Thursday, May 23, 2013
Michael Bloom said he couldn't be making his exit as artistic director of the nation's first regional theater at a better moment. "I'm very pleased to be leaving on a high note. I'm rea…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 07:06PMAfter nine seasons and one historic move, Cleveland Play House Artistic Director Michael Bloom is moving on himself. In a statement released today, the board bid Bloom adieu and welcomed Ass…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 02:20PMTuesday, May 21, 2013
Though nearly 90 years have passed since poor Bobby's disfigured body was found in a culvert, along with Leopold's pair of horn-rimmed glasses, everything about the "thrill killers"…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:00AMMonday, May 20, 2013
Written by Dustin Lance Black -- who penned the Oscar-winning screenplay "Milk" about slain gay-rights activist and California politico Harvey Milk -- "8" chronicles the …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:55AMTuesday, May 14, 2013
"There are dozens of us who Vincent brought to Cleveland -- actors of every level and stripe -- who had the most fervent of times in the theater and in the city of Cleveland," Tom …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:00PMMonday, May 6, 2013
Everything about the smart, joyful production of “Guys and Dolls” now at the Hanna Theatre works to pay homage to the Broadway original but adds the fizz of the new.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:59PMSunday, May 5, 2013
What better way for the Beck Center for the Arts to celebrate its 80th theater season than with a little pig's blood ("Carrie: The Musical") and chirpy orphans (an encore prodcutio…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AMFriday, May 3, 2013
In "Tender Napalm," bodies barely touch. When they do, it's not with enough violence. The relationship should feel like a head-on collision -- glass flying, head thrown back in a s…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 04:49PMTuesday, April 30, 2013
The Ensemble production of "Iceman," directed by Ian Wolfgang Hinz and peopled entirely with local talent, most of whom aren't card-carrying members of the professional union Actor…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:38PMWhen you sit down with a chilly martini to watch the Tony Awards on Sunday, June 9 -- what, doesn't everybody? -- be prepared to raise you glass and salute . . . Cleveland. More specifically…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 02:02PMSunday, April 28, 2013
Stepping into the Hanna Theatre costume shop these days feels a little like wandering into the best vintage shop on the block. There's a box of fedoras waiting to be steamed. Miss Adelaide's…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AMSaturday, April 27, 2013
It's a testament to playwright Nicky Silver -- and the actors inhabiting his jaundiced creations -- that although none of the Lyons is even remotely likable, you still kinda like 'em anyway.…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AMFriday, April 26, 2013
Loosely based on blond, finger-wagging TV personality Suze Orman, Dee Hoty's Eve -- a former waitress dumped by her man when she was eight months pregnant -- is as terrifying as she is mesme…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:59AMSunday, April 21, 2013
Playwright Jordan Harrison, winner of the second annual Roe Green Award, will have a residency as part of the Cleveland Play House's New Ground Theatre Festival. Joan Marcus It's …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AMThursday, April 11, 2013
When the adult Joey makes his entrance, we are reduced to a state of childlike wonder -- amazed by the beautiful, powerful animal that lives and breathes, right there in front of us on the s…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:00PMFriday, April 5, 2013
On Wednesday, the Cleveland Play House leadership announced that it was laying off four people, 10 percent of its full-time staff.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:37PMWednesday, April 3, 2013
Pelvises move as though powered by a nuclear reactor, arms whirl with such speed it's impossible to tell where sleeves end and arms begin, and bare feet slap wood in percussive bursts. This …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:48PMTuesday, April 2, 2013
One of the joy's of this sleek, good-looking production directed by Sharon Ott is that it is set in a post-World War I landscape, complete with flappers, Jazz Age masquerade parties and Beat…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:55PMMade from cane and fabric, with an aluminum frame along his spine to allow riders on his back, Joey, the 120-pound star of "War Horse," can move his tail and ears, the same way rea…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:00AMSunday, March 31, 2013
‘Fela!’ musical celebrates the father of Afrobeat.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AMFriday, March 29, 2013
Big night out at the bingo hall: From left, Margie (Kate Hodge), Jean (Elizabeth Rich), Dottie (Denny Dillon) and friends in "Good People." ROGER MASTROIANNI REVIEW Good…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:30PMWednesday, March 27, 2013
The scoop is in! The Cleveland Play House has announced the two shows that will fill out its 2013-14 lineup, the bulk of which was announced last month. Kicking off the season is "Woody…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:34PMTuesday, March 26, 2013
Brett Keyser and Tannis Kowalchuk skate through the dreamscape of an injured brain in "Struck," now onstage at Cleveland Public Theatre. Dana Duke REVIEW Struck What: Cl…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:30PMFriday, March 22, 2013
Andrew J. Pond as Phil Rosen in "Side Effects May Include..." playing through Sunday at Dobama Theatre. Photo courtesy of Wendy Kaplan REVIEW Side Effects May I…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:30PMTuesday, March 19, 2013
The 2013-14 KeyBank Broadway Series boast two of the hottest, most lauded, musical romances to hit the Great White Way last season -- the low-fi smash "Once" and the must-see reviv…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:10PMThursday, March 7, 2013
Solid Gold Dancers for Christ hoof in "Sister Act" at the Palace Theatre in PlayhouseSquare. Joan Marcus REVIEW Sister Act What:The KeyBank Broadway Series presents the …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:00PMWednesday, March 6, 2013
Chicklet (Sarah Maria Hess) channels her multiple personalities with the help of amateur surfing psychiatrist Star Cat (Troy Bruchwalski) as her pals watch in "Psycho Beach Party,"…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AMMonday, March 4, 2013
From left, Chris McCarrell (Gabe), Katherine DeBoer (Diana) and Scott Plate (Dan) in "Next to Normal," now onstage at the Beck Center for the Arts. Ben Meadors REVIEW Ne…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:02PMSunday, March 3, 2013
Hollis Resnik as Mother Superior eyes Deloris Van Cartier (Ta'Rea Campbell), her sister under the skin, in the national touring company production of "Sister Act." Euclid native Re…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AMFriday, March 1, 2013
Nathan Motta, Dobama's 5th artistic director in 54 years. Steve Wagner In its 54-year history, Dobama Theatre has had only four artistic directors. This month, Nathan Motta became…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:00PMThe dark Douaihys: From left, Charles (Christopher Sanders), Joseph (Chris Richards) and Uncle Bill (Bernard Canepari) in "Sons of the Prophet," now onstage at Dobama Theatre. Nath…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:00PM 
