BWW Review: THE NIGHT ALIVE at Dobama
Conor McPherson, author of THE NIGHT ALIVE, now on stage at Dobama Theatre, is considered one of the important new breed of playwrights who delve into the lives of people.
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BWW Review: THE PHANTOM TOOL BOOTH at Ensemble Theatre
Much like Lewis Carroll's ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and L.
BWW Review: THIS IS NOT ABOUT MY DEAD DOG at Playwrights Local
A present trend in entertainment is story telling before an audience.
BWW Review: Innovative INTO THE WOODS Examines 'Happily Ever After' at Connor Palace
Contemporary musical theater and jazz, are two major contributions to the arts of the world that have come from the United States.
BWW Review: Compelling and Relevant CLYBOURNE PARK by CPH/CWRU
This country is in political and social turmoil.
BWW Review: Delightful THE LITTLE MERMAID at Beck Center
One of the difficulties of doing the Disney Theatrical, The Little Mermaid, is how to do the underwater scenes.
BWW Review: Cleveland Orchestra Sublime, THE NUTCRACKER Uninspired
When the Cleveland Ballet left this area for San Jose, California, in 2000, it is rumored that the organization was over one-million dollars in debt.
BWW Review: THE NIGHT THOREAU SPENT IN JAIL at Ensemble Theatre
Henry David Thoreau was a rebel.
BWW Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Near West Theatre
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical, had an unusual path to being one of the oft-produced musicals of all time.
BWW Review: Cleveland's BWU and Its Effect on Broadway
Several weeks ago, in my review of Baldwin Wallace University's production of WEST SIDE STORY I stated, 'BWU's Music Theater program is nationally recognized for its quality, as evidenced by the number of its graduates who have light up the Broadway theater scene and touring productions.
BWW Review: BODYTRAFFIC (Dance Cleveland)
A near sold-out audience rose as one following the BODYTRAFFIC dance concert at the Ohio Theatre.
BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY at Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program
WEST SIDE STORY, the Jerome Robbins (concept development), Leonard Bernstein (Music), Arthur Laurents (book), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), had an interesting road from idea to Broadway production to revivals.
BWW Review: RASHEEDA SPEAKING at Karma
As the lights come up on Joel Drake Johnson's RASHEEDA SPEAKING at Karamu, a shadow of a woman can be seen through the textured door window of a doctor's office.
BWW Review: ANNAPURNA at None Too Fragile
Ulysses, a former college professor and well-published poet, has been living off the grid for over twenty years.
BWW Review: FINDING NEVERLAND at CONNOR PALACE
Peter Pan has had quite a life.
BWW Review: Compelling, Well-Written and Performed SEX WITH STRANGERS at Cleveland Play House
As the lights come up on the thrust stage in Cleveland Play House's Outcalt Theatre, revealed was a large comfortable room, and a woman snuggled up on a chair by a free-standing fireplace, reading a book.
BWW Review: Blank Canvas Challenges Audience Sensibilities with SILENCE! THE MUSICAL
Pat Ciamacco, the curmudgeon of glee and horror, is at it again.
BWW Review: Must See AN OCTOROON Will Confound and Maybe Frustrate Some at Dobama
Theater represents the era from which it comes! In 1859, when THE OCTOROON opened in New York, the United States was in racial chaos.
BWW Review: 44 PLAYS FOR 44 PRESIDENTS is an American History Geek's Turn On at CPT...But...
Yes, in a period of two hours and twenty minutes, plus intermission, 44 plays whoosh across the Cleveland Public Theatre stage.
BWW Review: LIKE I SAY - A Script in Search of a Purpose at convergence-continuum
Len Jenkin, the author of LIKE I SAY, which he refers to as a 'sober-minded comedy,' is the recipient of three Obie Awards and received an Emmy nomination.
BWW Review: Unique, Well-Acted LANFORD WILSON: TAKE 5 at Cesear's Forum
Caffe Cino, which was founded in 1958, is noted as the site that gave birth to off-off Broadway theatre.
BWW Review: Flawed People Fighting for Connection Appear in Beck's Disappointing BODY AWARENESS
Annie Baker won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in drama for THE FLICK, a thoughtful drama concerning three employees of an art-house movie theatre.
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