

Superb performances enhance compelling “Two” at none too fragile

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Jim Cartwright, the author of “Two,” which is getting an outstanding production at none-too-fragile theater, is an English dramatist who w...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Welcome to the Renaissance--touring “Something Rotten!” delights at EJThomas

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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...
Sunday, May 12, 2019

CHARLIE BROWN, with a kind of new twist at Theatre in the Circle

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In the Spring of 1967 a group of theater students from Lorain County Community College went to New York to get their first experience with...
Saturday, May 11, 2019

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET…Great Balls of Fire! @ GLT

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Part concert, part history lesson, a lot of rock ‘n roll, and a heck of a good time-- that’s MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, now on stage at the...
Monday, May 06, 2019

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CLEVELAND THEATER CALENDAR—June-August, 2019 Roy Berko (Cleveland Critics Circle, American Theatre Critics Association) Though it seems l...
Sunday, May 05, 2019

Should we laugh or cry? State of civility examined in NATIVE GARDENS at CPH

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Negative racial and ethnic stereotypes, anti-ageism, political philosophical differences, and border conflicts are not usual topics for ...
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 ...