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Review: CAT'S PAW at Beck Center For The Arts
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/28/2023) - What did our critic think of CAT'S PAW at Beck Center For The Arts? William Mastrosimone, the author of CAT’S-PAW, now on stage in the Studio Theatre at Beck Center, states, “In the early 80s I was shocked by the questionable methods of some activists who called themselves environmentalists.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/28/2023) - What did our critic think of CAT'S PAW at Beck Center For The Arts? William Mastrosimone, the author of CAT’S-PAW, now on stage in the Studio Theatre at Beck Center, states, “In the early 80s I was shocked by the questionable methods of some activists who called themselves environmentalists.
Review: CLYDE'S at Karma
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/24/2023) - What did our critic think of CLYDE'S at Karma?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/24/2023) - What did our critic think of CLYDE'S at Karma?
Photos: First Look at Great Lakes Theater's NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
by Blair Ingenthron - Cleveland
(09/24/2023) - Great Lakes Theater (GLT) opens its 62nd season with the Northeast Ohio premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, performing in the company’s intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square now through October 8, 2023. Check out production photos here!
by Blair Ingenthron - Cleveland
(09/24/2023) - Great Lakes Theater (GLT) opens its 62nd season with the Northeast Ohio premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, performing in the company’s intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square now through October 8, 2023. Check out production photos here!
Review: THURGOOD At Cleveland Play House
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/18/2023) - What did our critic think of THURGOOD at Cleveland Play House?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/18/2023) - What did our critic think of THURGOOD at Cleveland Play House?
Review: LUNGS at Ensemble Theater
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/12/2023) - What did our critic think of LUNGS at Ensemble?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(09/12/2023) - What did our critic think of LUNGS at Ensemble?
Review: AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD at BLOSSOM Music Center
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/21/2023) - What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD at BLOSSOM Music Center?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/21/2023) - What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD at BLOSSOM Music Center?
Review: EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR at Convergence-continuum
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/14/2023) - What did our critic think of EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR at Convergence-continuum? Perhaps one of the most famous, or infamous of Shakespeare’s stage directions, ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’ in Act III of THE WINTER’S TALE, sees Antigonus meet death in the most unlikely of ways: at the hands – or rather the claws – of a bear.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/14/2023) - What did our critic think of EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR at Convergence-continuum? Perhaps one of the most famous, or infamous of Shakespeare’s stage directions, ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’ in Act III of THE WINTER’S TALE, sees Antigonus meet death in the most unlikely of ways: at the hands – or rather the claws – of a bear.
Review: FUN HOME at Alma Theatre-Cain Park
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/13/2023) - What did our critic think of FUN HOME at Alma Theatre-Cain Park?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/13/2023) - What did our critic think of FUN HOME at Alma Theatre-Cain Park?
Review: SIX THE MUSICAL Tour at Playhouse Square: Connor Palace
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/10/2023) - What did our critic think of SIX THE MUSICAL (TOURING COMPANY) at Playhouse Square: Connor Palace?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/10/2023) - What did our critic think of SIX THE MUSICAL (TOURING COMPANY) at Playhouse Square: Connor Palace?
Review: ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END at Cleveland Play House
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/09/2023) - What did our critic think of ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END at CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(08/09/2023) - What did our critic think of ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END at CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE?
Photos: ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END At Cleveland Play House
by A.A. Cristi - Cleveland
(08/01/2023) - CPH partners with Suburban Outlaw® Productions to bring humorist and nationally syndicated columnist Erma Bombeck to life on stage this summer in the hit solo play, ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END by Allison and Margaret Engel. See photos from the production.
by A.A. Cristi - Cleveland
(08/01/2023) - CPH partners with Suburban Outlaw® Productions to bring humorist and nationally syndicated columnist Erma Bombeck to life on stage this summer in the hit solo play, ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT'S END by Allison and Margaret Engel. See photos from the production.
Review: THE PROM at Porthouse Theatre/Kent State University
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/30/2023) - What did our critic think of THE PROM at Porthouse Theatre/Kent State University?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/30/2023) - What did our critic think of THE PROM at Porthouse Theatre/Kent State University?
Review: WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE at Blossom Music Center
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/27/2023) - What did our critic think of WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE at Blossom Music Center? About ten minutes before the Blossom music complex was to be filled by glorious music, an announcement asked all attendees who were sitting on the lawn to come into the pavilion as bad weather was moving into the area.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/27/2023) - What did our critic think of WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE at Blossom Music Center? About ten minutes before the Blossom music complex was to be filled by glorious music, an announcement asked all attendees who were sitting on the lawn to come into the pavilion as bad weather was moving into the area.
Review: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Beck Center For The Arts
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/11/2023) - What did our critic think of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Beck Center For The Arts?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/11/2023) - What did our critic think of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Beck Center For The Arts?
Review: THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Porthouse
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/05/2023) - What did our critic think of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Porthouse? It’s summer, a time of year in Northeastern Ohio for escapist activities. This is the only logical reason that Porthouse would pick a show like Roger Bean’s jukebox musical THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(07/05/2023) - What did our critic think of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Porthouse? It’s summer, a time of year in Northeastern Ohio for escapist activities. This is the only logical reason that Porthouse would pick a show like Roger Bean’s jukebox musical THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES.
Review: RENT at Cain Park
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/18/2023) - What did our critic think of RENT at Cain Park?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/18/2023) - What did our critic think of RENT at Cain Park?
Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Kent State University Porthouse Theatre
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/12/2023) - What did our critic think of A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Porthouse (Kent State University)?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/12/2023) - What did our critic think of A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Porthouse (Kent State University)?
Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at KEY BANK STATE
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/10/2023) - What did our critic think of MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at KEY BANK STATE?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/10/2023) - What did our critic think of MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at KEY BANK STATE?
Review: THE SHOW THAT GOES WRONG at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/06/2023) - What did our critic think of THE SHOW THAT GOES WRONG at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre? In 1923 there was THE TORCHBEARERS. In 1982 the stage was filled with hysterical disasters during NOISES OFF. Now there is THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, the zany Laurence Olivier Award winner.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/06/2023) - What did our critic think of THE SHOW THAT GOES WRONG at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre? In 1923 there was THE TORCHBEARERS. In 1982 the stage was filled with hysterical disasters during NOISES OFF. Now there is THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, the zany Laurence Olivier Award winner.
Review: DOUBT: A PARABLE At Beck Center For The Arts
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/05/2023) - What did our critic think of DOUBT: A PARABLE at Beck Center For The Arts?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/05/2023) - What did our critic think of DOUBT: A PARABLE at Beck Center For The Arts?
Review: WALKING TO BUCHENWALD at Convergence-continuum
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/05/2023) - What did our critic think of WALKING TO BUCHENWALD at Convergence-continuum? At the start of the opening night of BUCKENWALD, it appeared that no matter the quality of the script the audience was in for a rough night. Lighting guffaws, a confusing scene with actors speaking directly to the audience, but talking to other actors seemingly miles apart, with no visual means of the messages being conveyed. Not a healthy beginning.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(06/05/2023) - What did our critic think of WALKING TO BUCHENWALD at Convergence-continuum? At the start of the opening night of BUCKENWALD, it appeared that no matter the quality of the script the audience was in for a rough night. Lighting guffaws, a confusing scene with actors speaking directly to the audience, but talking to other actors seemingly miles apart, with no visual means of the messages being conveyed. Not a healthy beginning.
Review: THE LIGHT at Ensemble
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(05/29/2023) - What did our critic think of THE LIGHT at Ensemble?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(05/29/2023) - What did our critic think of THE LIGHT at Ensemble?
Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Connor Palace
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(05/17/2023) - Dear Evan Hansen at Connor Palace is a top-ranking musical drama that highlights social anxiety, suicide, family angst, and teenage drug addiction. Based on real-life incidents, it explores the complexities of mental health and societal investigation. With a pop-contemporary musical theatre sound, it is a must-see musical for those interested in boundary-pushing storytelling.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(05/17/2023) - Dear Evan Hansen at Connor Palace is a top-ranking musical drama that highlights social anxiety, suicide, family angst, and teenage drug addiction. Based on real-life incidents, it explores the complexities of mental health and societal investigation. With a pop-contemporary musical theatre sound, it is a must-see musical for those interested in boundary-pushing storytelling.
Review: KEN LUDWIG'S MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE at Cleveland Play House
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(05/13/2023) - What did our critic think of KEN LUDWIG'S MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE at Cleveland Play House?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(05/13/2023) - What did our critic think of KEN LUDWIG'S MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE at Cleveland Play House?
Review: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at GREAT LAKES THEATER
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(05/08/2023) - What did our critic think of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at GREAT LAKES THEATER? The setting in which a musical production takes place, often affects the pleasure one gets from the experience. A perfect case in point is AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' presently being staged by Great Lakes Theater in its intimate Hanna Theatre home.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(05/08/2023) - What did our critic think of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at GREAT LAKES THEATER? The setting in which a musical production takes place, often affects the pleasure one gets from the experience. A perfect case in point is AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' presently being staged by Great Lakes Theater in its intimate Hanna Theatre home.
Photos: First Look at Great Lakes Theater's AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
by Blair Ingenthron - Cleveland
(04/30/2023) - Great Lakes Theater (GLT) closes out its 61st season with a jazzy musical celebration of Fats Waller, Ain't Misbehavin', performing in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square running through May 21, 2023. Check out photos from the production here!
by Blair Ingenthron - Cleveland
(04/30/2023) - Great Lakes Theater (GLT) closes out its 61st season with a jazzy musical celebration of Fats Waller, Ain't Misbehavin', performing in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square running through May 21, 2023. Check out photos from the production here!
Review: TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at Connor Palace
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(04/29/2023) - What did our critic think of TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at CONNOR PALACE?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(04/29/2023) - What did our critic think of TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at CONNOR PALACE?
Review: THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Karamu
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(04/28/2023) - What did our critic think of THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Karamu? It's been called '...[a] sharp and tasty new musical...charming...as the show ingeniously turns professional perkiness, the lifeblood of the American musical, into a funny, poignant comment on ethnic self-denial.'
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(04/28/2023) - What did our critic think of THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Karamu? It's been called '...[a] sharp and tasty new musical...charming...as the show ingeniously turns professional perkiness, the lifeblood of the American musical, into a funny, poignant comment on ethnic self-denial.'
Review: WHAT WE LOOK LIKE at DOBAMA
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(04/25/2023) - What did our critic think of WHAT WE LOOK LIKE at DOBAMA?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(04/25/2023) - What did our critic think of WHAT WE LOOK LIKE at DOBAMA?
Review: BECOMING DR. RUTH at Cleveland Play House
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(04/12/2023) - What did our critic think of BECOMING DR. RUTH at Cleveland Play House?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(04/12/2023) - What did our critic think of BECOMING DR. RUTH at Cleveland Play House?
Photos: First Look At BECOMING DR. RUTH At Cleveland Play House
by A.A. Cristi - Cleveland
(04/07/2023) - CPH invites audiences to journey through the life of world-renowned sex therapist, Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer. See photos from the production.
by A.A. Cristi - Cleveland
(04/07/2023) - CPH invites audiences to journey through the life of world-renowned sex therapist, Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer. See photos from the production.
Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at Great Lakes Theater
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(04/07/2023) - What did our critic think of AS YOU LIKE IT at Great Lakes Theater?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(04/07/2023) - What did our critic think of AS YOU LIKE IT at Great Lakes Theater?
Photos: First Look at Great Lakes Theater's AS YOU LIKE IT
by Blair Ingenthron - Cleveland
(03/26/2023) - Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, continues its 61st season with Shakespeare’s, As You Like It, performing in the company’s intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, running through April 8, 2023. Check out photos from the production below!
by Blair Ingenthron - Cleveland
(03/26/2023) - Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, continues its 61st season with Shakespeare’s, As You Like It, performing in the company’s intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, running through April 8, 2023. Check out photos from the production below!
Photos: First Look at SENSE AND SENSIBILITY at Great Lakes Theater
by Blair Ingenthron - Cleveland
(02/12/2023) - Great Lakes Theater (GLT) has released production photos for its production of Jane Austen’s classic, Sense and Sensibility, performing in the company’s intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square through March 5, 2023. GLT’s Associate Artistic Director, Sara Bruner, and Artistic Associate, Jaclyn Miller, will co-direct this production. Check out the photos here!
by Blair Ingenthron - Cleveland
(02/12/2023) - Great Lakes Theater (GLT) has released production photos for its production of Jane Austen’s classic, Sense and Sensibility, performing in the company’s intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square through March 5, 2023. GLT’s Associate Artistic Director, Sara Bruner, and Artistic Associate, Jaclyn Miller, will co-direct this production. Check out the photos here!
Exclusive: First Look at Justin Collette and the Cast of BEETLEJUICE on Tour
by Stephi Wild - Broadway
(12/15/2022) - The North American Tour of Beetlejuice the Musical kicked off this month in Paducah, KY, before its official launch at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco, CA. The tour will haunt 27 cities across North America with more dates to be announced. BroadwayWorld has your exclusive first look at the production in all new photos!
by Stephi Wild - Broadway
(12/15/2022) - The North American Tour of Beetlejuice the Musical kicked off this month in Paducah, KY, before its official launch at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco, CA. The tour will haunt 27 cities across North America with more dates to be announced. BroadwayWorld has your exclusive first look at the production in all new photos!
Review: HAMILTON at Key Bank State
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/09/2022) - What did our critic think of HAMILTON at Key Bank State?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/09/2022) - What did our critic think of HAMILTON at Key Bank State?
Review: THE LAND OF OZ at Dobama
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/08/2022) - What did our critic think of THE LAND OF OZ at Dobama? Since 1959, Dobama Theatre has been dedicated to premiering important new plays by established and emerging playwrights in professional productions of the highest quality. THE LAND OF OZ, is a good selection for them to undertake.
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/08/2022) - What did our critic think of THE LAND OF OZ at Dobama? Since 1959, Dobama Theatre has been dedicated to premiering important new plays by established and emerging playwrights in professional productions of the highest quality. THE LAND OF OZ, is a good selection for them to undertake.
Review: THE MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD at Convergence-continuum
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/04/2022) - What did our critic think of THE MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD at Convergence-continuum?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(12/04/2022) - What did our critic think of THE MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD at Convergence-continuum?
Review: THE WILD PARTY at BWU Musical Theatre Program
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/11/2022) - What did our critic think of THE WILD PARTY at CWU Musical Theatre Program?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/11/2022) - What did our critic think of THE WILD PARTY at CWU Musical Theatre Program?
Review: THE GREAT LEAP at Cleveland Play House
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/06/2022) - What did our critic think of THE GREAT LEAP at Cleveland Play House?
by Roy Berko - Cleveland
(11/06/2022) - What did our critic think of THE GREAT LEAP at Cleveland Play House?
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