BWW Review: THE LION KING at State Theatre, Cleveland
There is an old adage in the theater that an audience should not leave a musical theater production whistling sets and costumes.
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BWW Review: THE MUSIC MAN at Porthouse (Kent State University)
Meredith Wilson's 'The Music Man' is one of American musical theatre's most produced shows.
BWW Review: Nicely Conceived CHESS Production Enhances A Weak Script at Near West Theatre
Most musicals follow the tried and true pattern of being written in a format that it is expected to be examined and redone through a series of readings, rewrites, staged readings, rewrites, previews, more rewrites, and, if lucky, a full-staged production.
BWW Review: Kids And Choreography Enhance MATILDA At The Beck Center
What do 'James and the Giant Peach,' 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'George's Marvelous Medicine' all have in common? They were all written by Roald Dahl.
BWW Review: THE TOXIC AVENGER is a Slapstick, Double Entendre Farcical Delight at Blank Canvas
Blank Canvas has a niche audience.
BWW Review: Emotional, Humorous, Heroic COME FROM AWAY At Connor Palace/Playhouse Square
'Come From Away' is a special musical that creatively tells a heart-wrenching story of compassion, caring and a display of the best of humanity with humor and pathos.
BWW Review: Alice Ripley, Tony Yazbeck, Kate Shindle, Betsy Wolfe Star in Cleveland Musical Theatre's INTO THE WOODS Concert
Despite an oeuvre that includes a questioning of the sanity of American social conventions and an exploration into the motivations of presidential assassins, INTO THE WOODS might be regarded as the most subversive of Stephen Sondheim's musicals.
BWW Review: TINTYPES Plays a Patriotic Tune at Porthouse Theatre/Kent State University
It is reasonable, with the Cleveland Orchestra playing its annual 'Salute to America' at Blossom, just yards away, and POTUS going through what appears to be his childhood dream of having tanks, planes and fireworks light up the nation's capital for its birthday, that Porthouse Theatre get into the
BWW Review: World Premiere of '33 1/3' at Dobama
Viewing a new theatrical production is always an intriguing experience.
BWW Review: RAGTIME Tells A Story That Must Be Heard At Cain Park
It is entirely appropriate in this era of rising anti-immigrant feelings, the re-emergence of the White Supremacy movement, increased anti-Semitism, and having a President who believes in nationalism and Eugenics, that Cain Park revisit the historical foundations of this country via the musical 'Rag
BWW Review: Audience Taken On An Emotional Roller-Coaster Ride by Superlative DEAR EVAN HANSEN at the Connor Palace
Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma ushered in the era of book-centric American musicals that have been designated as musical comedies.
BWW Review: Welcome to the Renaissance! Touring SOMETHING ROTTEN Delights at EJThomas
Theater history books refer to 'The Black Crook,' which opened in 1866 in New York, as the first book musical.
BWW Review: Should We Laugh or Cry? State of Civility Examined in NATIVE GARDENS at CPH
Negative racial and ethnic stereotypes, anti-ageism, political philosophical differences, and border conflicts are not usual topics for a comic play.
BWW Review: The Horrors of Addiction Showcased in WATER BY THE SPOONFUL at Ensemble
Chemical addiction is the 'compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (such as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol).
BWW Review: A BRONX TALE at Pasadena Playhouse
Calogero Lorenzo 'Chazz' Palminteri is a Bronx guy through and through.
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