CLEVELAND THEATER REVIEWS

What did our critic think of THE HOT WING KING at Dobama?...

PARADE, which is now on stage at the Palace Theatre as part of the Key Bank Broadway series, is a musical with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. ...

Yann Martel is noted for his ability to write tales filled with adventure, survival and spirituality.  His novel, LIFE OF PI, sold more than 15 million copies and won numerous awards. The novel has been translated into a film and now a stage play by Lolita Chakrabarti.  It is on stage at the Co...

What did our critic think of PETER/WENDY at Dobama?...

What did our critic think of 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE... BY. CIRQUE DU SOLEIL at Key Bank State Theatre?...

SOME LIKE IT HOT, the movie was released without approval from the Motion Picture Production Code, became a commercial hit, was nominated for six Academy Awards and was the major cause of the end of the restrictive freedoms for the entire film industry....

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....

What did our critic think of POTUS at Dobama?...

What did our critic think of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at Connor Palace in the Key Bank Broadway Series? ...

William Shakespeare is considered by many to be the greatest Western world playwright of all times.  In spite of this, many are reluctant to see a production of his plays.  Why the hesitance?  It is perceived that language he used, the format of the speeches, and the material he writes of, is too...

What did our critic think of PURLIE VICTORIOUS at KARAMU? Neither Ruby Dee or Ossie Davis ever appeared in a Karamu stage production but both had significant presence and impact in the organization and in the lives of Karamu artists. They often visited for speaking engagements, to instruct master cl...

What did our critic think of INTO THE WOODS at Great Lakes Theater?...

What did our critic think of LES MISERABLES at Connor Palace (Cleveland)?...

What did our critic think of THE SUNSHINE BOYS at BECK CENTER?...

What did our critic think of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Cain Park--Alma Theatre?...

CHILDREN OF EDEN, has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.  He is the creator of such hit shows as WICKED, PIPPEN and GODSPELL.  Unlike those shows, EDEN had no Broadway or off-Broadway productions. ...

It is entirely appropriate that convergence-continuum, with its tendency of challenging conventional notions by choosing plays because they contain controversial topics, stage Stephen Karam’s SPEECH AND DEBATE, which examines teenage angst as it relates to love, self-acceptance and what happens wh...

In 2010 a gay Mississippi high school student was banned from going to her senior prom by the school’s Board of Education because she wanted to bring her girlfriend as her date.  She challenged the ruling, which resulted in the cancellation of the prom.  The student and the ACLU sued the distr...

Terri Kent, the Artistic Director of Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s summer home on the grounds of Blossom Center, states in her program notes for ANNIE: I believe the arts have the power to transform lives and I believe in miracles....

What did our critic think of MJ THE MUSICAL at Key Bank State Theatre?...

What did our critic think of BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Beck Center For The Arts?...

Musicals are born from many sources including books, movies, plays and comic strips.  None, however, has a more intriguing past than NUNSENSE, which is now on stage at Kent State’s Porthouse Theatre, on the grounds of the Blossom Center. ...

What did our critic think of BIG FISH at Cain Park-Alma Theatre?...

What did our critic think of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Porthouse Theatre--KSU School Of Theatre And Dance?...

What did our critic think of BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL at Key Bank State-Cleveland?...