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Monday, July 29, 2013

Porthouse Theatre ending season with vital production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' by Donald Rosenberg

The production claims a sterling Tevye (George Roth), earth-mother Golde (Tracee Patterson) and winning supporting cast that invigorate the world of Sholom Aleichem and the village of Anatev…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:05PM
Friday, July 26, 2013

Inlet Dance Theatre and students bring assortment of works to Cain Park (review) by Donald Rosenberg

The Cleveland dance company's concert Thursday provided an overview of what founder and executive/artistic director Bill Wade has accomplished in 12 seasons.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:30AM
Friday, July 19, 2013

Hershey Felder pays respects to Leonard Bernstein at Cleveland Play House (review) by Donald Rosenberg

What often keeps the evening on fascinating track is the melding of vocal and instrumental music with visual images projected behind the piano.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:35AM

Musical Theater Project announces multi-faceted new season by Donald Rosenberg

Among the highlights are a concert reading of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's 1981 musical, "Merrily We Roll Along," three new multimedia concerts and three new cabarets.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, July 14, 2013

Ohio Light Opera adds Gershwin and Porter works to repertoire in 35th season (review) by Donald Rosenberg

The company, which is in its 35th season at the College of Wooster's Freedlander Theatre, continues to expand its artistic horizons by taking up beloved and neglected fare, some of which can…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:50AM
Sunday, June 23, 2013

Choreography Tracy Pattison and colleagues perform affecting creations by Donald Rosenberg

Loneliness, fear, infatuation and identity are but a few of the topics explored in four works performed by their choreographers.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:30AM
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Opera Circle making the big leap -- for one night only (for now) -- to downtown Cleveland by Donald Rosenberg

The Cleveland company will present Verdi's "Rigoletto" at the Ohio Theatre in PlayhouseSquare.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM
Friday, May 24, 2013

'Aida' expands many horizons for student cast of All-City Musical by Donald Rosenberg

The Cleveland School District presents the 14th annual All-City Musical, a production of Elton John and Tim Rice's "Aida," next week at the Ohio Theatre in PlayhouseSquare.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 02:00PM
Sunday, May 5, 2013

MorrisonDance marks 15th anniversary with bounty of works at Ohio Theatre (review) by Donald Rosenberg

The program was a cavalcade of dance hors d'oeuvres featuring eight works -- most by artistic director Sarah Morrison, one by Maree ReMalia, several in collaboration with company members -- …

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:10AM

Young Audiences celebrates 60 years of connecting children, artists by Donald Rosenberg

Since opening its doors in 1953, Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio has reached 7 million youngsters, including many in schools that otherwise would have little or no contact with the arts.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Chicago troupe presents hybrid of dance and theater by Donald Rosenberg

Lucky Plush Productions is attracting attention well beyond the Windy City. The company makes its Cleveland debut this week at the Allen Theatre in "The Better Half," a one-act wor…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM
Friday, April 12, 2013

Inlet Dance Theatre says farewell to dancer in six alluring works by Donald Rosenberg

Justin Stentz performs in every piece, a testament to his stamina and artistic director Bill Wade's tribute to the dancer, who'll leave the Cleveland company after this week to continue stud…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:30AM
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Cuyahoga Arts and Culture releases 2012 annual report by Donald Rosenberg

The report, "Your Investment. Strengthening Community," shows that the agency received a total of nearly $16.9 million in 2012 from the cigarette tax, compared with nearly $17.3 mi…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 02:00PM
Friday, March 22, 2013

Verb Ballets performs premieres and revivals at Cleveland Public Theatre (review) by Donald Rosenberg

The program, "Verb Goes Electric with Cleveland Chamber Symphony," opens CPT's DanceWorks '13.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:55AM
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Cleveland Arts Prize doubles cash awards for winners by Donald Rosenberg

Prizes of $10,000 each will go to two emerging artists, two mid-career artists and one winner for lifetime achievement.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:57AM
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

New season of 'The Met: Live in HD' to feature 10 works, including four new productions by Donald Rosenberg

James Levine, returning as the Met's music director after an extended absence due to health issues, will conduct Verdi's "Falstaff" and Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte."

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:30AM
Saturday, March 9, 2013

Zandonai's rarely performed 'Francesca da Rimini' is next live Metropolitan Opera telecast by Donald Rosenberg

Opera lovers around the world next week will experience the periodic glories of""Francesca" -- possibly for the first time -- when it is telecast as part of the series "T…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:00PM
Sunday, March 3, 2013

Mark Morris Dance Group captivates at Palace Theatre (review) by Donald Rosenberg

There was even a bonus: the artistic director traveled with his dancers and stayed afterward to answer questions from the audience in typically zany and tart fashion.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:20AM
Thursday, February 28, 2013

CIM Opera Theater brings haunting definition to 'Dialogues of the Carmelites' (review) by Donald Rosenberg

The staging and spare sets deftly convey the opera's special balance between sacred simplicity and revolutionary squalor.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:05PM
Monday, February 25, 2013

Opera Circle presents a merry 'Barber' at Bohemian National Hall (review) by Donald Rosenberg

Those in the audience who had never seen "Barber" -- or any opera -- must have left the theater eager to explore the art form.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:00AM
Saturday, February 16, 2013

GroundWorks DanceTheater goes the stylistic distance in Breen program (review) by Donald Rosenberg

For its first program of 2013, GroundWorks explores many facets of its adventurous art at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts, offering two world premieres and the revival of a recent w…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:50AM
Monday, February 11, 2013

Lakeland Civic Theatre's intimate production of 'Next to Normal' sets the bar high (review) by Donald Rosenberg

As directed by Martin Friedman, the production pierces the heart of the subject and draws the audience deeply into the journey of a mother suffering from bipolar disorder.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:00PM
Saturday, February 9, 2013

Verdi, Sinatra chat about Metropolitan Opera's 'Rigoletto,' set in 1960s Las Vegas by Donald Rosenberg

The new Met production of Verdi's "Rigoletto" is telecast Saturday, Feb. 16 in movie theaters as part of the "The Met: Live in HD" series.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM
Friday, February 8, 2013

Choreographer Kate Weare wants her work to reflect our rivers of emotion by Donald Rosenberg

Weare's "Inamorata" will have its premiere next week at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts on a program with a new work by GroundWorks DanceTheater artistic director David Sh…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:00PM
Friday, January 25, 2013

Cleveland Public Theatre, Oberlin College kick off 'Elements Cycle' with ambitious 'Water Ways' (review) by Donald Rosenberg

The work is a phantasmagoric and often elusive blend of theater of the absurd, dream play and guided tour.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 07:00PM

Understudy bewitches in Cleveland Play House production by Donald Rosenberg

Christa Hinckley went on to play the part with only four hours of rehearsal.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:55AM
Monday, December 17, 2012

'Shen Yun' show brings Chinese culture to State Theatre by Donald Rosenberg

The New York production coming to PlayhouseSquare this weekend, blends dance, music, lavish costumes and panoramic digital backdrops of historic scenes of China.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 07:00PM
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Dancers' own choreography sets Dancing Wheels Company in motion by Donald Rosenberg

Dancing Wheels Company presents "Fast Forward/Rewind," a program of works by current and former members, Friday at Trinity Cathedral in downtown Cleveland.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:00PM
Sunday, November 25, 2012

Broadway discs that will enchant: Holiday Gift Guide by Donald Rosenberg

Heress a quintet of recordings guaranteed to provide hours of listening pleasure whether snow is falling or not.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Inlet Dance Theatre introduces striking tribute to Easter Island sojourn (review) by Donald Rosenberg

Artistic director Bill Wade's "Center of the Earth" abounds in arresting imagery that evokes the distant sojourns without resorting to literal narrative.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:30AM
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Ohio Dance Theatre prepares to bite into new production of 'Dracula' by Donald Rosenberg

The dance world abounds in story ballets that have legs, including "Swan Lake," "The Nutcracker" and "Giselle." But how many can be said to possess both legs an…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM

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