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Review: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY - GRAHAM 100 at Playhouse Square's KeyBank State Theatre
What did our critic think of MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY - GRAHAM 100 at KeyBank State Theatre At Playhouse Square?...
Review: ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN at Beck Center For The Arts
When one thinks of seeing experimental or area premieres of new contemporary scripts at local theaters, one normally doesn’t think of Beck Center for the Arts. Those kinds of plays are for the likes of Cleveland Public Theatre, Dobama (the self-proclaimed Cleveland’s Off-Broadway theater) or e...
Review: MEAN GIRLS at Key Bank State
With that in mind, depending on your place in the pecking order, you may or may not be ready to immerse yourself into MEAN GIRLS, the stage-show with music by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and a book by the queen of television comedy, Tina Fey....
Review: PIPPIN at BW Musical Theatre Program
What did our critic think of PIPPIN at BW Musical Theatre Program? In the Fall of 1971, while chaperoning a group of college students to New York, I saw PIPPIN, the Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics), Roger Hirson (book), Bob Fosse (director/choreographer) musical. I had an instant love affair w...
Review: SOMETING ROTTEN! at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
What did our critic think of SOMETING ROTTEN! at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre?...
Review: THE OTHER PLACE at Dobama
What did our critic think of THE OTHER PLACE at Dobama?...
Review: ALADDIN at Connor Palace, Cleveland
What did our critic think of ALADDIN (TOURING PRODUCTION) at Connor Palace (Cleveland)? Disney, whether it's their theme parks, cruises or Broadway-style shows, has a special approach that excites kids as well as adults.
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Review: THE RIVER at Ensemble
What did our critic think of THE RIVER at Ensemble? In the late 1950's through the 1980s The Theatre of the Absurd theatrical movement was the intellectual rage. Based on the concept of Existentialism which asks, 'what happens when human existence lacks meaning or purpose and communication breaks do...
Review: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY at Great Lakes Theater
What did our critic think of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY at Great Lakes Theater?...
Review: GHOST THE MUSICAL at Performances, Singing And Dancing Eclipse Script And Score In BW/Beck's GHOST THE MUSICAL
What did our critic think of GHOST THE MUSICAL at Performances, Singing And Dancing Eclipse Script And Score In BW/Beck's GHOST THE MUSICAL?...
Review: HADESTOWN at CONNOR PALACE (Cleveland)
What did our critic think of HADESTOWN at CONNOR PALACE (Cleveland)? When HADESTOWN, opened on Broadway on April 17, 2019, it was met with critical acclaim. Reviews contained such terms as 'inventive,' 'gorgeous, 'hypnotic,' 'high energy,' 'utterly fabulous' and 'immersive.' The critics went gaga ov...
Review: BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL at Connon Place
What did our critic think of BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL at Connon Place?...
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