Thursday, May 5, 2016
"Matilda the Musical," which opened on Broadway in 2013, made its Cleveland debut this week. It is every bit as good as the rave New York reviews promised, capturing the whimsy and…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:27PMMonday, May 2, 2016
There's no better way to grow a love for the theater than to hook audiences early. The seventh annual International Children's Festival, May 7 and 8 at Playhouse Square, seeks to do just th…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:04PMFriday, April 29, 2016
A diverse group of artists has been awarded the 2016 Cleveland Arts Prize.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:14PMThursday, April 28, 2016
One of the best reviewed Broadway shows of recent years will open in Cleveland next week. "Matilda the Musical," based on the book by Roald Dahl, will be at Playhouse Square's Stat…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:02PMThursday, April 21, 2016
The curtain is rising again on the 1927 built Variety Theatre on the west side, closed in the 1980s. Many other classic Cleveland theaters weren't so lucky. Here's a vintage Cleveland theate…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:15AMMonday, April 4, 2016
Cleveland's historic Variety Theatre moved one step closer to lighting up its west side neighborhood Monday. The restoration process has begun with the installation of a new marquee.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:06PMSunday, March 13, 2016
This Easter, Cleveland movie fans will have a rare opportunity to see Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 epic "The Ten Commandments" as it was meant to be seen - in its original VistaVision a…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:25PMWednesday, January 13, 2016
Some shows become iconic due to their music. Others have unforgettable drama.
But there is only one show that has become a classic due to a man-eating plant: "Little Shop of Horrors,&qu…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:41PMWednesday, December 9, 2015
"A Christmas Story" has become A Cleveland Story. Nowhere is the 1983 holiday film more celebrated than Cleveland, where much of the movie was filmed and which is home to the A Ch…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:39PMFriday, December 4, 2015
The leg lamp. The pink bunny jammies. The Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot action air rifle. "A Christmas Story" is about all of these. But it's really about much…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:53PMWith new music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, "The Wizard of Oz" national touring is show is spectacular in all senses of the word. It's at Playhouse Square this we…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:18AMTuesday, November 17, 2015
Billy Nainiger has created "A Christmas Art Show," a collection of works inspired by the classic 1983 film partly made in Cleveland. The solo show will open at E11even 2 inside 78t…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 04:32PMWednesday, October 28, 2015
In the spirit of Halloween, Playhouse Square will host Playhouse Scare Thursday, with seances and a pub crawl.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 01:08PMThursday, June 11, 2015
Parade the Circle brings in artists from around the world: Brazil, Puerto Rico, New York, Trinidad and Tobago ... But some of the most creative artists participating can be found right here …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:10PMSaturday, April 25, 2015
Long, long ago, before Queen Elsa and Princess Anna brought girl power to Arendelle in "Frozen," another Disney princess proved her mettle. Disney's 1991 "Beauty and the Beas…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:39AMMonday, December 8, 2014
There's much more to "Mary Poppins" than a flying umbrella. The 2004 Julian Fellowes adaptation of the musical is now playing at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, bringing …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 02:05PMThursday, December 4, 2014
I have seen the movie "A Christmas Story" almost as many times as TBS has played the beloved holiday classic about a boy, his air rifle and holidays with the Parker family. But unt…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:59AMWednesday, December 3, 2014
All Ralphie wanted for Christmas was an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle! Nothing else would do.
In honor of their production of "A Christmas Story,…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 01:57PM"A Christmas Story" is a modern classic – set in the past. It's a 1983 film set in 1939 that continues to find more and more fans every year.
The tale of young Ralphie's drea…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:01AMFriday, May 2, 2014
An eclectic group of artists has been awarded the 2014 Cleveland Arts Prize, the organization announced Friday. They include theater directors, designers, filmmakers, visual artists, arts ad…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:41PMFriday, March 7, 2014
The new production of 1968-written "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" that opened its national tour at PlayhouseSquare this week is an exuberant success that stays tru…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:57PMThursday, February 27, 2014
The new production opens its national tour in Cleveland on Tuesday and runs through Sunday, March 16.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 01:51PMFriday, December 6, 2013
Green is good. Or is green Wicked? That's the central question of the award-winning Broadway smash hit "Wicked," which opened at the State Theatre this week and runs through Sunday…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:24AMWednesday, October 30, 2013
PlayhouseSquare will raise the curtain on the world's largest chandelier and other new outdoor design elements on May 2.These additions include new video signage, new gateways, a retro sign …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:47PMFriday, August 16, 2013
The Cleveland Arts Prize's executive director, Marcie Bergman, has resigned. Bergman helmed the organization starting in late 2006. The first awards she oversaw were in 2007.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:55PMFriday, June 14, 2013
Stephen King's latest, some strong women -- and a lawyer with a past -- headline June's mysteries.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:00PMSunday, July 22, 2012
In a ghost subdivision filled with hundreds of these vacant homes, Irish author Tana French sets her heartbreaking new mystery, "Broken Harbor." This fourth book in her series find…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM 
