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BWW Review: Eric Coble's Mesmerizing MARGIN OF ERROR Exposes Political Machinations
The Cleveland area has been and is ripe with playwrights.
BWW Review: THE WHIPPING MAN Mesmerizes at none too fragile
THE WHIPPING MAN, which is now on stage at none too fragile theatre, is a tale set at the close of the Civil War in which Caleb DeLeon, a Confederate soldier returns to his Richmond, Virginia, palatial home, now a charred wreckage, to find his family missing and two former slaves, Simon and John,
BWW Review: 'Wouldn't it be Loverly' If All Theatre Was As Enchanting at GLT's MY FAIR LADY?
MY FAIR LADY, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's award winning and universally praised musical, based on George Bernard Shaw's play, PYGMALION, centers on Eliza Doolittle, an uneducated Cockney flower girl who, in an attempt to 'become a proper lady,' takes lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a
BWW Review: LBJ Historidrama Compels at Cleveland Play House
Our nation is in the midst of a national election, and local theatres have responded with a series of plays that examine various foibles and stories of political intrigue.
BWW Review: RUTHLESS!, Farcical Romp at Beck, But . . .
Adorable eight-year-old girls are supposed to play with dolls, be obsessed with the color pink, and gossip about their friends on a smart phone.
BWW Review: THE LAST FIVE YEARS Has an Endearing Musical Score and a Wonderful Cast at Lakeland Civic
As the lights come up on The Last Five Years, a musical by Jason Robert Brown, we find Catherine Hiatt (Neely Gevaart) sitting alone.
BWW Review: THE BLOODLESS JUNGLE Examines the Underbelly of Politics at Ensemble
Many people know Peter Lawson Jones as an attorney, business consultant and former Cuyahoga County Commissioner.
BWW Review: CRADLE WILL ROCK, a Musical Product of the Federal Theatre Project, is Next Musical Theatre Project Staging
In 1929 the country was plunged into a financial collapse.
BWW Review: Funny, Competing THE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX Opens New Season at Dobama
Bathsheba Doran, author of The Mystery of Love and Sex now on stage at Dobama Theatre, stated of the script, 'I had no plans for subject matter.
BWW Review: SELFIES AT THE CLOWN MOTEL Confounds at convergence continuum
SELFIES AT THE CLOWN MOTEL, Christopher Johnston's new play, in world premiere at convergence-continuum
BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS Gets Better and Better with Each Visit to Connor Palace
When KINKY BOOTS played Playhouse Square in April of 2015, while still running on Broadway, it was a really good performance.
BWW Review: THE SCOTTISH PLAY (M....TH) Holds Forth at Ohio Shakespeare Festival
Theater people are very superstitious.
BWW Review: 0BJECTIVELY/REASONABLE (A Community Response to the Shooting of Tamir Rice, 11/22/14)
On November 22, 2014, twelve-year-old Tamir Rice was shot at close range by police officer Timothy Loehmann outside the Cudell Recreation Center on Cleveland's near west side.
BWW Review: Culture Matters! Silk Road Ensemble Enthralls Capacity Crowd at Blossom
It was a soggy night at Blossom, but neither the rain nor the humidity dampened the enthusiasm of the crowd that filled the pavilion and covered much of the lawn for the Saturday, August 13 evening concert of the Silk Road Ensemble.
BWW Review: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS Doesn't Close the Deal at Blank Canvas
David Mamet, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of Glengarry Glen Ross, a play which is now on stage at Blank Canvas, is noted for his unique style of writing dialogue.
BWW Review: Unsettling, Haunting SANS MERCI at none too fragile
When the lights went off to signal the ending of none too fragile's production of Johnna Adams' unsettling, haunting, thought-provoking Sans Merci, my immediate reaction was, 'Oh, please fellow audience members, don't clap!'
BWW Preview: Fall 2016 Cleveland Theater Calendar
Soon, the leaves will start to turn and many local theatres will be lifting their curtains to welcome a new season.
BWW Review: FOOTLOOSE Leaves Them On Their feet, Yelling and Applauding at Porthouse
The 1984 movie Footloose became a cult movie among teens and young twenties, not only because it showcased a rebel with a cause standing up for his rights, and displaying victory over misguided-adults, but because of the performance of Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormick.
BWW Blog: Clevelander's Invade Canada for the Shaw Festival 2016
Walking down Queen Street, the main shopping boulevard in beautiful Niagara-on-the Lake, during the third week of July, was like being in downtown Cleveland.
