When the Playhouse Square Foundation embarked 33 years ago on what became the reclamation of the district's five theaters, the Ohio Theatre auditorium was the first space to be restored. Its…
Ray Shepardson discovered the then-empty theaters of Playhouse Square in 1970, when they were in bad shape and on the brink of demolition. The great success of "Jacques Brel" prove…
Because Shepardson remains a key figure Cleveland, we are publishing a story in five parts about his life and suicide beginning online on Monday, May 19. As we lead into that series, we are …
British writer Zadie Smith kicks off a spectacular line-up of authors in the 2014-2015 season of the William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage, the fundraising series for the Cuyahoga County …
We approach this story knowing that it will open a door on a subject many readers will think should remain closed. Suicide remains a powerful taboo in our culture, one that is difficult for …
Author E.L. Doctorow smiles during an interview in his office at New York University, in this 2004 file portrait. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer E.L. Doctorow has won this year's Library of Congress…
Cleveland Play House artistic director Laura Kepley said that as she and her colleagues chose the seven shows for the 2014-2015 season, certain questions emerged from all the shows:" Wh…
I'm really interested in the concept of work," writer Ann Patchett said. "Writing is work. It isn't, for me anymore, about creativity or talent. Talent and creativity are just a ma…