Viewing a new theatrical production is always an intriguing experience.   This is especially true if the o...

It is entirely appropriate in this era of rising anti-immigrant feelings, the re-emergence of the White Supremacy movement, increased ant...

On November 23, 1965, I entered New York’s ANTA Washington Square Theatre, which was built so the audience looked down upon the theatre-in...

Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma” ushered in the era of book-centric American musicals that have been designated as “musical comedies.” ...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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