BWW Review: EQUUS at Blank Canvas
This is required attendance for anyone interested in experiences of marrying a well-written script with a superb staging.
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BWW Review: A Clevelander's View of the Shaw Festival - 2017
The Shaw is one of two major Canadian theater celebrations, the other being The Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario.
BWW Review: DISNEY'S NEWSIES, in it's Area Premiere, Makes for a Very Pleasant Evening of Theater at Porthouse Theatre
'Newsies' is the Disney produced musical that was inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in which a group of ragtag ruffian youth, who were the breadwinners for their impoverished immigrant families, stood up to the powerful Joseph Pulitzer, the owner of New York's major newspaper.
BWW Review: “Best of Broadway' brings out the best of the Cleveland Orchestra and Festival Chorus at Blossom
A massive Blossom crowd, a nearly full amphitheater and a lawn in which not a blade of grass was not the covered with blankets, table cloths, lawn chairs and people, came out to hear the 'Best of Broadway,' a series of groovy music, jive, jazz, tin pan alley and ballads from the golden years of musi
BWW Review: The Hills Are Alive, Once Again, with the THE SOUND OF MUSIC Courtesy of Playhouse Square
The hills are alive, once again, with the 'Sound of Music' courtesy of Playhouse Square, Cleveland, OH
BWW Review: GROUNDWORKS DANCE THEATER delights again in Cain Park concert
As such television programs as 'So You Think You Can Dance' and 'World of Dance' convince more and more people to appreciate dance as an art form, they also create a higher barrier for local companies to leap.
BWW Review: Overly Long, Thought-Provoking NEIGHBORS at Convergence Continuum
'Neighbors,' penned by Jacobs-Jenkins, is now on stage at convergence-continuum.
BWW Review: Idina Menzel in Concert at Jacobs Pavilion
Menzel's openness to the audience, her kid-inclusiveness, courtesy to her joint performers and fine singing voice, made for a fine evening of entertainment.
BWW Review: Seldom-staged “City of Angels” now at Beck Center for the Arts
'City of Angels,' a version of which is now on stage at Beck Center, opened on Broadway in December of 1989 and ran through January, 1992, in a healthy run of almost 900 performances.
BWW Review: Jivin' AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' is All Singing and Dancing at Porthouse
"Ain't Misbehavin'" is a musical-review which will be of interest to those who like 1920 and 30's Harlem Renaissance swing music.
BWW Review: Black comedy, “An Impending Rupture of The Belly,” insights at none-too-fragile
Matt Pelfrey is noted for inventing oddball concepts and writing sardonic dialogue.
BWW Review: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 'S Wonderful' at State Theatre
My Broadway review of “An American In Paris, A New Musical,” stated that it was “a visual, dance-driven Broadway story-telling creation that is gorgeous, enchanting, seamless and sophisticated.
BWW Review: Slight “9 to 5” pleases sold-out Porthouse audience
'9 to 5 The Musical' is based on the 1980 comedy film which starred Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton.
BWW Review: Mesmerizing HOW TO BE A RESPECTABLE JUNKIE in World Premiere at Dobama
Newspapers and television are filled with stories of drug overdoses, excessive prescriptions for opioids, and dependency on drugs due to PTSD, pain and depression.
BWW Review: “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” less than it should be at Blank Canvas
Comedian Steve Martin has written a thought-provoking, clever script which gets a less than stellar production at Cleveland's Blank Canvas.
BWW Review: ROCK OF AGES Rocks, Really Rocks, at Cain Park
If you are a fanatic for rock and roll, especially from the genre's golden age, you will absolutely love "Rock of Ages.
BWW Review: REALLY REALLY, Thought Provoking, Inciting, Well-Conceived at Beck Center for the Arts
"Really Really" is "murder" mystery without a dead body, but still asks, "Who did it?" It's a must see for anyone interested in thoughtful and well-conceived theater.
BWW Review: MASSACRE (SING TO YOUR CHILDREN) at Convergence-Continuum
"Massacre (Sing to Your Children)" is an abstract play whose meaning will depend on an individual's views of the world, and their willingness to search for the author's intent and purpose.
BWW Review: A Cleveland Reviewer Goes to Broadway at Tony Time, 2017
Cleveland talent on stage and producers help enlighten Broadway season!
BWW Review: THINGS AS THEY ARE examines poet Wallace Stevens in world premiere at Playwrights Local
As a play in process, "Things As They Are" needs to be reexamined with an eye for sharpening and tightening the dialogue and ascertaining whether all the visual and audio stimuli are necessary to tell the tale.
BWW Review: “Forever Plaid,” a pleasant Jukebox musical @ Great Lakes Theater
"Forever Plaid "is an escapist evening of theater, which is a pleasant trip back to yesterday, when clean-scrubbed boy singers waxed beautifully about the angst of young love, trips of fantasy and the mini-stresses of life.
BWW Review: Well-Written and Performed SALVAGE Fascinates at None-Too-Fragile
'Salvage,' continues none-too-fragile's history of outstanding theatrical presentations as it takes George Brant's well-crafted script from page to stage, with clarity and vividness.
BWW Review: THE NORTH POOL at Ensemble
While the production is well-conceived and holds attention, "The North Pool" is somewhat unsatisfying as a thoughtful piece of play crafting.
BWW Review: LIZZIE, the grizzly musical, rocks the Ohio
"Lizzie," the rock musical, based on the Lizzie Borden murder mystery, is as much rock concert as theatre, represents the movement in musicals to take on modern trends in music, e.
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