Bill Rudman News

After a period of brisk advance sales to Members, the Stratford Festival is opening its box office to the public this Friday, January 8.

'I believe in grabbing at life.' 'Every minute is a new minute.' Thus states Zorba, the lead character in ZORBA!, a musical that 'captures of the spirit of Greece and celebrates a people who embrace love, life and death with equal passion.'

The Musical Theater Project presents "Perfectly Marvelous: The Songs of John Kander," on Saturday, December 5 (2pm) at Kent State University's E. Turner Stump Theatre and Wednesday, December 9 (7:30pm) at the Beck Center's Mackey Mainstage.

The Musical Theater Project presents PERFECTLY MARVELOUS: THE SONGS OF JOHN KANDER tonight, Oct. 31 (8pm) and Sunday, Nov. 1 (2pm) at the Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square.

Cleveland Public Theatre's Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan announces the launch CPT's 2015-2016 season, featuring the regional premiere of WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT by Nassim Soleimanpour, produced in association with Aurora Nova Productions.

The Musical Theater Project presents PERFECTLY MARVELOUS: THE SONGS OF JOHN KANDER on Saturday, Oct. 31 (8pm) and Sunday, Nov. 1 (2pm) at the Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square.

Cleveland Public Theatre's Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan announces the launch CPT's 2015-2016 season, featuring the regional premiere of WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT by Nassim Soleimanpour, produced in association with Aurora Nova Productions.

Liza Minnelli once said, 'The greatest thing about [John] Kander and [Fred] Ebb is you sing their songs and you feel good.' She was referring to the multi-award winning Broadway writing team who gave the world such songs as, 'How Lucky Can You Get?,' 'Maybe This Time,' 'All That Jazz,' 'Cabaret,' and 'But The World Goes Round.'

92Y announces the lineup for Lyrics & Lyricists 2016, the 46th season of the country's preeminent American Songbook series.

The Musical Theater Project, in its first collaboration with Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, presents the multi-media concert 'Swing's The Thing!' for another performance: Tonight, April 11, at 7pm at Stocker Arts Center on the campus of Lorain County Community College.

The Musical Theater Project, in its first collaboration with Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, presents the multi-media concert "Swing's The Thing!" for two performances: Saturday, March 21, at 8pm at the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square and Saturday, April 11, at 7pm at Stocker Arts Center on the campus of Lorain County Community College.

The Cleveland POPS Orchestra with conductor Carl Topilow will salute the Academy Awards for Music at Severance Hall tonight, February 6, 2015.

The Musical Theater Project celebrates Valentine's Day with "A Fine Romance: The Love Song Cabaret" to be presented at Vosh Lakewood on Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 7pm.

The Cleveland POPS Orchestra with conductor Carl Topilow will salute the Academy Awards for Music at Severance Hall on Friday February 6, 2015. The first half of the two-hour concert starts at 8:00 p.m. and will feature musical selections representing each of the eight decades in which songs and original scores for movies have been recognized by the Academy. The audience will experience, in order of decade, music from The Wizard of Oz (30's), Sea Hawk (40's), Ben Hur (50's) The Graduate (60's), The Godfather (70's), Amadeus (80's), Titanc (90's), and Lord of the Rings (00's). The second hour of the evening will feature a wide selection of songs and scores that were in contention for, but did not win the coveted golden statue - including Chicago, Mamma Mia, Jersey Boys, Les Miserables, West Side Story, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, and more.

The Cleveland POPS Orchestra with conductor Carl Topilow will salute the Academy Awards for Music at Severance Hall on Friday, February 6, 2015.

The Musical Theater Project celebrates the 75th anniversary year of The Wizard of Oz by saluting the composer behind the music in "Over the Rainbow: The Songs of Harold Arlen," to be presented at Cuyahoga Community College's Eastern Campus Performing Arts Center on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 3pm.

The Musical Theater Project honors a Broadway legend in "Mary Martin: America's Sweetheart," to be presented at Mixon Hall at Cleveland Institute of Music. There will be two performances on Sunday, October 26, at 2pm and 7pm.

The Musical Theater Project, Kent State University and Beck Center for the Arts will present Rodgers and Hart's classic musical comedy 'Babes In Arms' in concert for two performances: Tonight, September 18, at 8pm on Beck Center's Mackey Main Stage and Sunday, September 21, at 2pm at Kent State University's E. Turner Stump Theatre.