BWW Review: Well-performed, But Uninspired A LITTLE NIGHT Music At Lakeland Civic Theatre
Like much of the works of Stephen Sondheim, from the start, 'Little Night Music' proves to be a different type of musical.
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BWW Review: Music, staging, performances makes reimagined “Jane Eyre” special
Charlotte Bronte's book, 'Jane Eyre,' is a gothic melodrama which centers on strong-minded Jane's cruel treatment by her sadistic cousin and aunt, being shipped off to jail-like boarding school, departing to become a nanny for the ward of the wealthy but psychologically tortured Edward Fairfax with
BWW Review: Playwrights Local and Dobama Present DOWN BY CONTACT
CTE is a 'neurodegenerative disease found in people with multiple head injuries.
BWW Review: Surreal “Bloomsday” gets impressive production at none-too-fragile
What does Steven Dietz, the author of 'Bloomsday,' which is now on stage at none-too-fragile, have in common with Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee? Yes, they are all American playwrights, but, believe it or not, they are all tied for number eight on the list of the Top Ten Most Produced Playwrigh
BWW Review: Topically Important SPRING AWAKENING Impressively Staged at Near West Theatre
This past season, NBC aired 'Rise.
BWW Review: Clevelanders Invade Canada for the Shaw Festival 2018
The Shaw Festival, located in Niagara-on-the Lake, is often like being in downtown Cleveland on game day.
BWW Review: History Changing OKLAHOMA Charmingly Ends Porthouse's 50th season
Before the opening night performance a representative of Actors' Equity presented the theatre with a proclamation in honor of their 50thanniversary which included praise for not only Porthouse and Kent State University, but for Terri Kent, who has been leading the endeavor for 18 successful years.
BWW Review: Creative HAMILTON is a Master Class In Contemporary Musical Theater
The story goes that while on vacation from performing in his hit Broadway show 'In the Heights,' Lin-Manuel Miranda read a copy of the biography, 'Alexander Hamilton' by Ron Chernow.
BWW Review: Pulitzer Prize and Tony-Winning Musical NEXT TO NORMAL, Compelling at Porthouse
On April 15, 2009, 'Next to Normal' opened on Broadway.
BWW Review: Homecoming, Renovations and LETTERS FROM ZORA at Karamu
In September of 2015, when Tony F.
BWW Review: Hockadoo! MEMPHIS Enjoyably Rocks Cain Park With Its Music And Poignant Message
The 1950s was a period of racial stress in much of the south.
BWW Review: Playwrights Local Presents THE PANTHER DANCER, a Bio-Play About Michael Jackson
The mission of Playwrights Local is to support dramatists of Northeast Ohio by presenting locally written works, with the vision of increasing original theater and raising the profile of area playwrights.
BWW Review: PASSING STRANGE, A Black Youth's Search for Self-Identity, Rocks Karamu
Mark Stewart, better known as 'Stew,' is noted for being a member of the band, The Negro Problem.
BWW Review: BEEHIVE Rocks Great Lakes Stage as it Tells a Tale of Change
Jukebox musicals contain a story, wrapped around a series of pre-written songs.
BWW Review: BWU/Square's “Tick, Tick…Boom!' rocks and delights at The Helen
The story of Jonathan Larson's death before the first scheduled preview of the off-Broadway performance of his 'Rent' has become theater history.
BWW Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO Continues Tony Kushner's Saga at Ensemble
Tony Kushner, the award winning author of 'Angels In America Parts One and Two,' says of his work, 'The question I am trying to ask is how broad is a community's embrace? How wide does it reach?'
BWW Feature: Cleveland Broadway Connections: BWU MUSICAL THEATRE SHOWCASES, ARACA, and More!
Several times a year I go to review some of what's on stage on Broadway.
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The Wizard of Oz Cassidy Theatre (10/06-10/25) |
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The Amish Project Western Reserve Playhouse (9/11-9/13) |
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Renaissance Theatre (5/01-5/09) |
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Annie Near West Theatre (11/20-12/06) |
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The Producers Short North Stage - Garden Theater (3/12-4/11) |
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The Fantasticks Theatre in the Circle (9/11-9/13) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Cleveland (9/12-9/12) |
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Ruthless! The Musical Renaissance Theatre (1/29-2/07) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Cleveland (9/19-9/19) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Canton Palace Theatre (10/01-10/01) VIDEOS |