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Gina Gionfriddo, the author of BECKY SHAW, now on stage at Dobama Theatre, is one of the new breed of playwrights who reflect topics relevant to today, cleverly construct their writings, and uses language that shimmers with naturalism.
It is the intent of theater to educate and entertain, and, in the case of some special offerings, enrapture.
DIRTY DANCING, THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE, which is now in production at the Connor Palace transports the audience back to the summer of 1963.
Mystery books are the second highest money-making genre in literature, only exceeded by Romance/Erotica.
One of the major purposes of collegiate musical theater programs, besides teaching acting, singing and dancing skills, is to expand student knowledge of not only traditional, but new scripts.
Beck Center for the Arts and Baldwin Wallace's Musical Theatre Program have, for the past four years, collaborated to produce some outstanding productions.
PIPPIN, the Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Roger O.
PILOBOLUS is noted for adding both physical and theatrical elements to dance presentations.
Thurgood Marshall has been called the 'greatest lawyer of the 20th Century,' 'Mr.
Cleveland Play House has in its recent history included small cast musicals in its offerings.
On June 15, 2015, Karamu, the country's oldest continuously performing Black Theatre, will celebrate its 100th birthday.
On the surface, Greg Pierce's SLOWGIRL, which is now on stage at Dobama, is the tale of a teenager who finds herself living a real-life nightmare and her confronting the issues with her reclusive uncle, who has problems of his own.
Brian Zoldessy, one of the area's most awarded actors, seems to be making a career of bringing real people to life.
Pat Ciamacco, artistic director at Blank Canvas, has a 'thing' for off-beat musicals.
Like retail stores, local theatres realize that they need a big December holiday season to make enough profits to sustain themselves for rest of the year.
The existentialists ask, 'What does it mean to exist? What is our purpose in being?' 'American Falls,' Miki Johnson's drama which showcases eight people living in a small town-six alive, two dead-is an existentialist exercise.
Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel is noted for crafting play scripts which impact directly on the lives of people.
The holiday season is upon us.
There's a moor, a diabolical hound, a maiden, a man who dies of a heart attack (well, maybe), a butler who carries around a tray of plastic food and wears an obvious fake beard, an attempt to perform CPR on an obvious stuffed dummy, men in a sauna wearing towels over their suits, men dressed as wome
From 1981 until about 2000, Cleveland audiences were enchanted with Dennis Nahat, the then artistic-director of Cleveland Ballet, later the Cleveland San Jose Ballet' s version of 'The Nutcracker.
'The story is told in verse, densely packed with rhyme, which has to be spoken so that it sounds like natural language.
Baldwin Wallace is a powerhouse in providing talent to the Broadway stage.
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Ruthless! The Musical Renaissance Theatre (1/29-2/07) |
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The Fantasticks Theatre in the Circle (9/11-9/13) |
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Rush at Rocket Arena Rocket Arena (9/17-9/18) |
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The Amish Project Western Reserve Playhouse (9/11-9/13) |
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Hairspray Short North Stage - Garden Theater (11/19-12/20) |
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The Rocky Horror Show Short North Stage - Garden Theater (10/22-10/31) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Cleveland (9/19-9/19) |
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Sweeney Todd Short North Stage - Garden Theater (9/26-10/17) |
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Dear Evan Hansen Short North Stage - Garden Theater (1/23-2/14) |
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Annie Near West Theatre (11/20-12/06) |
