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BWW Feature: New Cleveland Professional Musical Theater and Training Program Launches
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/21/2015) - 'The Cleveland Musical Theatre' and 'Making It on Broadway' may not mean much to many in the local community, but soon, if Sean Patrick and Miles Sternfeld have their way, those organizations will become a regular part of the Cleveland theater agenda.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/21/2015) - 'The Cleveland Musical Theatre' and 'Making It on Broadway' may not mean much to many in the local community, but soon, if Sean Patrick and Miles Sternfeld have their way, those organizations will become a regular part of the Cleveland theater agenda.
BWW Review: Delightful REEFER MADNESS at Blank Canvas induces Giggles and Munchies
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/14/2015) - Even though the movement may have been slowed down by the recent Ohio election, the march toward legalization of marijuana seems on its way in this country.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/14/2015) - Even though the movement may have been slowed down by the recent Ohio election, the march toward legalization of marijuana seems on its way in this country.
BWW Review: KRIS KRINGLE (World Premiere) - A Work in Progress
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/10/2015) - World premiere of KRIS KRINGLE THE MUSICAL proves show is a work in progress.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/10/2015) - World premiere of KRIS KRINGLE THE MUSICAL proves show is a work in progress.
BWW Review: It's Back...A CHRISTMAS STORY at the Cleveland Play House
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/07/2015) - Yes, A CHRISTMAS STORY is again lighting up the stage at the Cleveland Play House. It's a new production, which incites new comments, but the history and my unexpected involvement in the tale is still the same!
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/07/2015) - Yes, A CHRISTMAS STORY is again lighting up the stage at the Cleveland Play House. It's a new production, which incites new comments, but the history and my unexpected involvement in the tale is still the same!
Photo Flash: First Look at MARY POPPINS at Beck Center for the Arts
by BWW News Desk - Cleveland
(12/04/2015) - Beck Center for the Arts presents by popular demand Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's MARY POPPINS, tonight, December 4, 2015 through January 3, 2016in the Mackey Theater. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by BWW News Desk - Cleveland
(12/04/2015) - Beck Center for the Arts presents by popular demand Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's MARY POPPINS, tonight, December 4, 2015 through January 3, 2016in the Mackey Theater. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
BWW Review: GUYS ON ICE: THE ICE FISHING MUSICAL Drops Bait at Actors' Summit
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/02/2015) - The American Folklore Theatre (AFT), located in Door County, Wisconsin, is a theater company that creates musicals and plays which are based on the populist culture and heritage of the United States. They have developed such works as MULE FOR BREAKFAST AGAIN, LUMBERJACKS IN LOVE, LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS, and GUYS ON ICE. The latter is now being staged by Actors Summit.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/02/2015) - The American Folklore Theatre (AFT), located in Door County, Wisconsin, is a theater company that creates musicals and plays which are based on the populist culture and heritage of the United States. They have developed such works as MULE FOR BREAKFAST AGAIN, LUMBERJACKS IN LOVE, LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS, and GUYS ON ICE. The latter is now being staged by Actors Summit.
BWW Review: THE LOUSH SISTERS LOVE DICK'NS: GREAT EXPECTATIONS at Cleveland Public Theatre
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/30/2015) - It's that time of year when local theatre offerings center on 'peace on earth' and how each of us should be kind and better (e.g., Great Lakes Theater's A CHRISTMAS CAROL), family holiday memories (Cleveland Play House's A CHRISTMAS STORY), and musical escapes (Beck Center's MARY POPPINS and PlayhouseSquare's ELF).
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/30/2015) - It's that time of year when local theatre offerings center on 'peace on earth' and how each of us should be kind and better (e.g., Great Lakes Theater's A CHRISTMAS CAROL), family holiday memories (Cleveland Play House's A CHRISTMAS STORY), and musical escapes (Beck Center's MARY POPPINS and PlayhouseSquare's ELF).
BWW Review: Production Outperforms Script at convergence-continuum
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/23/2015) - Geoffrey Hoffman, in his directorial notes in the convergence-continuum program for BOB: A LIFE IN FIVE ACTS, states, 'Bob is an everyman . . .He is born with nothing and becomes a passionate adventurer-part myth, part reality, and completely legendary. . . For better or worse, he is the most memorable person you've ever met.'
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/23/2015) - Geoffrey Hoffman, in his directorial notes in the convergence-continuum program for BOB: A LIFE IN FIVE ACTS, states, 'Bob is an everyman . . .He is born with nothing and becomes a passionate adventurer-part myth, part reality, and completely legendary. . . For better or worse, he is the most memorable person you've ever met.'
BWW Review: KRIS KRINGLE THE MUSICAL Gets World Premiere at Olmsted Falls Performing Arts
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/18/2015) - It's that time of year when local theatres fill their stages with holiday cheer. Yes, it's the season of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, A CHRISTMAS STORY, A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL, WHITE CHRISTMAS, and ELF THE MUSICAL.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/18/2015) - It's that time of year when local theatres fill their stages with holiday cheer. Yes, it's the season of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, A CHRISTMAS STORY, A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL, WHITE CHRISTMAS, and ELF THE MUSICAL.
BWW Review: Existential AGE OF MAN at Ensemble
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/17/2015) - Sam Shepard, the author of AGES OF THE MOON, now on stage at Ensemble Theatre, is noted for writing plays that are frank and often absurd. His language choice is gritty, the setting is the American west, and his characters usually self-destruct. He sometimes includes in his stage directions the requirement that part of the set is to be demolished, much like the lives of the people about whom he writes. The actions of the actors carry out these destructions. AGES OF THE MOON is no exception.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/17/2015) - Sam Shepard, the author of AGES OF THE MOON, now on stage at Ensemble Theatre, is noted for writing plays that are frank and often absurd. His language choice is gritty, the setting is the American west, and his characters usually self-destruct. He sometimes includes in his stage directions the requirement that part of the set is to be demolished, much like the lives of the people about whom he writes. The actions of the actors carry out these destructions. AGES OF THE MOON is no exception.
Kent State's Musical Theater Program Joins Musical Theater Project for ZORBA!
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/12/2015) - '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.'
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/12/2015) - '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.'
BWW Feature: There's a Cleveland Atmosphere to Broadway Theatre
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/10/2015) - Last season over twenty performers with Cleveland area connections played on Broadway. So far this season, the trend continues. Chris McCarrell is in LES MISERABLES, Cassie Okenka will be in SCHOOL OF ROCK, Steel Burkhart appears in ALADDIN, Jill Paice stars in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, Kyle Post kicks up his heels in KINKY BOOTS and Alex Wyse has a major role in SPRING AWAKENING.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/10/2015) - Last season over twenty performers with Cleveland area connections played on Broadway. So far this season, the trend continues. Chris McCarrell is in LES MISERABLES, Cassie Okenka will be in SCHOOL OF ROCK, Steel Burkhart appears in ALADDIN, Jill Paice stars in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, Kyle Post kicks up his heels in KINKY BOOTS and Alex Wyse has a major role in SPRING AWAKENING.
BWW Review: Meticulously Written, Directed and Performed THE CALL at Dobama
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/26/2015) - Tanya Barfield, author of THE CALL, which is now on stage at Dobama Theatre, didn't want to write the play. She stated in a December, 2012 interview, 'Without realizing what I was doing, I pointedly and stubbornly refused. . . What I knew-what I was known for-were plays about the African-American experience through history. I did not want to write a contemporary play, a play close to me, a play about adoption.'
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/26/2015) - Tanya Barfield, author of THE CALL, which is now on stage at Dobama Theatre, didn't want to write the play. She stated in a December, 2012 interview, 'Without realizing what I was doing, I pointedly and stubbornly refused. . . What I knew-what I was known for-were plays about the African-American experience through history. I did not want to write a contemporary play, a play close to me, a play about adoption.'
BWW Review: What is THE HAPPY SAD at Convergence-Continuum
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/23/2015) - Tyson Douglas Rand, director of THE HAPPY SAD now in production at convergence-continuum, in his program notes for the show, states, 'What is THE HAPPY SAD? Well...it's a play with music - but it's not a musical. It's a funny play about romance and relationships - but it's NOT a romantic comedy.' He goes on to state, 'It's not a series of problems and solutions. It is a journey of discovery.'
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/23/2015) - Tyson Douglas Rand, director of THE HAPPY SAD now in production at convergence-continuum, in his program notes for the show, states, 'What is THE HAPPY SAD? Well...it's a play with music - but it's not a musical. It's a funny play about romance and relationships - but it's NOT a romantic comedy.' He goes on to state, 'It's not a series of problems and solutions. It is a journey of discovery.'
BWW Review: Farcical BAT BOY THE MUSICAL is a Blood-Sucking 'Hoot' at Blank Canvas
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/22/2015) - In June 23, 1992, if you believed the supermarket tabloid, 'Weekly World News,' you'd have accepted that a 'large-eyed, fanged human child' was found in a southern West Virginia cave.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/22/2015) - In June 23, 1992, if you believed the supermarket tabloid, 'Weekly World News,' you'd have accepted that a 'large-eyed, fanged human child' was found in a southern West Virginia cave.
BWW Review: Cesear's Forum's THE INVESTIGATION is an Excruciating Personal Experience
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/19/2015) - As the actors lined up for the curtain call of Cesear's Forum's THE INVESTIGATION, Peter Weiss's play about the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-65, I was on an emotional trip far, far way.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/19/2015) - As the actors lined up for the curtain call of Cesear's Forum's THE INVESTIGATION, Peter Weiss's play about the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-65, I was on an emotional trip far, far way.
BWW Review: Memerizing Production of Arthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE at Cleveland Play House
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/19/2015) - Arthur Miller, the author of THE CRUCIBLE, which is now in production at the Cleveland Play House's Outcalt Theatre, was one of the most important modern American playwrights. Credited with being the developer of the contemporary definition of the American tragedy, he would have been 100 this year. Ironically, this is CPH's one-hundreth birthday, as well.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/19/2015) - Arthur Miller, the author of THE CRUCIBLE, which is now in production at the Cleveland Play House's Outcalt Theatre, was one of the most important modern American playwrights. Credited with being the developer of the contemporary definition of the American tragedy, he would have been 100 this year. Ironically, this is CPH's one-hundreth birthday, as well.
BWW Review: Shakespeare's Epic Tragedy KING LEAR at GLT is a Moving Experience
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/15/2015) - In his program notes for Great Lakes Theater's production, director Joseph Hanreddy states, 'KING LEAR, with its titanic range of emotional, vast physical landscape, dark ironic humor and snarl of mysteries, contradictions, ambiguity and paradoxes, render it one of the theater's greatest challenges to realize in performance.' To his credit, Hanreddy creates a production which lives up to the challenge.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/15/2015) - In his program notes for Great Lakes Theater's production, director Joseph Hanreddy states, 'KING LEAR, with its titanic range of emotional, vast physical landscape, dark ironic humor and snarl of mysteries, contradictions, ambiguity and paradoxes, render it one of the theater's greatest challenges to realize in performance.' To his credit, Hanreddy creates a production which lives up to the challenge.
BWW Review: Aesthetically Exquisite THE SECRET GARDEN at GLT
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/13/2015) - Every once in a while a theater-goer is privileged to participate in a staged production that aesthetically enfolds them. Under the creative direction of Victoria Bussert, Great Lakes Theater's THE SECRET GARDEN, is such a creation.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(10/13/2015) - Every once in a while a theater-goer is privileged to participate in a staged production that aesthetically enfolds them. Under the creative direction of Victoria Bussert, Great Lakes Theater's THE SECRET GARDEN, is such a creation.
Photo Flash: First Look at MOTHERS AND SONS, Opening Tonight at Beck Center
by BWW News Desk - Cleveland
(10/09/2015) - Beck Center for the Arts presents the regional premiere of MOTHERS AND SONS tonight, October 9, through November 15, 2015 in the intimate Studio Theater. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by BWW News Desk - Cleveland
(10/09/2015) - Beck Center for the Arts presents the regional premiere of MOTHERS AND SONS tonight, October 9, through November 15, 2015 in the intimate Studio Theater. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
BWW Review: The Theatre of the Absurd...WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF at Lakeland Civic Theatre
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/23/2015) - Edward Albee, author of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, now in production at The Lakeland Civic Theatre, is one of the best known Theatre of the Absurd American writers. This form of theatre, which was at its apex shortly following World War II is based, in part on existentialism, and asks 'what is the purpose of existence?'
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/23/2015) - Edward Albee, author of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, now in production at The Lakeland Civic Theatre, is one of the best known Theatre of the Absurd American writers. This form of theatre, which was at its apex shortly following World War II is based, in part on existentialism, and asks 'what is the purpose of existence?'
BWW Review: Emotionally Draining, Intellectually Satisfying DEATH OF A SALESMAN at Ensemble
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/22/2015) - Arthur Miller's DEATH OF A SALESMAN, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning drama, now on stage at Ensemble Theatre, is universally recognized as one of, if not the greatest modern American play. Others that are recognized as top classic plays are LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Eugene O'Neil), STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE (Tennessee Williams), OUR TOWN (Thornton Wilder), and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF (Edward Albee).
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/22/2015) - Arthur Miller's DEATH OF A SALESMAN, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning drama, now on stage at Ensemble Theatre, is universally recognized as one of, if not the greatest modern American play. Others that are recognized as top classic plays are LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Eugene O'Neil), STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE (Tennessee Williams), OUR TOWN (Thornton Wilder), and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF (Edward Albee).
BWW Review: Well-conceived THE SPITFIRE GRILL at Beck Center
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/21/2015) - Opening night of THE SPITFIRE GRILL was a special evening for the Beck Center for the Arts. It was the start of the organization's 82nd season and Scott Spence's 25th anniversary as Artistic Director.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/21/2015) - Opening night of THE SPITFIRE GRILL was a special evening for the Beck Center for the Arts. It was the start of the organization's 82nd season and Scott Spence's 25th anniversary as Artistic Director.
Photo Flash: First Look at THE SPITFIRE GRILL, Opening Tonight at Beck Center
by BWW News Desk - Cleveland
(09/18/2015) - Beck Center for the Arts opens its 2015-2016 theater season with THE SPITFIRE GRILL tonight, September 18, through October 18, 2015 on the Mackey Main Stage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by BWW News Desk - Cleveland
(09/18/2015) - Beck Center for the Arts opens its 2015-2016 theater season with THE SPITFIRE GRILL tonight, September 18, through October 18, 2015 on the Mackey Main Stage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Broadway Legend John Kander to Attend Musical Theater Projects PERFECTLY MARVELOUS
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/18/2015) - 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.'
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/18/2015) - 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.'
Photo Flash: First Look at Bradley Dean, Rob McClure & More in Cleveland Play House's A COMEDY OF TENORS
by Matt Smith - Cleveland
(09/15/2015) - Ludwig, one of theatres most accomplished comedic playwrights, has struck gold once again with this comedic tour de force, and has chosen the Tony Award recipient Cleveland Play House as the production's launching pad.
by Matt Smith - Cleveland
(09/15/2015) - Ludwig, one of theatres most accomplished comedic playwrights, has struck gold once again with this comedic tour de force, and has chosen the Tony Award recipient Cleveland Play House as the production's launching pad.
BWW Review: World Premiere of Ken Ludwig's A COMEDY OF TENORS Delights at Cleveland Play House
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/14/2015) - The Cleveland Play House opened its 100th season in a lavish and theatrically exciting way. An invitation only group of CPH financial supporters, politicians, and theatre enthusiasts, draped in tuxedos and high fashioned gowns, entered the beautiful Allen theatre lobby to have their pictures taken with the 2015 Best Regional Theatre Tony Award statue. Guests were then escorted into the inner lobby where a cocktail party was in full swing.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/14/2015) - The Cleveland Play House opened its 100th season in a lavish and theatrically exciting way. An invitation only group of CPH financial supporters, politicians, and theatre enthusiasts, draped in tuxedos and high fashioned gowns, entered the beautiful Allen theatre lobby to have their pictures taken with the 2015 Best Regional Theatre Tony Award statue. Guests were then escorted into the inner lobby where a cocktail party was in full swing.
BWW Review: Well Acted, Overly Long IN A FOREST, DARK AND DEEP at none too fragile
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
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BWW Review: Surprising OR, at Dobama
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/07/2015) - Dobama Theatre's mission statement indicates that it is its purpose to 'premiere the best contemporary plays by established or emerging playwrights.' Why, then, are they opening their 2015-16 season with a play set in 1666-1670?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/07/2015) - Dobama Theatre's mission statement indicates that it is its purpose to 'premiere the best contemporary plays by established or emerging playwrights.' Why, then, are they opening their 2015-16 season with a play set in 1666-1670?
Photo Coverage: Sneak Peek at THE SOUND OF MUSIC National Tour Meet & Greet Starring Ashley Brown, Ben Davis and More!
by Walter McBride - Broadway
(09/03/2015) - A brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, hits the road for a national tour. This lavish new production launches this September at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, under the auspices of the Center Theatre Group, and will then tour North America for multiple seasons, playing multi-week and week-long engagements. BroadwayWorld brings you shots of the meet and greet below!
by Walter McBride - Broadway
(09/03/2015) - A brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, hits the road for a national tour. This lavish new production launches this September at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, under the auspices of the Center Theatre Group, and will then tour North America for multiple seasons, playing multi-week and week-long engagements. BroadwayWorld brings you shots of the meet and greet below!
The Under-Belly of Politics Well-Explored at Ensemble Theatre/In Memorium: Kyle Jean Baptiste
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/31/2015) - What could be more appropriate in this year, which leads up to a presidential election, than to examine the political hacks who run the campaigns. Voila, for the start of its 36th season, Ensemble Theatre has chosen Beau Willimon's 2008 drama, FARRAGUT NORTH, which examines the lust for power among political hacks.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/31/2015) - What could be more appropriate in this year, which leads up to a presidential election, than to examine the political hacks who run the campaigns. Voila, for the start of its 36th season, Ensemble Theatre has chosen Beau Willimon's 2008 drama, FARRAGUT NORTH, which examines the lust for power among political hacks.
BWW Review: TEAR IT OFF, a Romance Novel Comes Alive at convergence-continuum
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/19/2015) - Book buyers spend an estimated $1.08 billion dollars each year purchasing romance novels. Since 1972 when Avon printed Kathleen Woodiwiss's 'The Flame And The Flower,' supposedly the first U.S. published book of that genre, almost 55% of all paperbacks sold in the U.S. have centered on romantic relationships with optimistic endings, whose covers usually feature a handsome buff man saving a helpless woman. These types of stories also dominate E-book downloads.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/19/2015) - Book buyers spend an estimated $1.08 billion dollars each year purchasing romance novels. Since 1972 when Avon printed Kathleen Woodiwiss's 'The Flame And The Flower,' supposedly the first U.S. published book of that genre, almost 55% of all paperbacks sold in the U.S. have centered on romantic relationships with optimistic endings, whose covers usually feature a handsome buff man saving a helpless woman. These types of stories also dominate E-book downloads.
BWW Blog: A Clevelander's View of the Shaw Festival 2015
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/03/2015) - Jackie Maxwell, the Shaw Festival's Artistic Director, states, 'I have always found that theatre is at its best when the audience spans several generations - a guarantee that the story being told on stage is being taken in and reacted to in a variety of ways, enriching the experience for all.'
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/03/2015) - Jackie Maxwell, the Shaw Festival's Artistic Director, states, 'I have always found that theatre is at its best when the audience spans several generations - a guarantee that the story being told on stage is being taken in and reacted to in a variety of ways, enriching the experience for all.'
BWW Reviews: Must See HAIRSPRAY Leaves 'em Dancing in the Aisles at Porthouse Theatre
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/03/2015) - The farcical yet message-loaded 'Hairspray' is the type of musical that in a bad production falls flat, but in a good production leaves the audience energized and dancing in the aisles. Fortunately the must see production at Porthouse Theatre is dynamic, creative, full of joy!
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/03/2015) - The farcical yet message-loaded 'Hairspray' is the type of musical that in a bad production falls flat, but in a good production leaves the audience energized and dancing in the aisles. Fortunately the must see production at Porthouse Theatre is dynamic, creative, full of joy!
BWW Reviews: A Lovely Night at Blossom: Michael Feinstein Entertains and Educates
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
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BWW Reviews: Groundworks Dance Theater Captivates at Cain Park
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/20/2015) - As the capacity audience was settling in on opening night of Groundworks Dance Theatre's summer concert in Cain Park's Alma Theatre, there was a loud electronic sound stage right. As the eyes shifted in its direction, a lawn mower was pushed on stage. This was followed by a series of other sounds and actions of everyday occurrences including playing golf, sunbathing, and living in suburbia.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/20/2015) - As the capacity audience was settling in on opening night of Groundworks Dance Theatre's summer concert in Cain Park's Alma Theatre, there was a loud electronic sound stage right. As the eyes shifted in its direction, a lawn mower was pushed on stage. This was followed by a series of other sounds and actions of everyday occurrences including playing golf, sunbathing, and living in suburbia.
BWW Reviews: Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT is A Mixed Bag at Beck
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/14/2015) - Local theatres each tend to have a niche audience based on the venue's play selection. Dobama leans toward intellectual contemporary which are having their local premiers. convergence-continuum tilts toward off-beat writers and plots, many with homosexual themes. Cleveland Public Theatre thrives on a diet of creative, often devised theater offerings. Beck Center for the Arts is noted as the place for family offerings and scripts that appeal to the more conservative tastes of its older patrons (e.g., 'Mary Poppins,' 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'She Loves Me.')
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/14/2015) - Local theatres each tend to have a niche audience based on the venue's play selection. Dobama leans toward intellectual contemporary which are having their local premiers. convergence-continuum tilts toward off-beat writers and plots, many with homosexual themes. Cleveland Public Theatre thrives on a diet of creative, often devised theater offerings. Beck Center for the Arts is noted as the place for family offerings and scripts that appeal to the more conservative tastes of its older patrons (e.g., 'Mary Poppins,' 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'She Loves Me.')
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